【コブ】2026年2月15日 ムイカスノーリゾート
By: maruishouten · 2026-02-17
Muica Snow Resort is a ski area in Niigata, Japan, on slopes between roughly 329 and 747 m. Its mapped area is about 2.0 km across, with 8 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 5.8 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 546 cm of snowfall a season, 38th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2021/22 (739 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (328 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 200 cm. Snowfall days average −1.7 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 195th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Nagano, about 76 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.
Temperature
14.2℃
Max wind
8.2km/h
Elevation (est.)
329–747m
Across
2.0km
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
546 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
328 cm
A typical winter: 546 cm. The best: 739 cm.
World rank
67
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
38
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
260
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 517 m, 249 m below the national median.
Quality rank
195
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-1.7°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
42%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
32%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
12 km/h
Dryness 0.27
Frequency 0.93
Freedom from rain 0.35
Calm when snowing 1.00
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chateau Shiozawa Ski Area Yoshizato | 2.3 km | 546 cm | 67 |
| Joetsu International | 6.1 km | 695 cm | 12 |
| Itsukamachi Ski Area | 7.3 km | 412 cm | 158 |
| Ishiuchi Hanaoka Ski Area | 10 km | 695 cm | 12 |
| Nakasato Kiyotsu | 11 km | 618 cm | 36 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 30% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 59 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
152cmDec
200cmJan
136cmFeb
59cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 546 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 328 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 739 cm (2.3 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.
328
739
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
8
Run length
5.8km
Lifts
6
Vertical
335m
Top 675 m · base 339 m
Run map
EasyIntermediate Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.4 km
Steepest pitch23°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs9.8°
Which way the slopes face
North 4%
East 79%
South 16%
West 1%
83% 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 3
Intermediate 5
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- 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
On the mountainSlope camera on the official ski page ↗Operated by: ムイカスノーリゾートRoads nearby国道253号 ↗From the resort: 0.5 kmOperated by: 新潟県 新潟県土木部
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.
Minami-Uonuma webcams & snow report — all 6 ski areas →
See the snow in motion
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
5 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 58 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 君帰鉱泉君帰鉱泉 | 2.2 km | 16℃ cold | 8.6 alkaline | alkaline simple | — |
| 六日町7号井 | 3 km | 58℃ hot | 7.8 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 西山鉱泉栃窪1号 | 3.1 km | 21.7℃ cold | 8.4 mildly alkaline | — | — |
| 栃窪高原鉱泉栃窪高原 | 3.2 km | 5.3℃ cold | — | — | — |
| 小栗山小栗山 | 4.8 km | 36℃ warm | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Untō-an Temple雲洞庵 | Temple | 6.6 km |
| Tōkamachi City Museum十日町市博物館 | Museum | 10.5 km |
| Hakkaisan Ropeway八海山ロープウェー | Nature | 13.9 km |
| Kiyotsu Gorge清津峡 | Nature | 14 km |
| Mount Makihata巻機山 | Mountain | 15.3 km |
| Mount Hakkai八海山 | Mountain | 16.8 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 ↗ Coordinates: 37.0731, 138.8385
Places to stay nearby
21 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 双子キャビン | ¥4,000 | 5.00 28 reviews | 2.8 km | 一本杉スキー場目の前！ほくほく線 塩沢駅よりお車（送迎有） |
| サンバレーひぐち | ¥4,000 | 4.35 57 reviews | 2.8 km | ＪＲ上越線「六日町駅」より車にて約５分 ／ 関越自動車道「六日町IC」より3分 |
| 六日町温泉 いろりあん別館さくら・さくら | ¥5,500 | 3.48 78 reviews | 1.1 km | 六日町駅よりお車で７分＜送迎あり（要前日までに連絡・9～17時まで）＞ |
| こぐりやま山荘 | ¥5,500 | 4.33 30 reviews | 1.2 km | 六日町駅より車で約１０分 |
| 六日町ヒュッテ | ¥6,480 | 4.71 22 reviews | 2.6 km | 車でICより５分！六日町駅より徒歩１０分(送迎しています) |
| むいか温泉ホテル | ¥7,000 | 4.39 875 reviews | 0.7 km | ＪＲ六日町駅よりお車で１０分／関越自動車道六日町インターより５分 |
| 六日町温泉郷 ほてる 木の芽坂 | ¥7,000 | 3.98 303 reviews | 2.6 km | ＪＲほくほく線 六日町駅より車で６分／関越自動車道六日町ＩＣより３分 |
| 六日町温泉 心と体の保養の宿 龍氣（りゅうき） | ¥7,150 | 4.15 192 reviews | 1.2 km | 上越線・ほくほく線六日町駅より車で１０分（無料送迎有り）／関越自動車道六日町ＩＣより５分 |
| 六日町温泉 いろりあん | ¥7,700 | 4.39 201 reviews | 1.0 km | 上越線：六日町駅＜西口＞より車で7分／関越道：六日町インターより車で5分 ※送迎あり（９～１７時）【前日まで】に要予約 |
| かわら崎 湯元館 | ¥11,900 | 4.67 127 reviews | 2.9 km | 上越線 六日町駅から徒歩５分 |
| 源泉掛け流し露天風呂付き貸切り古民家 じょんのび縁／民泊 | ¥15,057 | — | 2.6 km | 六日町駅から徒歩で約６分 |
| 魚沼の隠れ温泉 くつろぎ庵 | ¥33,000 | 4.80 137 reviews | 2.4 km | 六日町ICから5分。越後湯沢駅、浦佐駅から約30分。（送迎あり） |
Show the other 9
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 六日町温泉郷 ひいらぎ山荘 | — | 4.33 24 reviews | 1.0 km | 上越線 六日町駅から１０分／関越高速 六日町インターから５分 |
| 湖畔荘 ＜新潟県＞ | — | — | 1.2 km | ほくほく線、上越線 六日町駅よりお車にて約７分・関越道六日町ＩＣより4分 |
| シャトーテル吉里 | — | 2.00 10 reviews | 2.5 km | 上越線 塩沢駅よりタクシーにて約５～６分 長岡ＩＣより関越道で約１時間 六日町ＩＣ・塩沢石打ＩＣより約15分 |
| リゾートインのぐち | — | 4.67 48 reviews | 2.5 km | 塩沢駅より車で５分,六日町駅より車で１5分です。関越道 塩沢石打インターより車で２０分、六日町インターより車で１５分！ |
| 富徳旅館 | — | — | 2.5 km | 塩沢駅からお車で５分 |
| さえもん旅館 | — | — | 2.6 km | 塩沢駅よりお車にて３分 |
| 龍氣 別館 | — | — | 2.7 km | 六日町駅より徒歩１５分 |
| 魚沼産コシヒカリの宿 クラウンハイツ | — | 4.67 22 reviews | 2.8 km | 関越自動車道・塩沢石打ICから車で約20分。JR塩沢駅から車で約5分。冬季は所要時間が延びる場合あり |
| シャトーテル 一本杉 | — | 4.00 30 reviews | 2.8 km | JR上越線 塩沢駅よりタクシーで6～7分／関越自動車道 塩沢石打ICより約6.5km 15分／関越道長岡ＩＣより約１時間 |
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Stay nearby
19 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
19 Hotel
Nearest: 0.7 km
Nearest first
- むいか温泉リゾート Hotel 0.7 km
- 大和屋旅館 Hotel 3.5 km
- ビジネスホテル ライフ Hotel 3.5 km
- 越前屋旅館 Hotel 3.7 km
- ホテル ダ・フェール イン 六日町 Hotel 3.9 km
- ホテルニュー十日町 Hotel 9.6 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Niigata
- Which Ski Resort Gets the Most Snow in the World? We measured snowfall at all 3,069 ski areas on earth the same way. The top two both shut in winter because they get too much snow: a Norwegian glacier at 783 cm that opens in May, and Okutadami Maruyama in Niigata at 765 cm. 46 of the top 100 are Japanese.
- How Japan's Early-Bird Lift Tickets Work: At Hakuba Happo-One, Eight of the Nine Need a Japanese ID Card Hakuba Happo-One opened early-bird sales at 10:00 on 1 October. A day costs ¥6,400 against ¥9,800 at the window, 35% off. But every ticket on the list except one needs a My Number Card and a Japanese phone app. A visitor from abroad can buy exactly one of them, at 15% off.
- Japan Lift Ticket Prices for 2026/27: What a Day Costs at Twelve Big Resorts, and the Weeks It Costs Half We checked the 2026/27 adult day ticket on each resort's own site. At the window it runs from ¥7,000 at Akakura Kanko to ¥16,700 at Rusutsu. Buying online saves up to ¥3,500, and the first and last weeks of the season cost up to half. For those cheap spring weeks, we add which way each resort's slopes face.
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