Ski Resorts in Hokkaido

Hokkaido has 85 ski areas on JAPANSNOWLINE, 66 of them with an official live camera. None of them are holding snow at the moment — the season has not started here yet. The highest terrain on file reaches about 1609 m. Snow depth, snowfall, temperature and wind are refreshed every day.

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Where It’s Snowing

Resorts with 3cm+ of snow in the last 48 hours. A ❄ marks anything over 15cm.

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Snow in Hokkaido

Typical snowfall 211 cm #13 of 31 prefectures

Worst of 12 winters 149 cm prefecture median

Rain days 7% Japan 16%

Temp when snowing −4.6 °C Japan −3.5 °C

Days over 5 cm 12 a winter · Japan 18

The 85 ski areas in Hokkaido get 211 cm of snow in a typical season, taking the middle value. That makes it 13th of the 31 prefectures with ski areas, below the national median of 249 cm. The snowiest is Mashike Choei Shokanbetsudake Ski Area at 416 cm, 71st in Japan.

Month by month, the most snow falls in December. By March it is down to 69% of January. That is a gentler fall than the national median of 57%. March brings 41 cm here, about the same as the national median of 46 cm.

On the quality of what falls: 7% of winter days bring rain, snow falls at an average of −4.6 °C, and 12 days a winter deliver 5 cm or more (all prefecture medians). That is less rain than the national median of 16%, and it is colder than the country as a whole. The best snow-quality score in the prefecture belongs to Daisetsuzan Sounkyo Kurodake Ski Area, 1st of 397 in Japan.

Even in the worst of the last twelve winters, the typical ski area here still got 149 cm.

62cm Dec

59cm Jan

48cm Feb

41cm Mar

Snowfall by month (prefecture median, last 12 winters)

All ski areas in Hokkaido

The season has not started, so these are in order of typical snowfall.

	Ski area	Typical snowfall	Quality (Japan)	Powder Score	Temperature	Live Cameras
1	Mashike Choei Shokanbetsudake Ski Area	416 cm	#29	6	14.3 ℃	🎥
2	Daisetsuzan Sounkyo Kurodake Ski Area	396 cm	#1	6	4.5 ℃	🎥
3	Asahidake	388 cm	#2	6	5.5 ℃	🎥
4	Iwanai Resort	373 cm	#28	6	12.9 ℃	🎥
5	Suttsu Town Ski Area	341 cm	#199	6	15.2 ℃	🎥
6	Kiroro Resort	331 cm	#24	6	10.6 ℃	🎥
7	Sapporo Kokusai Skiing Resort	331 cm	#25	6	10.6 ℃	🎥
8	Shakotan Town	303 cm	#111	6	14.7 ℃	🎥
9	Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort	293 cm	#49	6	13 ℃	🎥
10	Otaru Tenguyama Ski Area	293 cm	#59	6	13.7 ℃	🎥
11	Boyodai Ski Area	290 cm	#128	6	14.7 ℃	🎥
12	Niseko Grand Hirafu	289 cm	#38	8	8.8 ℃	🎥
13	Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort	289 cm	#32	8	9.9 ℃	🎥
14	Asahigaoka Ski Resort	288 cm	#78	8	11.3 ℃	🎥
15	Snowcruse ONZE	277 cm	#112	6	14.8 ℃	🎥
16	Nakayama-toge Ski Resort	264 cm	#56	6	9.4 ℃
17	Sapporo Teine	260 cm	#71	6	11 ℃	🎥
18	Asahi Ski Area	257 cm	#135	6	11.4 ℃
19	Kokusetsu Horotachi Ski Area	250 cm	#97	6	10.4 ℃
20	Consadole Niki Ski Park	248 cm	#129	6	13.9 ℃	🎥
21	Otoineppu Otoifuji	248 cm	#110	6	11.9 ℃	🎥
22	Haboro Chomin Skijo	247 cm	#164	6	14.7 ℃	🎥
23	Bifuka Ski Area	243 cm	#132	6	11.6 ℃
24	Pirika Ski Resort	242 cm	#88	8	14.9 ℃	🎥
25	Kaminokuni Chomin Ski Area	240 cm	#307	8	16.6 ℃
26	Nayoro Piyashiri	234 cm	#124	6	8.9 ℃
27	Bibai Kokusetsu Ski Area	232 cm	#142	6	12.3 ℃	🎥
28	Katsurazawa Kokusetsu Ski Area	232 cm	#138	6	12.4 ℃
29	Touma Ski Area	232 cm	#136	6	11.4 ℃	🎥
30	Hoshino Resorts Tomamu	228 cm	#96	3	10.1 ℃	🎥
31	Ashimoi Kanko Takaho Ski Area	225 cm	#100	6	11.2 ℃	🎥
32	Minami Furano	225 cm	#115	6	9.6 ℃	🎥
33	Wakkanaishi Komadori Ski Area	224 cm	#177	3	12.9 ℃	🎥
34	Hidaka Kokusai	222 cm	#118	6	10 ℃	🎥
35	Nakatonbestucho Eikotobuki	221 cm	#155	6	10.9 ℃	🎥
36	Furano Ski Resort	220 cm	#116	6	8.1 ℃	🎥
37	Pippu Ski Slopes	220 cm	#147	6	9.8 ℃	🎥
38	Wassamu Higashiyama Ski Resort	217 cm	#214	6	10.9 ℃	🎥
39	Canmore Ski Resort	215 cm	#200	6	12.5 ℃	🎥
40	Sarufutsu Sonei Ski Area	215 cm	#189	3	12.7 ℃	🎥
41	Kiyosato Choei Midori Ski Area	212 cm	#168	6	11.3 ℃
42	Rusutsu Resort	212 cm	#126	6	10.2 ℃	🎥
43	Mikasayama Esashi	211 cm	#169	3	11.5 ℃	🎥
44	Fu's snow area	207 cm	#160	6	12 ℃	🎥
45	Ishikariheigen Ski Area	207 cm	#202	6	13.3 ℃	🎥
46	Kamui Ski Links	206 cm	#145	6	11.5 ℃	🎥
47	Shintotsukawacho Sotchidake	205 cm	#159	8	12.3 ℃	🎥
48	Takinouecho Sakuragaoka	204 cm	#221	3	13.5 ℃	🎥
49	Memuro	201 cm	#188	8	12.5 ℃
50	Kamoidake Kokusai	201 cm	#151	6	11 ℃	🎥
51	Teshio Chomin Ski Area	201 cm	#203	6	13.7 ℃	🎥
52	Inosawa Sky Slopes	200 cm	#140	6	11.1 ℃	🎥
53	Santa present park	200 cm	#137	6	11.1 ℃	🎥
54	Sapporo Bankei Ski Area	194 cm	#181	8	12.5 ℃	🎥
55	Sahoro	194 cm	#148	3	9.2 ℃	🎥
56	Mount Racey	193 cm	#146	6	10.5 ℃	🎥
57	Higashigaoka Ski Area	191 cm	#201	6	11.8 ℃	🎥
58	Toyotomi Ski Area	191 cm	#205	6	11.8 ℃	🎥
59	Engaru Rock Valley	186 cm	#172	3	12 ℃	🎥
60	Sapporo Moiwayama	184 cm	#220	8	11.8 ℃	🎥
61	Yakumo Choei Ski Area	179 cm	#281	8	16.9 ℃	🎥
62	Monbetsu City Oyama Monbetsu City Oyama	176 cm	#176	6	12.7 ℃
63	Nukabira Gensenkyo Ski Area	174 cm	#143	6	8.2 ℃
64	Saroma Choei	171 cm	#184	6	12 ℃	🎥
65	Shintokuyama	171 cm	#230	3	12.5 ℃	🎥
66	Greenpia Onuma	169 cm	#244	8	15 ℃	🎥
67	Rubeshibe-cho Happodai	166 cm	#233	8	10.4 ℃
68	Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area	164 cm	#245	6	13.3 ℃	🎥
69	Hokkaido Greenland White Park	164 cm	#239	6	13.3 ℃	🎥
70	Sanlaiva	163 cm	#219	8	14.1 ℃	🎥
71	Oketocho Minamigaoka	162 cm	#218	8	10.5 ℃
72	Dynasty Ski Resort	161 cm	#225	8	12.5 ℃	🎥
73	Furusatonomori Ski Area	159 cm	#340	8	16.4 ℃
74	Orofure Ski Area	157 cm	#292	8	14.3 ℃	🎥
75	Niyama Kogen Ski Area	155 cm	#249	8	15 ℃	🎥
76	Hakugindai Ski Area	154 cm	#295	8	14.5 ℃
77	Hakodate Nanae Snowpark	153 cm	#198	8	13.5 ℃
78	Wakamatsu Shimin Ski Area	149 cm	#259	6	12.2 ℃
79	Eniwa City Ski Area	148 cm	#277	8	13.7 ℃	🎥
80	Northern Arc Resort	148 cm	#236	6	12.1 ℃	🎥
81	Abashiri Lake View Ski Resort	144 cm	#255	3	13.5 ℃
82	Bihoro Lily Yama Ski Area	143 cm	#260	6	12.6 ℃
83	Muroran-shi Ski Area	135 cm	#311	8	14.4 ℃	🎥
84	Akan Royal Valley	116 cm	#339	6	13.9 ℃	🎥
85	Anpeizan ski resort	114 cm	#299	6	13.5 ℃	🎥

Onsen towns in Hokkaido

Designated national health-resort onsen in this prefecture, snowiest first.

Niseko Onsen-kyo 241 cm a season
Ashibetsu Onsen 217 cm a season
Toyotomi Onsen 191 cm a season
Karurusu Onsen 163 cm a season
Naganuma Onsen 126 cm a season

Deep snow close to a city

Ski areas averaging 300 cm or more, by straight-line distance from the nearest large city.

Sapporo Kokusai Skiing Resort about 22 km from Sapporo · 331 cm a season
Kiroro Resort about 28 km from Sapporo · 331 cm a season
Asahidake about 37 km from Asahikawa · 388 cm a season

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Snowfall is the 12-winter average from the ERA5 reanalysis, and the model runs low on mountain snow, by different amounts in different regions (the regional map on the Japan page adds that difference back; the figures on this page do not). Read the ranks and the comparisons rather than the centimetres. The month-by-month pattern uses the last 12 winters; rain days, snow-day temperature and 5 cm days use the last three. How we measure

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