Abashiri Lake View Ski Resort is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan, on slopes between roughly 21 and 195 m. Its mapped area is about 1.1 km across, with 6 marked runs and 1 lift (about 3.8 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 144 cm of snowfall a season, 327th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2014/15 (258 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2019/20 (98 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 42 cm. Snowfall days average −3.7 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 255th of 397 in Japan.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bihoro Lily Yama Ski Area | 20 km | 143 cm | 1761 |
| Northern Arc Resort | 28 km | 148 cm | 1686 |
| Wakamatsu Shimin Ski Area | 36 km | 149 cm | 1677 |
| Kiyosato Choei Midori Ski Area | 37 km | 212 cm | 1041 |
| Saroma Choei | 38 km | 171 cm | 1407 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 79% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 33 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 144 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 98 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 258 cm (2.6 times as much).
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
Only 2% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift1
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.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
7 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 30 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 網走湖畔網走観光ホテル | 0.6 km | 27℃ lukewarm | 9.1 alkaline | — | 1978 |
| 網走湖畔 | 1 km | 25.4℃ lukewarm | 8.8 alkaline | — | 1978 |
| 網走湖畔木崎B | 2.3 km | 26.7℃ lukewarm | 8.7 alkaline | — | 1978 |
| 網走湖畔レインボー老人ホーム | 2.8 km | 25.2℃ lukewarm | 8.9 alkaline | — | 1978 |
| 網走湖畔網走市 | 2.9 km | 28.8℃ lukewarm | 8.8 alkaline | — | 1978 |
| 網走湖畔木崎A | 3.2 km | 30℃ lukewarm | 8.9 alkaline | — | 1978 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abashiri Prison Museum博物館網走監獄 | Museum | 0.8 km |
| Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples北海道立北方民族博物館 | Museum | 1.2 km |
| Mount Tento天都山 | Mountain | 1.6 km |
| Moyoro Shell Middenモヨロ貝塚 | Historic site | 5.1 km |
| Lake Abashiri網走湖 | Nature | 5.6 km |
| Lake Notoro能取湖 | Nature | 9.4 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
11 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ビジネスホテル幸楽 | ¥3,630 | 2.70 68 reviews | 2.4 km | 石北線 呼人駅より徒歩にて約５分 |
| 天都の宿 網走観光ホテル（BBHホテルグループ） | ¥4,080 | 4.04 619 reviews | 0.6 km | ＪＲ網走駅よりタクシーで約8分 女満別空港から航空機の発着に合わせて運行する連絡バス乗車、網走観光ホテル前下車徒歩6分 |
| 旧国鉄保養所 鉄ちゃんと鉄子の宿 鉄道資料館 | ¥6,480 | 3.80 18 reviews | 1.0 km | ＪＲ石北本線 網走駅からバス・車・車で約１０分、女満別空港から 約２０分 |
| 網走湖温泉 温泉旅館もとよし | ¥7,350 | 3.73 258 reviews | 1.0 km | ＪＲ石北線 網走駅より車で約１０分／市バス（美幌行または女満別空港行、網走湖荘前下車） |
| 白樺の森コテージ ＾ | ¥9,512 | — | 1.4 km | 網走駅から車で約７分 |
| 網走湖畔温泉 ホテル網走湖荘 | ¥12,100 | 4.26 1030 reviews | 1.1 km | 当館は国道３９号線沿いなので冬も安心。女満別空港から車で20分、網走駅から車で10分。駐車場無料（先着順・予約不可） |
| イタリア料理 ペンション わにの家 | ¥15,400 | 4.90 197 reviews | 0.8 km | 女満別空港から１５分、JR網走駅から８分。網走湖荘前下車、踏切を渡って左折５０ｍ進み坂を１５０ｍ上へ。 |
| 北天の丘あばしり湖鶴雅リゾート | ¥20,328 | 4.30 571 reviews | 2.6 km | ＪＲ 呼人駅から徒歩１０分 ◆JR呼人駅から無料送迎あり（前日20時までの予約制）詳しくはお問合せください。 |
| オーベルジュ 北の暖暖 | ¥31,700 | 4.69 123 reviews | 2.1 km | ＪＲ 網走駅より車で１０分 |
| 天都の郷ホテル本陣網走湖（ＢＢＨホテルグループ） | — | — | 2.4 km | 網走駅よりお車にて約５分 |
| 呼人旅館 | — | — | 2.7 km | 女満別空港より15分（バス車）／『呼人駅』より3分(徒歩） |
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Stay nearby
24 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 0.6 km
Nearest first
- abasirikankouhotel Hotel 0.6 km
- tecchan&tetsukonoyado Hotel 1 km
- motoyoshi Hotel 1 km
- animanosato Hotel 1.4 km
- Tento no sato Hotel Honjin Abashiriko Hotel 2.4 km
- tabisou Sakura Hotel 2.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Hokkaido
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52