美唄国設スキー場 絶対的穴場パウダー 北海道美唄市 豪雪地帯にある穴場スキー場 #美唄国設スキー場
By: YOHちゃんねる【パウダー日和】 · 2026-01-01
Bibai Kokusetsu Ski Area is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 121–284 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 0.9 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 5 marked runs and 1 lift, totalling about 3.1 km of piste. There is no settled snow at the moment — the season has not started here yet. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 254 cm of snowfall a season, 713th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. 1 official live camera is linked below. 50 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Base depth
0cm
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
16.8℃
Max wind
25.8km/h
Elevation (est.)
121–284m
Area
0.9km²
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 6/10
Base 0/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 11.3 / 20.2 | 25.8 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 13.5 / 22.6 | 26.8 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12 / 17.1 | 23.7 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.6 / 18.6 | 12.2 |
| ⛈️ 1 Oct | 0 | 9 / 16.4 | 26.4 |
| 🌧️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.1 / 10.1 | 16.7 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 6.4 / 10.2 | 6.4 |
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
5
Run length
3.1km
Lifts
1
Vertical
176m
Top 309 m · base 133 m
Run map
Other Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.8 km
Steepest pitch24°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs13.5°
Which way the slopes face
North 97%
East 2%
South 0%
West 1%
99% 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
Other 5
Lift types
- Chairlift1
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. 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.
Furano and Tokachi webcams & snow report — all 6 ski areas →
See the snow in motion
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How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
254 cm
per season
Range over three winters
49 cm
225–274 cm. Steadier from winter to winter than most.
World rank
713
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
214
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
347
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 189 m, 564 m below the national median.
Quality rank
141
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.5°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
11%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
12%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19 km/h
Dryness 0.46
Frequency 0.35
Freedom from rain 0.71
Calm when snowing 0.96
The tick marks the median across the 395 Japanese ski areas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katsurazawa Kokusetsu Ski Area | 8.3 km | 254 cm | 713 |
| Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area | 21 km | 191 cm | 1159 |
| Hokkaido Greenland White Park | 21 km | 191 cm | 1159 |
| Kamoidake Kokusai | 23 km | 206 cm | 1025 |
| Shintotsukawacho Sotchidake | 27 km | 220 cm | 927 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 54% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 33 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
83cmDec
61cmJan
52cmFeb
33cmMar
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 美唄 weather station — 10.9 km from this ski area, 186 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 531 cm |
| 2023/24 | 570 cm |
| 2024/25 | 553 cm |
| 2025/26 | 471 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 254 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kan Yasuda Sculpture Museum Arte Piazza Bibai安田侃彫刻美術館 アルテピアッツァ美唄 | Museum | 3.3 km |
| Mikasa City Museum三笠市立博物館 | Museum | 6.6 km |
| Katsurazawa Dam桂沢ダム | Nature | 9.9 km |
| Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum三笠鉄道記念館 | Museum | 10.8 km |
| Kami-Sunagawa Station上砂川駅 | Landmark | 18.2 km |
| Miyajima-numa宮島沼 | Nature | 19 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: 43.3197, 141.9473
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 美唄駅前ホテルＢＩＪＩＫＯ | ¥7,910 | 4.42 112 reviews | 7.1 km | ＪＲ北海道 美唄駅より徒歩にて約１分 |
| 青の洞窟温泉 ピパの湯 ゆ〜りん館 | ¥8,900 | 4.39 206 reviews | 5.1 km | 美唄駅より市民バスで２０～３０分 |
| ＰＲＯＳＴＩＭＯ／民泊 | ¥13,387 | — | 6.7 km | 美唄駅より徒歩で5分 |
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Stay nearby
4 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28