Sahoro
Sahoro is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan, on slopes between roughly 398 and 744 m. Its mapped area is about 3.4 km across, with 43 marked runs and 9 lifts (about 24 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 194 cm of snowfall a season, 272nd of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2018/19 (149 cm), reached 77% of the average. December brings as much snow as January here (52 and 49 cm on average). Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 11.6 km away measured 237 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 181 cm from the model. Snowfall days are cold, averaging −6.1 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 148th 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shintokuyama | 9.8 km | 171 cm | 1407 |
| Hoshino Resorts Tomamu | 19 km | 228 cm | 893 |
| Minami Furano | 20 km | 225 cm | 913 |
| Furano Ski Resort | 37 km | 220 cm | 953 |
| Nukabira Gensenkyo Ski Area | 37 km | 174 cm | 1378 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 98% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 48 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 194 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 149 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 256 cm (1.7 times as much).
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
90% 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
- Chairlift7
- Gondola1
- Platter1
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
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Furano and Tokachi webcams & snow report — all 6 ski areas →
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 新得 weather station — 11.6 km from this ski area, 393 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 237 cm |
| 2023/24 | 254 cm |
| 2024/25 | 237 cm |
| 2025/26 | 221 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 181 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sahoro Resort Bear Mountainサホロリゾート ベア・マウンテン | Museum | 1 km |
| Karikachi Pass狩勝峠 | Nature | 5.1 km |
| Ikutora Station幾寅駅 | Landmark | 18.4 km |
| Hoshino Resorts Tomamu星野リゾート トマム | Mountain | 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| サホロリゾートホテル | ¥12,100 | 3.40 293 reviews | 1.7 km | ＪＲ石勝線新得駅から車で約１５分 |
| クラブメッド 北海道 サホロ | — | — | 1.3 km | クラブメッド公式HP、各リゾートページの“アクセス”よりご出発の14日前までにお申し込みください。 |
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Stay nearby
3 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 1.4 km
Nearest first
- Club Med Sahoro Hotel 1.4 km
- Sahoro Resort Hotel Hotel 1.8 km
- くったり溫泉湖旅舍 Hostel 9.4 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
What we have measured at Sahoro
- Furano Is Being Called the Next Niseko. Its Snow Record Says Something More Interesting. Land in Furano's Kitamine district rose 27.1% in 2025, the steepest in Japan, and Hong Kong, Malaysian and Marriott money has followed. But Furano ranks 237th of 397 Japanese ski areas for snowfall. What it does have is the steadiest winter of any big-name resort in the country: 13% variation over 12 winters, and 93% of normal in the El Niño year that cut Niseko to 57%.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52