グランドサンピア猪苗代リゾートスキー場 is a ski area in Fukushima, Japan, on slopes between roughly 645 and 1,248 m. Its mapped area is about 2.3 km across, with 15 marked runs and 4 lifts (about 9.5 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 325 cm of snowfall a season, 131st of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (454 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (139 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 109 cm. Snowfall days average −4.4 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 90th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Koriyama, about 34 km away. Below are links to 2 official live cameras.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inawashiro Snow Paradise | 2.9 km | 258 cm | 673 |
| Urabandai Ski Resort | 4.9 km | 347 cm | 289 |
| Family Snow Park Bandai X2 | 4.9 km | 258 cm | 673 |
| Nekoma Mountain | 5.8 km | 347 cm | 289 |
| Listel Ski Fantasia | 9.4 km | 246 cm | 761 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 54% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 59 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 325 cm, and 4 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 139 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 454 cm (3.3 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan, the leanest winter was the same 2015/16: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
Only 10% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Gondola1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live Cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Bandai and Inawashiro webcams & snow report — all 8 ski areas →
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
6 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 55.1 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 押立猪苗代リゾートホテル2 | 1.2 km | 46.9℃ hot | 7.4 neutral | simple | — |
| 表磐梯ホテルキング | 2.1 km | 46.4℃ hot | 6.5 neutral | — | — |
| 磐梯中の湯 | 3.1 km | 55.1℃ hot | 3.6 mildly acidic | simple | — |
| 表磐梯猪苗代表磐梯猪苗代温泉第2 | 3.5 km | 47.3℃ hot | 6.5 neutral | — | — |
| 翁島鉱泉たなべの湯 | 3.8 km | 20.2℃ cold | 6.8 neutral | simple | — |
These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.
Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
Worth seeing nearby
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Bandai磐梯山 | Mountain | 2.1 km |
| Lake Hibara桧原湖 | Nature | 10 km |
| Nisshinkan日新館 | Historic site | 10.5 km |
| Lake Inawashiro猪苗代湖 | Nature | 11.9 km |
| Mount Iimori飯盛山 (福島県) | Mountain | 12.8 km |
| Aizuwakamatsu Castle若松城 | Historic site | 15.7 km |
Based on the Japanese Wikipedia lists of sights in each prefecture, as compiled in travel-log-data (CC BY-SA 4.0). English names from Wikidata (CC0). The content of this section is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Places to stay nearby
23 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| レイクビュー猪苗代荘 | ¥3,850 | 4.47 46 reviews | 3.2 km | 猪苗代駅よりお車にて約１５分 |
| 温泉ロッジ・アルピナ | ¥4,000 | 5.00 34 reviews | 3.1 km | 猪苗代駅よりお車にて約１０分 |
| スポーツパル | ¥5,500 | 2.50 67 reviews | 3.3 km | 磐越西線 猪苗代駅下車 タクシー１０分 |
| ペンションＲＢ | ¥5,600 | 4.14 109 reviews | 3.4 km | 猪苗代駅より車で8分、猪苗代ICより車で11分 |
| 磐梯はやま温泉 猪苗代観光ホテル | ¥6,050 | 3.98 505 reviews | 3.1 km | 磐越道猪苗代インターより、猪苗代スキー場を目指して１５分。 |
| ペットと泊まれる宿 ペンションこりす | ¥6,600 | 4.50 46 reviews | 2.4 km | 磐越自動車道・磐梯高原猪苗代ＩＣ又は、磐梯河東ＩＣより県道７号経由８Ｋ ＪＲ翁島駅より４Ｋ押立温泉付近 |
| ペンション ヴェルレーヌ | ¥7,700 | 4.57 53 reviews | 2.4 km | 磐越自動車道猪苗代磐梯高原ICより県道7号線経由で15分。 |
| 押立温泉 国民宿舎 さぎの湯旅館 | ¥8,400 | 4.21 102 reviews | 1.3 km | 磐越自動車道 磐梯高原 猪苗代ＩＣから車で１５分／猪苗代駅 |
| ガストホフ モンターニャ | ¥8,800 | 4.60 93 reviews | 3.4 km | 磐越自動車道猪苗代磐梯高原ＩＣより１０分／磐梯河東ＩＣより８分／磐越西線翁島駅より車で４分 |
| ペンション かぷりーす | ¥9,000 | 4.25 25 reviews | 1.6 km | ＪＲ 猪苗代駅から車で１０分 |
| 磐梯山温泉ホテル ｂｙ 星野リゾート | ¥9,000 | 4.17 1538 reviews | 2.4 km | ＪＲ磐越西線猪苗代駅／磐越自動車道磐梯河東ＩＣ～県道約10ｋｍ・会津若松・喜多方・五色沼への周辺観光に最適な立地 |
| ペンション ペルメル | ¥9,580 | 3.60 29 reviews | 2.4 km | ＪＲ磐越西線苗代、翁島駅から車（タクシー）で10分／磐越自動車道（河東ＩＣから車で15分） |
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| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ゆらぎの宿 ＳＨＵＢＯＵ | ¥10,800 | 5.00 57 reviews | 2.4 km | ＪＲ 猪苗代駅よりお車にて１５分 東北自動車道より磐越自動車道猪苗代高原ＩＣより15分 |
| ペンション 森のバスケット | ¥11,000 | — | 2.4 km | ＪＲ 猪苗代駅よりお車で１５分 |
| ペンション 七ツ森 family | ¥11,500 | — | 2.0 km | ＪＲ 磐越西線 猪苗代駅／磐越高速猪苗代ＩＣより１０分 |
| 死海風呂と岩盤浴 自家源泉の貸切露天 ヒーリングイン ホワイトペンション | ¥13,640 | 4.84 471 reviews | 2.4 km | ＪＲ磐越西線 猪苗代駅から車で１０分／磐越自動車道 磐梯高原 猪苗代ＩＣより車で１５分 |
| 御もてなしの宿 悠ゆ亭 | ¥24,200 | 4.50 159 reviews | 3.7 km | ＪＲ磐越西線 猪苗代駅 タクシーで5分／ 磐越自動車道 猪苗代磐梯高原 ICより６分 |
| 静楓亭 | ¥28,500 | 4.83 112 reviews | 3.4 km | 猪苗代駅よりお車にて１０分、電車でお越しのお客様は猪苗代駅よりタクシーの送迎をご用意しております（要事前連絡） |
| 押立温泉 住吉館 | — | — | 1.7 km | 磐越西線 猪苗代駅よりお車にて１２～１３分 |
| ジョイハウス猪苗代レンタルコテージ | — | — | 2.2 km | ＪＲ磐越西線 翁島駅下車徒歩２０分／猪苗代駅下車タクシー７分／磐越自動車道 猪苗代ＩＣより１５分 |
| 灯ノ環 | — | — | 2.5 km | 翁島駅よりお車で5分 |
| 温泉ペンションＢOOMＢOOM（ブンブン） | — | 5.00 8 reviews | 3.1 km | ＪＲ 猪苗代駅より車で１０分 |
| ペンションKOGETSU | — | — | 3.2 km | ＪＲ磐越西線 猪苗代駅より車で７分／磐越自動車道 猪苗代磐梯高原ＩＣより１０分 |
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Stay nearby
1 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Fukushima
- Japan Is Sold on Powder. Measured, It Is the Easiest Big Ski Country to Learn In. Half of Japan's pisted kilometres are graded easy or novice — against 24% in the United States and 28% in Canada. And 255 of Japan's 397 ski areas have a natural hot-spring source within 5 km. Here are the numbers, the caveat about grading, and the resorts where a first-timer gets the most of both.
- Tengendai Kogen: Some of Japan's Best Snow Quality, and No Live Camera Snow falls at −7.8 °C, rain arrives on 12% of winter days, and the top station is at 1,860 m. Eight places to stay, and no live camera of its own.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52