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Daisen White Resort ski resort, Chugoku
Tottori · ChugokuPopular

Daisen White Resort

Chugoku's largest resort, set against the cone of Mt Daisen — the mountain everyone in western Japan learned to ski on.

16runs490mvertical

Live conditions

Off-season

The mountain is resting.

Next season

Opens late November

Current temp 10°C, wind 5 km/h. We’ll resume the daily report once snowfall picks up.

Forecast data via Open-Meteo. Refreshes hourly. Always verify with the resort before driving up.

Why Daisen White Resort

Chugoku's largest resort, set against the cone of Mt Daisen — the mountain everyone in western Japan learned to ski on.

Daisen White Resort is a ski resort in Tottori, Chugoku, with 16 marked runs and 490m of vertical. The terrain suits intermediates. Expect well-groomed pistes and a large interconnected mountain.

Terrain in detail

Mellow

Cruisey terrain — fine for advanced skiers as a rest day, not a destination. Difficulty, powder character, and the stats that matter on the mountain itself.

Hardcore index

29

Cruisey terrain — fine for advanced skiers as a rest day, not a destination.

From terrain split, run profile, vertical drop, expert features.

tamemellowbalancedseriousextreme

Powder profile

Heavy Maritime

Western Honshu — wetter, warmer storm cycles.

Wet, heavy maritime snow — sticky on warm days.

m

per season

Snowfall data not published — frequency is the regional baseline.

Dry14% waterWet

Expert runs

2 of 16

Estimated from advanced terrain split.

Vertical drop

490m

Compact mountain.

Steepest pitch

Pitch not published.

Backcountry gates

None

In-bounds skiing only.

Tree skiing

Limited

Mostly groomed terrain.

Moguls

Few

Mostly cord and powder.

Best for

beginnersfamilies

Terrain

large terrainintermediategroomedscenic

Getting there

How you actually get to the lifts.

From airport

40 minutes from Yonago Kitaro Airport

Train / bus

Shuttle from JR Yonago Station 40 minutes from Yonago Kitaro Airport

Shuttle from JR Yonago Station 40 minutes from Yonago Kitaro Airport

Photo: Rarisan / CC0 · Source

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