北海道の絶壁急斜面に絶句する本州スキーヤーの反応｜えんがるロックバレースキー場 #スキー #基礎スキー
By: SnowHub(スノーハブ) · 2026-02-09
Engaru Rock Valley is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan, on slopes between roughly 132 and 363 m. Its mapped area is about 1.4 km across, with 8 marked runs and 1 lift (about 6.3 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 186 cm of snowfall a season, 281st of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2018/19 (142 cm), reached 76% of the average. March still brings 43 cm on average, close to January, its snowiest month. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 5.2 km away measured 319 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 178 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −4.8 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 172nd of 397 in Japan.
Below is a link to its official live camera.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Temperature
12℃
Max wind
30.4km/h
Elevation (est.)
132–363m
Across
1.4km
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
186 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
142 cm
A typical winter: 181 cm. The best: 270 cm.
World rank
1270
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
281
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
329
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 249 m, 517 m below the national median.
Quality rank
172
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.8°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
4%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
8%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19 km/h
Dryness 0.48
Frequency 0.23
Freedom from rain 0.89
Calm when snowing 0.96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saroma Choei | 20 km | 171 cm | 1407 |
| Rubeshibe-cho Happodai | 29 km | 166 cm | 1457 |
| Takinouecho Sakuragaoka | 37 km | 204 cm | 1117 |
| Northern Arc Resort | 37 km | 148 cm | 1686 |
| Oketocho Minamigaoka | 39 km | 162 cm | 1517 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 81% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 43 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
48cmDec
53cmJan
42cmFeb
43cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 186 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 142 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 270 cm (1.9 times as much).
270
142
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
8
Run length
6.3km
Lifts
1
Vertical
267m
Top 416 m · base 150 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.9 km
Steepest pitch30°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 61%
East 17%
South 0%
West 22%
78% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Novice 1
Easy 4
Intermediate 1
Advanced 2
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.
Live Cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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.
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.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 遠軽 weather station — 5.2 km from this ski area, 167 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 319 cm |
| 2023/24 | 323 cm |
| 2024/25 | 297 cm |
| 2025/26 | 338 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 178 cm.
A weather station is not a ski slope. We picked one at a similar elevation, but it stands in a valley or a village. More snow falls on the mountain above it. We have not tried to guess how much more.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency historical records
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 太陽の丘えんがる公園 | Park | 4.8 km |
| Hokkaido Maruseppu Recreation Forest Park Railway丸瀬布森林公園いこいの森 | Park | 16.1 km |
| かみゆうべつチューリップ公園 | Park | 17 km |
| 丸瀬布温泉 | Hot spring town | 17.4 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 ↗ Coordinates: 44.0175, 143.4976
Places to stay nearby
1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ワークマンハウス遠軽 | ¥7,000 | 4.23 26 reviews | 2.8 km | ＪＲ遠軽駅から車で約5分 |
Contains advertising · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
Stay nearby
4 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
2 Hotel 2 Motel
Nearest: 1.1 km
Nearest first
- しんぱくホテル Motel 1.1 km
- ホテル ドームe Motel 2.4 km
- Hotel Sun Shine Hotel 5.2 km
- Setose onsen hotel Hotel 10.3 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Hokkaido
- A Historic El Niño Is Forecast. Here Is What the Last Big One Did to Japan's Snow. NOAA gives a very strong El Niño better than a 90% chance this winter. We measured every Japanese ski area across the last 12 winters: El Niño winters ran 88% of normal, and the strongest of the twelve left Japan at 63%. But Hakuba held 92% of its average that winter while Niseko fell to 57%.
- Which Famous Ski Resorts Actually Get the Most Snow? 24 Names, Measured Niseko is 526th in the world for snowfall. Zermatt is 554th, Jackson Hole 924th, Aspen 1,201st. Measured identically across 3,069 ski areas, the names everyone books and the places it actually snows turn out to be two different lists.
- Australia Just Had Its Worst Season in Twenty Years. Here Is What Japan's 12-Winter Record Says About Booking It Instead. Snow depth at Spencers Creek peaked at 94.5 cm, the third lowest since 1954, and resorts closed in August. Our own measure — snowfall, not depth — puts Australia at 50% of its 12-year average. The gap between those two numbers is the story: it was the warmth, not only the lack of snow. New Zealand, meanwhile, finished at 108% of normal.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52