I郎くん スノーボードチャレンジ
By: 信州松本野麦峠スキー場 · 2023-02-05
Shinshu-Matsumoto Nomugitoge Ski Resort is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 1,354 and 2,018 m. Its mapped area is about 2.8 km across, with 11 marked runs and 4 lifts (about 8.2 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 318 cm of snowfall a season, 141st of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2021/22 (399 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (152 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 94 cm. Snowfall days are cold, averaging −7.2 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 42nd of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Matsumoto, about 31 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.
Temperature
9.3℃
Max wind
4km/h
Elevation (est.)
1354–2018m
Across
2.8km
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
318 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
152 cm
A typical winter: 319 cm. The best: 399 cm.
World rank
408
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
141
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
8
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,787 m, 1,021 m above the national median.
Quality rank
42
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-7.2°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
13%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
18%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
16 km/h
Dryness 0.66
Frequency 0.52
Freedom from rain 0.67
Calm when snowing 0.99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yabuhara Kogen | 10.0 km | 182 cm | 1298 |
| Kisofukushima Ski Resort | 12 km | 231 cm | 865 |
| Asahi Prime Ski Area | 12 km | 142 cm | 1775 |
| Blue Resort Norikura | 13 km | 317 cm | 421 |
| Hirayu Onsen Ski Area | 21 km | 384 cm | 201 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 76% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 71 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
79cmDec
94cmJan
74cmFeb
71cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 318 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 152 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 399 cm (2.6 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.
152
399
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
11
Run length
8.2km
Lifts
4
Vertical
680m
Top 2,114 m · base 1,434 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.5 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 14%
East 0%
South 2%
West 85%
Only 14% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Novice 1
Easy 2
Intermediate 7
Advanced 1
Lift types
- Chairlift4
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.
Norikura and Hida webcams & snow report — all 9 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nomugi Pass野麦峠 | Mountain | 10.6 km |
| Narai-juku奈良井宿 | Old streets | 12.1 km |
| Niekawa-juku贄川宿 | Old streets | 12.9 km |
| Yabuhara-juku藪原宿 | Old streets | 13.3 km |
| Shirahone Onsen白骨温泉 | Hot spring town | 14.5 km |
| Mount Norikura乗鞍岳 | Mountain | 16.6 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.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 36.0469, 137.7228
Places to stay nearby
5 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 旅の宿 大石屋 | ¥5,950 | 4.64 28 reviews | 2.2 km | 松本駅より車で約１時間 |
| 奈川渋沢温泉 温泉宿 山荘わたり | ¥7,000 | 3.83 48 reviews | 1.9 km | 松本ICより車で約60分、伊那ICより車で70分、塩尻ICより車で60分、路線バスの最寄りのバス停はございません |
| みんなのお宿 若草物語 | ¥12,100 | 4.67 49 reviews | 1.4 km | R19木祖村薮原より25分 松本 塩尻 伊那ICより50～60分 |
| 温泉ロッヂ 野麦の里 | — | — | 1.4 km | 松本電鉄・新島々駅よりバス、又はタクシーで約４０分。詳しくは注意事項欄をご確認ください。 |
| 渋沢温泉 ウッディ・もっく | — | — | 2.0 km | 松本電鉄上高地線 新島々駅よりバス又は車で４０分 |
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More places to look
Guides covering Nagano
- A Historic El Niño Is Forecast. Here Is What the Last Big One Did to Japan's Snow. NOAA gives a very strong El Niño better than a 90% chance this winter. We measured every Japanese ski area across the last 12 winters: El Niño winters ran 88% of normal, and the strongest of the twelve left Japan at 63%. But Hakuba held 92% of its average that winter while Niseko fell to 57%.
- Which Famous Ski Resorts Actually Get the Most Snow? 24 Names, Measured Niseko is 526th in the world for snowfall. Zermatt is 554th, Jackson Hole 924th, Aspen 1,201st. Measured identically across 3,069 ski areas, the names everyone books and the places it actually snows turn out to be two different lists.
- 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.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52