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Meiho Ski Resort

めいほうスキー場

Meiho Ski Resort is a ski area in Gifu, Japan, on slopes between roughly 899 and 1,395 m. Its mapped area is about 3.2 km across, with 18 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 13 km of piste in all).

Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 193 cm of snowfall a season, 276th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2014/15 (399 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2025/26 (126 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 63 cm. Snowfall days average −3.9 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 270th of 397 in Japan.

Below are links to 3 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.

Temperature

12.3℃

Max wind

5.9km/h

Elevation (est.)

899–1395m

Across

3.2km

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.

Seasonal snowfall

193 cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

126 cm

A typical winter: 174 cm. The best: 399 cm.

World rank

1217

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

276

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,193 m, 427 m above the national median.

Quality rank

270

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

-3.9°C

Japanese median: -3.5°C

Rain days

20%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

10%

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

18 km/h

Dryness 0.42

Frequency 0.29

Freedom from rain 0.48

Calm when snowing 0.96

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
WhitePIA Takasu	8.1 km	220 cm	953
Gujo Vacances Mura Ski Area	8.5 km	220 cm	953
Washigatake Ski Area	8.9 km	220 cm	953
Shirao Ski Area	10.0 km	220 cm	953
Motai Onsen Ski Resort	12 km	132 cm	1929

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 52% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 33 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

56cm

Dec

63cm

Jan

42cm

Feb

33cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 193 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 126 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 399 cm (3.2 times as much).

399

126

14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26

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.

Marked runs

Run length

13km

Lifts

Vertical

678m

Top 1,577 m · base 899 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvancedOther Lift

North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map3.9 km

Steepest pitch32°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs12.5°

Which way the slopes face

North 8%

East 79%

South 13%

West 0%

87% 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

Easy 4

Intermediate 5

Advanced 3

Other 6

Lift types

Chairlift5

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

On the mountainSlope camera on the official home page ↗Operated by: めいほうスキー場 Roads nearby国道41号 ↗From the resort: 17.5 kmOperated by: 中部地方整備局高山国道事務所 Roads nearby国道156号 ↗From the resort: 17.7 kmOperated by: 中部地方整備局岐阜国道事務所

Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.

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Okumino webcams & snow report — all 15 ski areas →

See the snow in motion

#snowboard #奥美濃 #スノホリ #めいほう

By: 山と雪 GifuFPV · 2026-01-24

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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
Bokka no Sato牧歌の里	Park	10.1 km
ひるがの高原	Nature	12.9 km
Shōkawa-zakura荘川桜	Nature	16.1 km
Mount Dainichi大日ヶ岳	Mountain	18.1 km
Field Museums of Kokindenju no Sato古今伝授の里フィールドミュージアム	Museum	18.2 km
Amidaga Falls阿弥陀ケ滝	Nature	19.1 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.

Official piste map ↗

Nearby resorts

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Places to stay nearby

3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.

Property	From	Rating	Distance	Getting there
和風ペンション　ゆの里せせらぎ	¥7,700	—	3.6 km	長良川鉄道　郡上八幡駅から６０分／東海北陸自動車道を郡上八幡ＩＣで下車、せせらぎ街道を飛騨高山方面へ車で３０分
リゾートペンション四季彩	¥10,500	4.65 101 reviews	3.2 km	東海北陸道　郡上八幡ICよりせせらぎ街道（Ｒ４７２号）を高山方面約３０分　明宝温泉とめいほうスキー場の間
ＧＲＡＣＥ　ＢＡＬＭ（グラースバルム）	¥26,000	3.50 73 reviews	3.7 km	東海北陸自動車道　郡上八幡ＩＣよりＲ４７２（せせらぎ街道）を高山方面へ約３０分

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