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Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area

萩の山市民スキー場

30 / 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

3cm

Snow 48h

3cm

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: 3 cm
Next 24h: 0 cm
Temperature: −3°C
Max wind: 5 km/h
Elevation (est.): 38–102 m
Across: 0.8 km

This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 8 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

Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.

7-day outlook

Date	Weather	Snow (cm)	Low / high (°C)	Wind (km/h)
Tue 10 Nov	Snow showers	2	−7 to −1	12
Wed 11 Nov	Cloudy	0	−5 to 3	13
Thu 12 Nov	Cloudy	0	0 to 11	21
Fri 13 Nov	Partly cloudy	0	2 to 13	20
Sat 14 Nov	Fog	0	2 to 11	13
Sun 15 Nov	Drizzle	0	1 to 9	7
Mon 16 Nov	Snow showers	1	−3 to 5	23

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 9/40

Forecast (24h) 0/25

Snow quality 11/20

Wind 10/10

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 Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area — Photo: Wakimasa / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

This is Iwamizawa's municipal ski hill. Runs lettered A to E, plus the Giant and Dynamic courses, line up side by side across a very broad slope. From the top, a snow-covered plain stretches out below as far as the eye can see. Sources: city.iwamizawa.hokkaido.jp, haginoyama.com (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)

Runs and lifts

Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 1 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.

Marked runs

Lifts

Lift types

Chairlift3

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.

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12号 ↗From the resort: 6.7 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局

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Videos

2026/1/25 萩の山市民スキー場

By: AbiraSanpo あびらさんぽ · 25 Jan

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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

164cm

per season

Worst of 12 winters

112cm

The middle winter of the 12: 158 cm. The best: 219 cm.

World rank

1485

of 3,069 worldwide

Rank in country

299

of 397 in Japan

Elevation rank

381

Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 89 m, 677 m below the national median.

Quality rank

249

of 397 in Japan

Temp when snowing

−4.2°C

Japanese median: −3.6°C

Rain days

12%

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

22km/h

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

Dryness 44

Frequency 24

Freedom from rain 68

Calm when snowing (model grid) 92

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
Hokkaido Greenland White Park	1.9 km	164 cmsame grid cell	1485
Katsurazawa Kokusetsu Ski Area	17.0 km	232 cm	853
Mount Racey	19.0 km	193 cm	1217
Ishikariheigen Ski Area	27.0 km	207 cm	1081
Anpeizan ski resort	33.0 km	114 cm	2184

Compare side by side with Hokkaido Greenland White Park and Katsurazawa Kokusetsu Ski Area →

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in December. March brings 63% 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 29 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.

49cm

Dec

46cm

Jan

40cm

Feb

29cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 164 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 112 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 219 cm (2.0 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.

178

154

126

162

151

112

175

191

149

153

219

202

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

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
Iwamizawa Parkいわみざわ公園	Park	2 km
Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum三笠鉄道記念館	Museum	10.3 km
Mikasa City Museum三笠市立博物館	Museum	16.4 km
Katsurazawa Dam桂沢ダム	Nature	17.7 km
Yūbari Coal Mine Museum夕張市石炭博物館	Museum	18.1 km
マウントレースイ	Landmark	18.2 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.

Getting there

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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 (22 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay on the map

5 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: 2.6 km

Show the nearest places

Nearest first

Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap

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