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 #スキー #基礎スキー
By: SnowHub(スノーハブ) · 2026-02-09
Engaru Rock Valley is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 132–363 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.4 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 8 marked runs and 1 lift, totalling about 6.4 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 178 cm of snowfall a season, 1282nd (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. 28 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
14.4℃
Max wind
21.6km/h
Elevation (est.)
132–363m
Area
1.4km²
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 | 8.8 / 19.7 | 21.6 |
| ☁️ 28 Sept | 0 | 10.2 / 22.1 | 20.8 |
| ☁️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12 / 18.7 | 22.5 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.6 / 17.9 | 14.6 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 8.1 / 21 | 20 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.4 / 11.7 | 28.2 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 6.6 / 12.4 | 15.3 |
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
8
Run length
6.3km
Lifts
1
Vertical
267m
Top 416 m · base 150 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
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. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Novice 1
Easy 4
Intermediate 1
Advanced 2
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.
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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
178 cm
per season
Range over three winters
68 cm
154–222 cm. The best winter was 1.4x the worst.
World rank
1282
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
299
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
327
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 249 m, 504 m below the national median.
Quality rank
171
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.8°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
4%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
8%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19 km/h
Dryness 0.48
Frequency 0.23
Freedom from rain 0.89
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saroma Choei | 20 km | 176 cm | 1297 |
| Rubeshibe-cho Happodai | 29 km | 152 cm | 1549 |
| Takinouecho Sakuragaoka | 37 km | 189 cm | 1184 |
| Northern Arc Resort | 37 km | 148 cm | 1597 |
| Oketocho Minamigaoka | 39 km | 149 cm | 1587 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 77% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 40 cm, about the same as the median of 45 cm.
46cmDec
52cmJan
40cmFeb
40cmMar
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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: 44.0175, 143.4976
Places to stay nearby
1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ワークマンハウス遠軽 | ¥7,000 | 4.23 26 reviews | — | ＪＲ遠軽駅から車で約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.
2 Hotel 2 Motel
Nearest: 1.1 km
Nearest first
- しんぱくホテル Motel 1.1 km
- ホテル ドームe Motel 2.4 km
- Hotel Sun Shine Hotel 5.2 km
- Setose onsen hotel Hotel 10.3 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28