Komagane Ski Resort is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 882 and 1,080 m. Its mapped area is about 0.7 km across, with 2 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 1 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 122 cm of snowfall a season, 356th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (258 cm), brought more than 4 times as much as the leanest, 2020/21 (61 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 42 cm. Snowfall days average −1.4 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 344th of 397 in Japan.
Below is a link to its official live camera.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuo-do Ina Ski Resort | 8.8 km | 106 cm | 2301 |
| Yabuhara Kogen | 28 km | 182 cm | 1298 |
| Kisofukushima Ski Resort | 30 km | 231 cm | 865 |
| Fujimi Panorama Resort | 34 km | 134 cm | 1892 |
| Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort | 37 km | 318 cm | 408 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 50% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 21 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 122 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2020/21 with 61 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 258 cm (4.2 times as much).
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
100% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift2
- Magic carpet1
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kōzen-ji Temple光前寺 | Temple | 0.9 km |
| Komagatake Ropeway駒ヶ岳ロープウェイ | Nature | 6.8 km |
| Senjōjiki Cirque千畳敷カール | Mountain | 8 km |
| Mount Hōken宝剣岳 | Mountain | 8.4 km |
| Mount Kisokoma木曽駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 9.3 km |
| Akaishi Mountains赤石山脈 | Mountain | 15.6 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
12 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 駒ヶ根ユースホステル | ¥4,700 | 4.09 88 reviews | 0.5 km | 飯田線 駒ヶ根駅よりロープウェイ行バス乗車７分、駒ヶ池下車徒歩７分 |
| ペンション めいぷる | ¥7,800 | 4.70 28 reviews | 2.9 km | 中央自動車道駒ヶ根ICから車10分、JR宮田駅、駒ヶ根駅からタクシー10分 |
| 早太郎温泉 駒ヶ根高原リトリート すずらん颯 | ¥8,800 | 4.03 109 reviews | 0.5 km | 電車：JR飯田線「駒ケ根駅」から車で約15分／車：中央自動車道「駒ケ根IC」から約5分 |
| 早太郎温泉 山野草の宿 二人静 | ¥9,000 | 4.59 1887 reviews | 0.6 km | 中央自動車道『駒ヶ根ＩＣ』より５分／ＪＲ飯田線『駒ヶ根駅』より車で１０分／高速バスで新宿より３時間半、名古屋より２時間半 |
| 早太郎温泉 和みの湯宿なかやま | ¥9,300 | 4.38 144 reviews | 1.0 km | 中央自動車道駒ケ根ＩＣから車で3分 JR飯田線駒ヶ根駅下車送迎またはタクシーで10分 |
| ペンション ウッドイーン | ¥9,350 | 4.85 83 reviews | 0.6 km | 中央道駒ヶ根ICから車で３分。標高840Mの高原で森に囲まれています。 |
| 早太郎温泉 静養と麦めしの宿 西山荘 | ¥9,900 | 4.56 88 reviews | 0.9 km | 東京より中央本線、飯田線経由で駒ヶ根駅まで約4時間。 |
| 囲炉裏とくつろぎの宿 ホテルやまぶき | ¥11,000 | 4.61 486 reviews | 1.2 km | ＪＲ飯田線駒ヶ根駅からバスで１０分 |
| 早太郎温泉 駒ヶ根高原リゾートリンクス | ¥13,800 | 4.25 1075 reviews | 0.5 km | 中央道駒ヶ根ICより車で３分 / JR飯田線駒ヶ根駅よりバス15分 / 左記まで無料送迎有り 10:00～17:00 |
| 雄大な自然と料理に癒される杜の宿 季澄香 | — | 4.50 10 reviews | 0.4 km | 駒ヶ根駅よりお車にて約１０分 |
| 早太郎温泉 宮田観光ホテル 松雲閣 | — | — | 0.7 km | 車/駒ヶ根ICから約５分 電車/JR飯田線 駒ヶ根駅からバスで１５分 |
| 民泊 堀内 ＾ | — | — | 2.6 km | 伊那福岡駅から車で約１０分 |
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Stay nearby
9 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 Nagano
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52