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Washigatake Ski Area is a ski area in Gifu, Japan, on slopes between roughly 933 and 1,351 m. Its mapped area is about 2.3 km across, with 14 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 9.7 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 220 cm of snowfall a season, 235th 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 twice as much as the leanest, 2019/20 (136 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 75 cm. Snowfall days average −4.0 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 224th of 397 in Japan.
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
13.2℃
Max wind
6.4km/h
Elevation (est.)
933–1351m
Across
2.3km
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
220 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
136 cm
A typical winter: 204 cm. The best: 399 cm.
World rank
953
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
235
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
95
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,121 m, 355 m above the national median.
Quality rank
224
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.0°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
22%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
14%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
16 km/h
Dryness 0.43
Frequency 0.41
Freedom from rain 0.44
Calm when snowing 0.98
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 | 1.1 km | 220 cm | 953 |
| Gujo Vacances Mura Ski Area | 3.6 km | 220 cm | 953 |
| Shirao Ski Area | 5.0 km | 220 cm | 953 |
| Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort | 7.1 km | 220 cm | 953 |
| Dynaland | 8.2 km | 322 cm | 393 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 41% 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. In amount, March brings 31 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
67cmDec
75cmJan
46cmFeb
31cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 220 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 136 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 399 cm (2.9 times as much).
399
136
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
14
Run length
9.7km
Lifts
5
Vertical
445m
Top 1,347 m · base 902 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvancedOther Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.5 km
Steepest pitch30°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.5°
Which way the slopes face
North 6%
East 0%
South 10%
West 84%
Only 6% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Easy 3
Intermediate 5
Advanced 3
Other 3
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
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.
Okumino webcams & snow report — all 15 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
1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 15 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蛭ヶ野鉱泉 | 1.2 km | 15℃ cold | 5.8 mildly acidic | — | 1955 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bokka no Sato牧歌の里 | Park | 4.4 km |
| ひるがの高原 | Nature | 6.7 km |
| Amidaga Falls阿弥陀ケ滝 | Nature | 10.4 km |
| Mount Dainichi大日ヶ岳 | Mountain | 10.6 km |
| Shōkawa-zakura荘川桜 | Nature | 15.1 km |
| Itoshiro Cedar石徹白の大杉 | Nature | 18.3 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: 35.9438, 136.9315
Places to stay nearby
8 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| モリソラの家 | ¥4,600 | — | 2.6 km | 名神一宮JCから60分 / 高鷲ICから5分 / 北濃駅よりお車にて約20分 |
| 鷲ヶ岳高原ホテル・レインボー | ¥8,000 | 4.20 279 reviews | 1.1 km | 東海北陸自動車道 高鷲ＩＣから５ｋｍ |
| せいせん・りょう（青仙寮 ｓｅｉｓｅｎ－ｒｙｏ） ＾ | ¥9,570 | — | 3.0 km | 白鳥高原駅から車で約２３分 |
| ゲストハウス西洞館 | — | — | 1.5 km | 高鷲ICから車で１０分。バスツアーの方も徒歩で来れます！鷲ヶ岳スキー場にくるならここ！！！ |
| 貸別荘 鷲ヶ岳 ポン太ハウス | — | — | 1.5 km | 東海北陸自動車道 高鷲ＩＣより車で５分 |
| 鷲ヶ岳高原ホテル本館・新館 | — | 3.90 23 reviews | 1.9 km | 東海北陸自動車道 高鷲ＩＣより約4km |
| ペットと泊まれるログハウス貸し別荘 ゆがふ“あけの” | — | — | 2.5 km | 美濃白鳥駅よりお車にて約２０分 |
| Ｎ．Ａ．Ｏ．明野高原キャンプ場＆貸別荘 | — | — | 3.2 km | 東海北陸自動車道高鷲Ｉ．Ｃよりお車にて５分 |
Contains advertising · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
More places to look
Guides covering Gifu
- When Is There Snow at Japan's Hot Spring Towns? If you want to sit in an outdoor bath with snow on the ground, the question is when, not just where. We measured the snow depth at 14 Japanese hot spring towns across three winters — arrival, departure, and how many days it is actually deep.
- Ski and Soak in Japan: Which Ski Areas Have a Hot Spring Source Next Door, and How Hot the Water Is We matched 7,203 analysed hot spring sources to Japan's ski areas. 255 of 397 have one within 5 km, 145 of them at 42 °C or hotter, and 54 have one within 1 km. These are the ski areas that pair top snow with hot water close by, and the ones where the water is strongly acidic.
- Shirakawa-go's Snow Falls at Around 0°C. That Is Why the Roofs Are 60 Degrees. Japan has thatched villages all over the country, and only one of them built roofs like praying hands. We measured the snow at four of them: Shirakawa-go gets twelve times Miyama's depth, and it arrives at the heaviest temperature snow can fall.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52