Hakodate Nanae Snowpark is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan, on slopes between roughly 240 and 826 m. Its mapped area is about 3.9 km across, with 13 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 14 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 153 cm of snowfall a season, 313th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (221 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (84 cm). March still brings 39 cm on average, close to January, its snowiest month. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 3.5 km away measured 306 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 198th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niyama Kogen Ski Area | 11 km | 155 cm | 1601 |
| Greenpia Onuma | 14 km | 169 cm | 1427 |
| Furusatonomori Ski Area | 42 km | 159 cm | 1553 |
| Kaminokuni Chomin Ski Area | 49 km | 240 cm | 800 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 85% 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 39 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 153 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 84 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 221 cm (2.6 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.
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
66% 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
Lift types
- Chairlift2
- Gondola1
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.
Hakodate and Onuma webcams & snow report — all 3 ski areas →
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 大沼 weather station — 3.5 km from this ski area, 368 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 306 cm |
| 2023/24 | 312 cm |
| 2024/25 | 346 cm |
| 2025/26 | 259 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
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 61.2 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 東大沼東管駒見R5井 | 4 km | 42.4℃ hot | 8 mildly alkaline | — | — |
| 東大沼R2 | 4.7 km | 61.2℃ hot | 7.5 mildly alkaline | — | — |
| 東大沼R3 | 4.8 km | 45.3℃ hot | 7.9 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 軍川大沼池田園古関R-1 | 5 km | 50.8℃ hot | 7.7 mildly alkaline | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ōnuma Quasi-National Park大沼国定公園 | Nature | 8.3 km |
| Hokkaidō Koma-ga-take北海道駒ヶ岳 | Mountain | 12 km |
| Sasanagare Dam笹流ダム | Nature | 15.4 km |
| Shiryōkaku四稜郭 | Historic site | 16.4 km |
| Kakinoshima Site垣ノ島遺跡 | Historic site | 16.5 km |
| Goryōkaku五稜郭 | Historic site | 19.6 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
12 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ペンション 風 ＫＡＺＡ | ¥5,400 | 4.50 60 reviews | 7.4 km | ＪＲ 大沼公園駅より徒歩３分 |
| ＰＯＲＯＴＯ ＨＯＵＳＥ／民泊 | ¥7,540 | — | 6.6 km | 大沼公園駅から徒歩で約４分 |
| ＹＵＫＡＲＡ ＧＬＡＭＰＩＮＧ・北海道大沼公園 | ¥9,900 | — | 7.0 km | 大沼公園駅 徒歩約２分 |
| 函館大沼 鶴雅リゾート エプイ | ¥25,591 | 4.63 201 reviews | 7.3 km | JR大沼公園駅より徒歩3分／函館中心部より車で約30分／函館空港より車で約40分 |
| 東大沼温泉旅館 留の湯 | — | — | 6.0 km | JR函館本線 銚子口駅下車→徒歩25分・車で6分 函館市内より車で約50分 新函館北斗駅より車で25分 |
| のまどや大沼 | — | — | 6.4 km | ＪＲ 大沼公園駅より徒歩約３分 |
| Ｖｉｌｌａ ＹＵＫＡＲＡ緑屋 | — | — | 4.8 km | ＪＲ北海道大沼公園駅より車で約５分、道央自動車道大沼公園ＩＣより車で１約５分、北海道新幹線 新函館北斗駅より車で１約５分 |
| 民宿ゆっくり大沼 | — | — | 6.7 km | JR函館本線 大沼公園駅よりお車にて2分、徒歩にて10分 |
| みらいの宿 瑞の杜（旧：グランヴィレッヂ大沼） | — | 5.00 41 reviews | 6.0 km | ＪＲ 大沼公園駅よりお車にて約５分 |
| 大沼公園ｋｅｎｚｏの四季屋 ＾ | — | — | 6.9 km | 大沼公園駅から徒歩で約２分 |
| ＹＵＫＡＲＡ ＬＥＡＦ ＬＯＤＧＥ | — | — | 7.0 km | ＪＲ 北海道大沼公園駅より徒歩約２分、道央自動車道大沼公園ＩＣより約１０分、函館空港より車で約３５分、新函館北斗駅より車 |
| ステーションホテル 旭屋 | — | — | 7.2 km | ＪＲ函館本線 大沼公園駅より徒歩３０秒 |
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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.
Nearest: 8.4 km
Nearest first
- 旅館 倉敷 Hotel 8.4 km
- Hotel Shikanoyu Hotel 8.5 km
- 旅館 こにし Hotel 8.6 km
- 鹿部ロイヤルホテル Hotel 11.1 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