2026/1/25 萩の山市民スキー場#北海道 #スキー
By: AbiraSanpo あびらさんぽ · 2026-01-25
Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan, on slopes between roughly 38 and 102 m. Its mapped area is about 0.8 km across.
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 164 cm of snowfall a season, 299th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2019/20 (112 cm), reached 68% of the average. December brings as much snow as January here (49 and 46 cm on average). Snowfall days average −4.2 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 245th 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
13.3℃
Max wind
24.2km/h
Elevation (est.)
38–102m
Across
0.8km
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
164 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
112 cm
A typical winter: 158 cm. The best: 219 cm.
World rank
1485
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
299
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
381
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 89 m, 677 m below the national median.
Quality rank
245
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.2°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
12%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
8%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
22 km/h
Dryness 0.44
Frequency 0.23
Freedom from rain 0.68
Calm when snowing 0.92
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido Greenland White Park | 1.9 km | 164 cm | 1485 |
| Katsurazawa Kokusetsu Ski Area | 17 km | 232 cm | 853 |
| Mount Racey | 19 km | 193 cm | 1217 |
| Bibai Kokusetsu Ski Area | 21 km | 232 cm | 853 |
| Ishikariheigen Ski Area | 27 km | 207 cm | 1081 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 63% 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 29 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
49cmDec
46cmJan
40cmFeb
29cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 164 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 112 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 219 cm (2.0 times as much).
112
219
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 marked runs and lifts on the map, within 1 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Marked runs
0
Lifts
3
Lift types
- Chairlift3
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iwamizawa Parkいわみざわ公園 | Park | 2 km |
| Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum三笠鉄道記念館 | Museum | 10.3 km |
| Mikasa City Museum三笠市立博物館 | Museum | 16.4 km |
| Katsurazawa Dam桂沢ダム | Nature | 17.7 km |
| Yūbari Coal Mine Museum夕張市石炭博物館 | Museum | 18.1 km |
| マウントレースイ | Landmark | 18.2 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.
Coordinates: 43.1649, 141.8097
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| シャトレーゼホテル栗山 | — | — | 8.0 km | ＪＲ 栗山駅からお車で１０分 |
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Stay nearby
5 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
3 Hotel 2 Hostel
Nearest: 2.6 km
Nearest first
- リトルロックヒルズ Hotel 2.6 km
- ライダーハウス旧萱野駅 Hostel 7.3 km
- THE MAPLELODGE Hotel 10 km
- 雨煙別小学校コカ・コーラ環境ハウス Hostel 10.6 km
- ホテルパラダイスヒルズ Hotel 12 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