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By: K channel 岩手 · 2026-01-30
Shizukuishi Ski Resort is a ski area in Iwate, Japan, on slopes between roughly 339 and 1,113 m. Its mapped area is about 4.8 km across, with 22 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 18 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 358 cm of snowfall a season, 99th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (501 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (169 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 105 cm. Snowfall days average −4.6 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 55th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Morioka, about 20 km away. Below are links to 4 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
12.2℃
Max wind
9.2km/h
Elevation (est.)
339–1113m
Across
4.8km
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
358 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
169 cm
A typical winter: 363 cm. The best: 501 cm.
World rank
262
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
99
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
191
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 785 m, 19 m above the national median.
Quality rank
55
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.6°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
10%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
22%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
21 km/h
Dryness 0.47
Frequency 0.63
Freedom from rain 0.74
Calm when snowing 0.93
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amihari Onsen Ski Resort | 5.1 km | 358 cm | 262 |
| Iwate Kogen Snow Park | 5.9 km | 332 cm | 345 |
| Hachimantai Resort Panorama Ski Are | 12 km | 329 cm | 360 |
| Hachimantai Resort Shimokura Ski area | 13 km | 329 cm | 360 |
| Tazawako Ski Resort | 13 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 69% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 72 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
101cmDec
105cmJan
79cmFeb
72cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 358 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 169 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 501 cm (3.0 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.
169
501
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
22
Run length
18km
Lifts
6
Vertical
711m
Top 1,133 m · base 423 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.1 km
Steepest pitch31°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 4%
East 72%
South 24%
West 0%
76% 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 7
Intermediate 11
Advanced 4
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- Gondola1
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 mountainWatch live ↗Operated by: 雫石スキー場Roads nearby国道46号 ↗From the resort: 9.4 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 岩手河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道46号 ↗From the resort: 11.2 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 湯沢河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道46号 ↗From the resort: 16 kmOperated by: 東北地方整備局 秋田河川国道事務所
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.
Appi and Hachimantai webcams & snow report — all 11 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
6 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 54.8 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 雫石高倉高倉の湯 | 1.5 km | 54.8℃ hot | 6.8 neutral | — | — |
| 玄武若返りの湯 | 2.5 km | 28.2℃ lukewarm | 7.4 neutral | — | — |
| 篠崎 | 2.9 km | 15.4℃ cold | 7.7 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| ぬくもりぬくもりの湯 | 3.4 km | 39.2℃ warm | 8.1 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 治山事務所 | 4 km | 51.2℃ hot | 7.7 mildly alkaline | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Koiwai Farm小岩井農場 | Nature | 9.3 km |
| Matsukawa Geothermal Power Plant松川地熱発電所 | Landmark | 9.7 km |
| Akita-Komagatake秋田駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 10.1 km |
| Mount Iwate岩手山 | Mountain | 10.4 km |
| Nyuto Spa Resort乳頭温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 11.9 km |
| Hachimantai八幡平 | Mountain | 20 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: 39.7844, 140.9178
Places to stay nearby
7 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 民宿 高見荘 | ¥4,900 | 5.00 16 reviews | 2.8 km | 盛岡駅より田沢湖線・雫石駅下車 車で約20分／東北自動車道・盛岡ICより国道46号線を秋田方面 車で約20分 |
| 雫石プリンスホテル | ¥5,002 | 3.92 1844 reviews | 1.5 km | 雫石駅～車で約２０分／東北道盛岡ＩＣ～Ｒ４６経由約３０分／盛岡駅又は雫石駅～ホテルまでのシャトルバス予約制有 |
| 温泉ペンション くまさんち | ¥6,100 | 2.25 11 reviews | 2.4 km | ＪＲ 雫石駅よりお車にて約２０分 |
| 玄武温泉ロッヂたちばな | ¥7,700 | 3.50 34 reviews | 2.4 km | 盛岡駅よりお車にて約３０分 |
| 雫石南網張ありね温泉 ゆこたんの森 | ¥10,800 | 4.56 329 reviews | 3.1 km | ＪＲ秋田新幹線 田沢湖線 雫石駅よりお車にて２０分 |
| 玄武温泉 四季の里 | — | — | 2.5 km | 田沢湖線 雫石駅より車で５分／盛岡駅より車で４０分／盛岡ＩＣより車で２５分 |
| 民宿しらかば | — | — | 2.7 km | 雫石駅よりお車で１５分 |
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Stay nearby
1 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 Iwate
- 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%.
- When Japan's Ski Resorts Open for 2026/27, and Whether There Will Be Snow When They Do Japan's 2026/27 season opens on 20 November at Sapporo Kokusai, 21 November at Sapporo Teine and 28 November at Niseko, Rusutsu, Kiroro and Furano. Dates checked on each resort's own site, set beside what December actually delivers: in Hokkaido about as much snow as January, in Nagano and Niigata about four-fifths.
- Where in Japan Do You Get the Most Powder Days? Season snowfall totals do not tell you how often it snows. We counted the days that deliver 5 cm or more at all 397 Japanese ski areas. Hokkaido's median is 12 days a winter and Honshu's is 21 — and Honshu rains about three times as often.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52