Japan · Hokkaido

Engaru Rock Valley

えんがるロックバレースキー

18 / 100 Powder Score

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Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.

Base depth

0cm

Snow 48h

0cm

Next 72h

0cm

A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →

Snow 24h: 0 cm
Next 24h: 0 cm
Temperature: −4°C
Max wind: 21 km/h
Elevation: 150–416 m
Across: 1.4 km

This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 2 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →

Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15

7-day outlook

Date	Weather	Snow (cm)	Low / high (°C)	Wind (km/h)
Tue 10 Nov	Snow	0	−6 to 0	21
Wed 11 Nov	Partly cloudy	0	−7 to 4	11
Thu 12 Nov	Cloudy	0	−4 to 9	15
Fri 13 Nov	Cloudy	0	−2 to 11	20
Sat 14 Nov	Cloudy	0	−3 to 9	21
Sun 15 Nov	Drizzle	0	0 to 5	12
Mon 16 Nov	Snow showers	4	−5 to 4	19

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 1/40

Forecast (24h) 0/25

Snow quality 11/20

Wind 6/10

Base 0/5

The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure

Snow and slopes at Engaru Rock Valley — Photo: RJD / CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

The ski area and the roadside station Michi-no-Eki Engaru Mori no Okhotsk were set up as a single facility, and you can go straight from the station onto the slopes. It sits right beside Engaru Interchange on the expressway from Asahikawa. Alongside the runs there is a bobsleigh area. Sources: engaru.jp, hokkaido-np.co.jp, hokkaido-michinoeki.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

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

Run length

6.3km

Lifts

Vertical

267m

Top 416 m · base 150 m

Run map

NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift

North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.

Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map1.9 km

Steepest pitch30°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs11.4°

Which way the slopes face

North 61%

East 17%

South 0%

West 22%

78% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.

By difficulty

Novice 1 · 0.8 km

Easy 4 · 3.5 km

Intermediate 1 · 1 km

Advanced 2 · 1.1 km

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.

Roads nearby国道333号 ↗From the resort: 7.5 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局

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Videos

北海道の絶壁急斜面に絶句する本州スキーヤーの反応｜えんがるロックバレースキー場

By: SnowHub(スノーハブ) · 9 Feb

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How much snow it gets

Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.

Seasonal snowfall

186cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

142cm

The middle winter of the 12: 181 cm. The best: 270 cm.

World rank

1270

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

281

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

329

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 249 m, 517 m below the national median.

Quality rank

171

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

−5.0°C

Japanese median: −3.6°C

Rain days

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

19km/h

Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops

Dryness 50

Frequency 23

Freedom from rain 89

Calm when snowing (model grid) 96

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 leaves out how much snow falls (it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind).

Compared with what is nearby

Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.

Ski area	Distance	Seasonal snowfall	World rank
Saroma Choei	20.0 km	171 cm	1407
Rubeshibe-cho Happodai	29.0 km	166 cm	1457
Takinouecho Sakuragaoka	37.0 km	204 cm	1117
Northern Arc Resort	37.0 km	148 cm	1686
Oketocho Minamigaoka	39.0 km	162 cm	1517

Compare side by side with Saroma Choei and Rubeshibe-cho Happodai →

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 81% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 43 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.

48cm

Dec

53cm

Jan

42cm

Feb

43cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 186 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 142 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 270 cm (1.9 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.

270

168

185

200

142

176

160

194

197

154

159

222

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.

How these figures are made

What was actually measured nearby

Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 遠軽 weather station — 5.2 km from this ski area, 167 m below its mid-slope.

Three-season average	319 cm
2023/24	323 cm
2024/25	297 cm
2025/26	338 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

Worth seeing nearby

Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.

Show the list

Place	Type	Distance
太陽の丘えんがる公園	Park	4.8 km
Hokkaido Maruseppu Recreation Forest Park Railway丸瀬布森林公園いこいの森	Park	16.1 km
かみゆうべつチューリップ公園	Park	17 km
丸瀬布温泉	Hot spring town	17.4 km

Chosen from the places most read about on Wikipedia, favouring those with an English article. 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

The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.

Official piste map ↗

Getting there

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Going with children

Kids’ area: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Childcare: Not checked
Parking: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Rental: Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)

Checked on the official site (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay nearbyPR

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1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 1 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)	Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)	Rating	Distance	Getting there
ワークマンハウス遠軽	¥7,000	4.23／5 26 reviews	2.8 km	JR遠軽駅から車で約5分

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Places to stay on the map

4 places within 12 km of the slopes, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, many of them small inns and pensions. Many are not on booking sites — open the name for the website or the map.

Nearest: 1.1 km

Show the nearest places

Nearest first

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗

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