【4K】『カムイスキーリンクス』（北海道旭川市）道民もこのスキー場の価値を知らない！隠れた日本有数のビックゲレンデを徹底紹介！
By: 気ままなおやじの趣味 · 2026-01-15
Kamui Ski Links is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan, on slopes between roughly 110 and 718 m. Its mapped area is about 3.0 km across, with 36 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 19 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 206 cm of snowfall a season, 253rd of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2019/20 (156 cm), reached 76% of the average. December brings as much snow as January here (68 and 53 cm on average). Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 10.3 km away measured 637 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 209 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −5.9 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 145th of 397 in Japan.
Below are links to 2 official live cameras.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Temperature
11.5℃
Max wind
22.2km/h
Elevation (est.)
110–718m
Across
3.0km
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
206 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
156 cm
A typical winter: 204 cm. The best: 269 cm.
World rank
1092
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
253
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
305
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 324 m, 442 m below the national median.
Quality rank
145
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-5.9°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
7%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
9%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
17 km/h
Dryness 0.57
Frequency 0.24
Freedom from rain 0.82
Calm when snowing 0.98
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa present park | 10 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Inosawa Sky Slopes | 12 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Ashimoi Kanko Takaho Ski Area | 23 km | 225 cm | 913 |
| Kamoidake Kokusai | 25 km | 201 cm | 1140 |
| Canmore Ski Resort | 28 km | 215 cm | 995 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 72% 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 38 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
68cmDec
53cmJan
48cmFeb
38cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 206 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 156 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 269 cm (1.7 times as much).
269
156
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
36
Run length
19km
Lifts
6
Vertical
586m
Top 732 m · base 146 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.1 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11°
Which way the slopes face
North 38%
East 1%
South 2%
West 60%
Only 39% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Easy 22
Intermediate 12
Advanced 2
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- 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.
Live Cameras
On the mountainSlope camera on the official home page ↗Operated by: カムイスキーリンクスRoads nearby国道12号 ↗From the resort: 3.1 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局
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.
Asahikawa webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
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 深川 weather station — 10.3 km from this ski area, 359 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 637 cm |
| 2023/24 | 697 cm |
| 2024/25 | 732 cm |
| 2025/26 | 482 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 209 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamuikotan神居古潭 | Nature | 3.5 km |
| Kamikawa Shrine上川神社 | Shrine | 14.5 km |
| Canadian Worldカナディアンワールド | Park | 15.3 km |
| Hokuchin Memorial Museum北鎮記念館 | Museum | 16.5 km |
| Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine北海道護國神社 | Shrine | 16.6 km |
| Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture中原悌二郎記念旭川市彫刻美術館 | Museum | 17.7 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: 43.7009, 142.1990
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.
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