Shiga Kogen Kumanoyu Overview

志賀高原 熊の湯スキー場
Official site

Shiga Kogen Kumanoyu sits at the southern end of the Shiga Kogen complex, next to Yokoteyama and Shibutoge. Five lifts serve a fan of north-facing slopes between 1,690m and 1,960m, a 270m vertical, with night and early-morning sessions on scheduled days.

Resort Location

Location of the resort on the map of Japan.

153.6 km from Tokyo · Resort base 1650 m above Tokyo
270 m Vertical Drop
— Skiable Area
1690–1960m Base Elevation
12 Runs
5 Lifts
~7,108 /h Uphill capacity
780 m Longest Run
28.7 ° Max Slope

Resort highlights

Access
Night skiing

Snow Report

Snow Report →

Average peak depth and the month it arrives, over every recorded season.

223cm

Typical base at the deepest half-month.

Measured
Peak · 223cm
Half-month average snow depth across recorded seasons.

Clear skies

This resort was added after the sky fit was last cut, so JapowDB cannot yet say how many clear days a winter here holds.

The forecast strip on the snow report is unaffected. It still answers what the sky will do over the next three days.

How a winter day is classified
The boundaries 30 / 80 / 5

Winter runs from December 1 to March 31. A day counts as Clear when modelled cloud cover is 30% or less, Partly Cloudy from 31 to 79%, and Overcast from 80% up. A day with 5 cm or more of snowfall counts as Snow, whatever the cloud cover.

The limit —

The classification describes cloud over the resort’s weather cell, but nobody measures visibility on the hill. A cell that reads clear can still leave the upper mountain in cloud all day.

Mountain

Mountain →

The spread from this mountain’s gentlest run to its steepest, ranked against the other mountains with pitch data.

36thwidest of 48

Its runs range from 8.1° to 20.4°.

Estimated

Lifts

Every active lift, ranked by the riders it carries uphill in an hour.

~7,108/h

5 active lifts carrying skiers uphill.

Estimated
3rd Quad Lift 2,400 /h · 4/car 2nd Pair Lift B 1,200 /h · 2/car 1st Pair Lift 1,200 /h · 2/car 2nd Pair Lift A 1,200 /h · 2/car 4th Pair Lift 1,108 /h · 2/car

Riders per hour (estimated)

Uphill capacity per lift. Values without a measured figure are estimated from lift type and carrier size.

Lift Tickets

Lift Tickets →

The cost of an hour on the hill, for every ticket length.

¥813/h

Cheapest cost per hour among the compared passes.

Measured
Kumanoyu-only 1-day ticket ¥6,500 · 8 h ¥813 /h Nighter Plus ticket ¥2,300 · 2.5 h ¥920 /h Early-morning ticket ¥2,500 · 2.5 h ¥1,000 /h Early-morning + morning ticket ¥7,700 · 7 h ¥1,100 /h Night ticket ¥3,000 · 2.5 h ¥1,200 /h Kumanoyu-only 4-hour ticket ¥5,500 · 4 h ¥1,375 /h
Adult walk-up fares (online where available) divided by the hours each pass is valid.

Night Skiing

Night Skiing →

1 lift runs at night, 18:30 to 21:00.

Getting Here

Getting Here →

One recommended public-transport route from each gateway city.

3gateways

3 gateway cities with a confirmed public route.

Measured
3 gateway cities converging on Shiga Kogen Kumanoyu by public transit.
  • Tokyo → Nagano (Shinkansen) → Yudanaka (Nagaden) + local bus via Hasuike: board:Tokyo Station — Tokyo Station — (Hokuriku Shinkansen, 85 min) — Nagano Station — (Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line, 48 min) — Yudanaka Station — (Shiga Kogen Line – Oku-Shiga Kogen Line (S), 41 min) — Hasuike Hiroba (bus stop) — (Shiga Kogen Line – Shirane Kazan Line (K), 24 min) — Kumanoyu (bus stop)
  • Haneda → Tokyo → Nagano (Shinkansen) → Yudanaka + local bus: Tokyo Haneda Airport — (Tokyo Monorail, 15 min) — Hamamatsucho — (Yamanote Line, 10 min) — Tokyo Station — (Hokuriku Shinkansen, 85 min) — Nagano Station — (Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line, 48 min) — Yudanaka Station — (Shiga Kogen Line – Oku-Shiga Kogen Line (S), 41 min) — Hasuike Hiroba (bus stop) — (Shiga Kogen Line – Shirane Kazan Line (K), 24 min) — Kumanoyu (bus stop)
  • Toyama Airport → Toyama → Nagano (Shinkansen) → Yudanaka + local bus: Toyama Airport — (Toyama Airport Limousine Bus, 25 min) — Toyama Station — (Hokuriku Shinkansen, 55 min) — Nagano Station — (Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line, 48 min) — Yudanaka Station — (Shiga Kogen Line – Oku-Shiga Kogen Line (S), 41 min) — Hasuike Hiroba (bus stop) — (Shiga Kogen Line – Shirane Kazan Line (K), 24 min) — Kumanoyu (bus stop)
3 gateway cities converging on Shiga Kogen Kumanoyu by public transit.
The recommended public-transit route from each origin. Driving routes live on the Getting Here tab.

Videos

Videos →

Riders’ own words from their videos, each with its timestamp.

4clips

4 rider clips from confirmed videos.

Creator-sourced
  • GWまでいけそう?◆志賀高原 熊の湯スキー場 2026年4月18日【 Slope Report at Kumanoyu ski resort】 — 馬乗せ経由

    “して選択肢にしていいと思いましたね。 よしよし。はい、じゃあ再びよ熊の湯 トップから第3ゲルネの方向かっていき ましょう。ま、馬乗せ経由の第3ゲルです ね。うん。 なかなかね、レーサーっていうかポールと ね、レッスンが多くてね、やりにくいです 。あ、で、この左手のコブは、え、どこ から入ったんだ?よくわかんないね。まあ 、いいや。 じゃ、今度は第3の方行ってみましょう。 あの、コブがあるかどうか見ていきたい です。うん。ま、入場制限されてないんで ね、あの、ポールいっぱい立ってるとこの”

    GWまでいけそう?◆志賀高原 熊の湯スキー場 2026年4月18日【 Slope Report at Kumanoyu ski resort】 · Apr 2026 Watch at 7:55 →
  • 熊の湯スキー場 2026年4月18日 — 馬乗せコース

    “熊の湯トップですね。降りてきたとこです 。ま、無難に馬乗せコースを滑りつつ なんか台の方がね、なんかレース、レー スっていうか、あのポールのね、レーンが いっぱいあって貸切りみたいになってんだ けど滑れるのかな?入っていいのかな?あ 、じゃていうのも向こう入れないとあの そこのコブね。こっから入ってコブが入れ ないんでね。うん。いや、しかし ゴールデンウィークみたいな雪の状態に なってますね、この上部は。ま、これはね 。うん。馬のはゴルデイカはちょ持たない ですね。”

    熊の湯スキー場 2026年4月18日 · Apr 2026 Watch at 0:02 →
  • 志賀高原【熊の湯スキー場】超危険なお仕事/草刈り機/バロネス — モーグルバーン

    “草刈りをね容易にできるようになっており ます 今僕が勝っているところの背中側が モーグルバーンっていう急斜面になって まして この粘るねしてまた一つ危ないのが もう謝ってね急斜面に落っこっちゃうとも 大変なことになるんですよ なので僕は 行為このバルデス1台分余裕を持って 止まるようにしてますねギリギリせめて それでそうさあちょっと水ただけで旧社名 落ちちゃうような本当に危ないので まあ て狩り舞台には申し訳ないんですけど”

    志賀高原【熊の湯スキー場】超危険なお仕事/草刈り機/バロネス · Sep 2021 Watch at 6:22 →
  • 快晴 熊の湯スキー場【志賀高原】でパウダースノーボード 2025.2 — 馬の背コース

    “よ長めがいいですね笠ヶ岳が綺麗に見え ます [音楽] 少し急な馬の背コースを滑ってみ [音楽] [音楽] ますこの左側はパウダーなのかな”

    快晴 熊の湯スキー場【志賀高原】でパウダースノーボード 2025.2 · Feb 2025 Watch at 3:28 →
Excerpts from confirmed creator videos; each links to its timestamp on YouTube.