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.
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 →
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 12 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
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Snow showers | 3 | −5 to 1 | 13 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Snow | 0 | −6 to 3 | 8 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 10 | 18 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 2 to 12 | 18 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 1 to 11 | 15 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Fog | 0 | 1 to 9 | 12 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −3 to 7 | 33 |
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
A single chair in front of the lodge leads to a fork: left through the trees to the beginners' Third Slope, right to the advanced Second Slope. Schools in and around Tobetsu use the hill for ski lessons, and pupils at the town's primary school come here from the third grade up. Sources: town.tobetsu.hokkaido.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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.
62% 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.
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.
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Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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).
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 | 25.0 km | 164 cm | 1485 |
| Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area | 27.0 km | 164 cm | 1485 |
| Sapporo Moiwayama | 31.0 km | 184 cm | 1292 |
| Sapporo Teine | 31.0 km | 260 cm | 667 |
| Sapporo Bankei Ski Area | 32.0 km | 194 cm | 1201 |
Compare side by side with Hokkaido Greenland White Park and Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area →
The most snow falls in December. March brings 53% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 31 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 207 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 144 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 279 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.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Toda commemoration graveyard park戸田記念墓地公園 | Park | 7.7 km |
| Tsukigata Kabato Museum月形樺戸博物館 | Museum | 15.8 km |
| Moerenuma Parkモエレ沼公園 | Park | 16.6 km |
| Sapporo Satolandサッポロさとらんど | Leisure | 17.6 km |
| Miyajima-numa宮島沼 | Nature | 18.6 km |
| Yurigahara Park百合が原公園 | Park | 18.7 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.
The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.
Checked on the official site (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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