八甲田国際スキー場‼️2025年12月28日‼️年末寒波で雪フルフル‼️雪質サイコーよ。青森県‼️
By: GOGO ペドロ Pedro · 2025-12-28
Hakkoda Kokusai Ski Area is a ski area in Aomori, Japan, on slopes between roughly 651 and 854 m. Its mapped area is about 0.9 km across, with 7 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 8 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 371 cm of snowfall a season, 89th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (469 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (154 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 112 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 3.5 km away measured 1,292 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 445 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −5.4 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 26th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Aomori, about 20 km away. 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
11.3℃
Max wind
11.1km/h
Elevation (est.)
651–854m
Across
0.9km
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
371 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
154 cm
A typical winter: 405 cm. The best: 469 cm.
World rank
221
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
89
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
189
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 791 m, 25 m above the national median.
Quality rank
26
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-5.4°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
10%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
26%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
22 km/h
Dryness 0.53
Frequency 0.74
Freedom from rain 0.74
Calm when snowing 0.91
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moya Hills | 6.9 km | 339 cm | 309 |
| Makado Onsen | 29 km | 182 cm | 1298 |
| Owani Onsen Ski Resort International Area | 30 km | 233 cm | 844 |
| Yogoshiyama Ski Area | 30 km | 231 cm | 865 |
| Kase Ski Area | 38 km | 234 cm | 832 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 61% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 68 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
103cmDec
112cmJan
87cmFeb
68cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 371 cm, and 4 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 154 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 469 cm (3.0 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan, the leanest winter was the same 2015/16: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
154
469
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
7
Run length
8km
Lifts
3
Vertical
642m
Top 1,306 m · base 664 m
Run map
Other Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.4 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12°
Which way the slopes face
North 26%
East 0%
South 6%
West 68%
Only 26% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Other 7
Lift types
- Chairlift2
- Cable car1
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. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
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.
Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
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 酸ケ湯 weather station — 3.5 km from this ski area, 138 m above its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 1292 cm |
| 2023/24 | 1122 cm |
| 2024/25 | 1472 cm |
| 2025/26 | 1282 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 445 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
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
4 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 90.7 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 寒水沢青葉 | 0.4 km | 47.3℃ hot | 6.8 neutral | — | — |
| 田茂萢田茂萢 | 1.8 km | 24.5℃ cold | 6.4 neutral | simple | — |
| 城ケ倉3号泉 | 2.4 km | 51℃ hot | 7.3 neutral | simple | — |
| 酸ケ湯ふかしの湯 | 3.4 km | 90.7℃ hot | 1 acidic | iron, acidic | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hakkōda Ropeway八甲田ロープウェー | Nature | 0.4 km |
| Sukayu Onsen酸ヶ湯 | Hot spring town | 3.4 km |
| Hakkōda Mountains八甲田山 | Mountain | 4.2 km |
| 青森自然公園ねぶたの里 | Nature | 10.4 km |
| Aomori Museum of Art青森県立美術館 | Museum | 18.3 km |
| Sannai-Maruyama Site三内丸山遺跡 | Historic site | 18.9 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: 40.6781, 140.8351
Places to stay nearby
3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 八甲田城ヶ倉温泉 ホテル城ヶ倉－ＨＯＴＥＬ Ｊｏｇａｋｕｒａ－ | ¥5,200 | 4.51 403 reviews | 2.4 km | ＪＲ 青森駅よりＪＲバス十和田湖行き乗車後、城ヶ倉温泉前にて下車 |
| ベルジャヤ八甲田スキーリゾート | ¥6,050 | 3.89 124 reviews | 0.4 km | ＪＲ青森駅からＪＲバス東北「十和田湖行き」乗車し1時間、八甲田ロープウェー駅前下車 徒歩３分 |
| 八甲田山荘 | ¥9,350 | 3.67 24 reviews | 0.4 km | JR東北新幹線 新青森駅よりお車にて約60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.
5 Hotel
Nearest: 2.4 km
Nearest first
- Hotel Jogakura Hotel 2.4 km
- 酸ヶ湯温泉 Hotel 3.3 km
- Sukayu Onsen Hotel 3.4 km
- 猿倉温泉 Hotel 8.5 km
- Yachionsen Hotel 9.1 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
What we have measured at Hakkoda Kokusai Ski Area
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52