【4K】『カムイスキーリンクス』（北海道旭川市）道民もこのスキー場の価値を知らない！隠れた日本有数のビックゲレンデを徹底紹介！
By: 気ままなおやじの趣味 · 15 Jan
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
8cm
Snow 48h
4cm
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
- −7°C
- Max wind
- 4 km/h
- Elevation
- 146–732 m
- Across
- 3.0 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 15 cm, 134% of the average for the same dates. 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 | 1 | −10 to −2 | 7 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −11 to 2 | 10 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −3 to 8 | 14 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Fog | 0 | 2 to 11 | 15 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 9 | 10 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Fog | 0 | −1 to 8 | 7 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −4 to 3 | 19 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 11/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 20/20
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
Lift 5 is where the ungroomed runs and tree-skiing lines are concentrated. The area began in the early Showa era as the Kokusetsu Kamuiyama ski ground and took its present name in 1984. After the operating company failed, its assets were donated to the City of Asahikawa in fiscal 2003. Sources: city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp, kamui-skilinks.com (sources read 12 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
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
36
Run length
19km
Lifts
6
Vertical
586m
Top 732 m · base 146 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.1 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11°
Which way the slopes face
North 38%
East 1%
South 2%
West 60%
Only 39% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (60%).
By difficulty
Easy 22 · 9.3 km
Intermediate 12 · 7.8 km
Advanced 2 · 1.4 km
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- Gondola1
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
On the mountainSlope camera on the official home page ↗Operated by: カムイスキーリンクスRoads nearby国道12号 ↗From the resort: 3.1 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Asahikawa webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
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
206cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
156cm
The middle winter of the 12: 204 cm. The best: 269 cm.
World rank
1092
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
253
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
305
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 324 m, 442 m below the national median.
Quality rank
145
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−6.1°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
7%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
9%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
17km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 58
Frequency 24
Freedom from rain 82
Calm when snowing (model grid) 98
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa present park | 10.0 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Inosawa Sky Slopes | 12.0 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Ashimoi Kanko Takaho Ski Area | 23.0 km | 225 cm | 913 |
| Kamoidake Kokusai | 25.0 km | 201 cm | 1140 |
| Canmore Ski Resort | 28.0 km | 215 cm | 995 |
Compare side by side with Santa present park and Inosawa Sky Slopes →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in December. March brings 72% 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 38 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
68cmDec
53cmJan
48cmFeb
38cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 206 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 156 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 269 cm (1.7 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
206
191
166
269
204
156
237
219
198
204
203
221
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.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 深川 weather station — 10.3 km from this ski area, 359 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 637 cm |
| 2023/24 | 697 cm |
| 2024/25 | 732 cm |
| 2025/26 | 482 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 209 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamuikotan神居古潭 | Nature | 3.5 km |
| Kamikawa Shrine上川神社 | Shrine | 14.5 km |
| Canadian Worldカナディアンワールド | Park | 15.3 km |
| Hokuchin Memorial Museum北鎮記念館 | Museum | 16.5 km |
| Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine北海道護國神社 | Shrine | 16.6 km |
| Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture中原悌二郎記念旭川市彫刻美術館 | Museum | 17.7 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.
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 (21 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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