Japan · Hokkaido

Eniwa City Ski Area

恵庭市民スキー場
20 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow Weather Snow
Official site

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
4cm
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
−2°C
Max wind
16 km/h
Elevation
114–164 m
Across
0.5 km

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 17
Wed 11 Nov Cloudy 0 −4 to 4 8
Thu 12 Nov Fog 0 0 to 10 13
Fri 13 Nov Fog 0 3 to 13 11
Sat 14 Nov Cloudy 0 3 to 11 12
Sun 15 Nov Drizzle 0 3 to 7 6
Mon 16 Nov Snow 0 −1 to 7 30

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 1/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 11/20
Wind 8/10
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

Eniwa City treats this slope as its base for winter sport and for school ski lessons. The lift was replaced in 2018, and an advanced run was cut at the same time. Sources: city.eniwa.hokkaido.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 11 km away measured 364 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 163 cm from the model.

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
2
Run length
0.6km
Lifts
1
Vertical
51m
Top 164 m · base 114 m

Run map

Easy Lift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.
Run map

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Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map0.3 km
Steepest pitch23°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs9.4°

Which way the slopes face

North 61%
East 36%
South 0%
West 2%

97% 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

Easy 2 · 0.6 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.

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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
148cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
89cm
The middle winter of the 12: 147 cm. The best: 205 cm.
World rank
1686
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
321
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
368
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 119 m, 647 m below the national median.
Quality rank
278
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−2.7°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
9%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
8%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
20km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 34
Frequency 22
Freedom from rain 78
Calm when snowing (model grid) 94

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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Dynasty Ski Resort9.7 km161 cm1527
Fu's snow area21.0 km207 cm1081
Sapporo Moiwayama23.0 km184 cm1292
Anpeizan ski resort25.0 km114 cm2184
Sapporo Bankei Ski Area27.0 km194 cm1201

Compare side by side with Dynasty Ski Resort and Fu's snow area →

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 89% 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 39 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

27cm
Dec
44cm
Jan
38cm
Feb
39cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 148 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 89 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 205 cm (2.3 times as much).

154
89
147
159
112
135
141
205
146
170
128
190
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 恵庭島松 weather station — 11 km from this ski area, 109 m below its mid-slope.

Three-season average364 cm
2023/24398 cm
2024/25318 cm
2025/26375 cm

The figure calculated on this page is 163 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
PlaceTypeDistance
Takino Suzuran Hillside National Government Park滝野すずらん丘陵公園Park11.2 km
Chitose Aquariumサケのふるさと 千歳水族館Museum14 km
Lake Shikotsu支笏湖Nature16.5 km
Es Con Field HokkaidoエスコンフィールドHOKKAIDOLeisure16.8 km
Mount Tarumae樽前山Mountain19.5 km
Sapporo Dome札幌ドームLeisure19.9 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 ↗

Going with children

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

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 on the map

9 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.

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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