Shiga Kogen Yakebitaiyama Ski Area is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 1,523 and 1,981 m. Its mapped area is about 3.2 km across, with 22 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 17 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 333 cm of snowfall a season, 121st of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2016/17 (434 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (214 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 104 cm. Snowfall days are cold, averaging −8.6 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 15th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Nagano, about 33 km away. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiga Kogen Ichinose Yamanokami Ski Area | 1.4 km | 333 cm | 333 |
| Shiga Kogen Ichinose Family Ski Area | 1.8 km | 333 cm | 333 |
| Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen Ski Area | 2.0 km | 333 cm | 333 |
| Shiga Kogen Terakoya Ski Area | 2.6 km | 333 cm | 333 |
| Shiga Kogen Higashidateyama Ski Area | 2.9 km | 333 cm | 333 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 66% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 69 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 333 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 214 cm; the biggest was 2016/17 with 434 cm (2.0 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
62% 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
- Chairlift3
- Gondola2
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
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Shiga Kogen webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 82.9 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 発哺館下 | 3.1 km | 82.9℃ hot | 5.7 mildly acidic | simple | — |
| 河原小屋丸池河原小屋 | 4 km | 67.4℃ hot | 6.6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shiga Highlands志賀高原 | Nature | 5.3 km |
| Jigokudani Monkey Park地獄谷野猿公苑 | Park | 5.5 km |
| Shibu-tōge渋峠 | Nature | 9.7 km |
| Nozori Dam野反ダム | Landmark | 11.5 km |
| Mount Kusatsu-Shirane草津白根山 | Nature | 12 km |
| Kusatsu Onsen草津温泉 | Hot spring town | 16 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
29 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 志賀高原 ホテルタキモト | ¥4,000 | 4.14 55 reviews | 2.8 km | 高天ヶ原バス停より徒歩にて約２分 |
| 高天ヶ原温泉 志賀パークホテル | ¥7,000 | 3.67 216 reviews | 2.7 km | 信州中野ＩＣより車にて約45分。長野電鉄湯田中駅から路線バスにて約50分。新幹線長野駅から志賀高原急行バスにて約80分 |
| ホテル 山楽 | ¥7,700 | 4.27 102 reviews | 2.0 km | 信州中野ＩＣから車で３０分。一ノ瀬バス停すぐ。 |
| ホテルサニー志賀 | ¥10,800 | 3.86 270 reviews | 2.8 km | 電車の方は長野駅から直通バス、お車の方は信州中野インターから約30分です |
| ホテル一乃瀬 | ¥11,176 | 4.46 88 reviews | 1.9 km | 湯田中駅よりお車にて約４５分 |
| 奥志賀高原ホテル | ¥11,267 | 4.06 279 reviews | 3.1 km | 信州中野ＩＣから車で４０分 長野駅より長野電鉄急行バスで１１０分 |
| 西発哺温泉ホテル | ¥13,200 | 5.00 78 reviews | 3.2 km | 信州中野ＩＣからＲ２９２、約４０分 |
| 志賀高原プリンスホテル | — | 4.04 551 reviews | 0.9 km | ＪＲ長野駅より急行バス・志賀高原行で約１時間40分／上信越自動車道、信州中野ＩＣからＲ２９２経由で約３０ｋｍ。 |
| ダイヤモンド志賀 | — | 3.60 47 reviews | 1.5 km | 湯田中駅より奥志賀高原行きバスにて「一ノ瀬スキー場前」下車 |
| 志賀スカイランドホテル | — | 4.00 33 reviews | 1.5 km | 上信越自動車道・信州中野ICより車で約50分 |
| シャレー志賀 | — | 4.33 164 reviews | 1.5 km | 上信越道信州中野ICより45分 / JR長野駅より志賀高原行直通バス90分【ゲレンデ・リフト 徒歩1分】 |
| ホテル こだま | — | — | 1.6 km | ＪＲ長野駅より志賀高原行急行バス約９０分／信州中野ＩＣ→志賀中野有料道路→Ｒ２９２オリンピック道路→志賀高原 一の瀬 |
Show the other 17
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 志賀高原オリンピックホテル | — | 4.09 208 reviews | 1.8 km | 上信越道信州中野インターより４０分 |
| ホテルホゥルス志賀高原 | — | 3.58 58 reviews | 1.9 km | 湯田中駅からバスで50分 |
| ホテルアララギ | — | 4.50 26 reviews | 1.9 km | ＪＲ 長野駅よりバスにて９０分 |
| ホテル マウント志賀 | — | 4.00 23 reviews | 2.0 km | 長野電鉄湯田中駅よりバスで約50分「志賀高原一の瀬」下車徒歩約1分／上信越自動車道・信州中野ICより約40分 |
| ホテル金栄 | — | 4.00 10 reviews | 2.0 km | 長野電鉄湯田中駅よりバスで４０分「一の瀬」下車すぐ／信州中野ＩＣより車で約40分 |
| 志賀一井ホテル | — | 4.13 65 reviews | 2.0 km | ゲレンデまで徒歩2分！上越自動車道信州中野ＩＣより30km、50分 |
| ヴィラ・一の瀬 | — | 3.63 86 reviews | 2.0 km | 上信越道・信州中野ＩＣより４０分。敷地内に無料駐車場完備。ＪＲ長野駅からは直通バス奥志賀高原行きで９０分。 |
| 志賀高原 一の瀬 ホテルジャパン志賀 | — | 4.06 181 reviews | 2.0 km | JR長野駅より長野電鉄直行バスにて約1時間20分 / 上信越道 信州中野ICより約30km・40分【志賀高原一の瀬】 |
| 志賀グランドホテル | — | 4.10 102 reviews | 2.1 km | 長野電鉄 湯田中駅より車で４０分 |
| シルバー志賀 | — | — | 2.1 km | 上信越道信州中野ICより約40分。 |
| スポーツハイム奥志賀 | — | — | 2.1 km | 湯田中駅より路線バス「奥志賀高原」行にて約５０分 「奥志賀ゴンドラ前」降車 |
| 高原リゾートホテルむつみ | — | 4.00 22 reviews | 2.1 km | 長野自動車道又は上信越自動車道 信州中野ＩＣよりＲ２９２で志賀高原一の瀬へ |
| 志賀ホワイトホテル | — | — | 2.2 km | 湯田中駅よりバスで1時間 |
| ホテルサンモリッツ志賀 | — | 2.00 25 reviews | 2.3 km | 湯田中駅よりお車にて約４０分 |
| 高天ヶ原ホテル | — | 4.00 13 reviews | 2.7 km | 湯田中駅よりお車にて約５０分。バス停目の前。 |
| ホリデープラザ志賀高原 | — | 4.12 174 reviews | 2.7 km | ＪＲ 長野駅より長野電鉄バス急行バス |
| 志賀高原発哺温泉 ホテルリバティ志賀 | — | — | 3.1 km | 長野電鉄湯田中よりバスで４０分 |
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Stay nearby
2 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
What we have measured at Shiga Kogen Yakebitaiyama Ski Area
- Ikon, Epic, Indy or Mountain Collective in Japan for 2026/27: Which Resorts, How Many Days, and How Much Snow Each Gets Ikon gives 7 days at each of ten Japanese destinations, Epic 5 consecutive days, Mountain Collective 2 and Indy 2. Each pass checked against its own terms and set beside twelve winters of our snowfall data. Togakushi, on Indy, shares the deepest floor on any pass with Hakuba Cortina, on Epic.
- Why Nearly Every Ski Lift in Japan Is a Chairlift We counted every lift drawn on the map at 2,888 ski areas. Japan runs 91% of its lifts as chairlifts — no other country with twenty or more ski areas is above 61%. Two thirds of Japanese ski areas own nothing else.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52