Katsurazawa Kokusetsu Ski Area is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 99–323 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.0 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 4 marked runs and 1 lift, totalling about 2.5 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 254 cm of snowfall a season, 713th (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. 49 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 11.4 / 20.3 | 25.8 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 13.6 / 22.7 | 26.8 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.1 / 17.2 | 23.7 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.7 / 18.7 | 12.2 |
| ⛈️ 1 Oct | 0 | 9.1 / 16.5 | 26.4 |
| 🌧️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.2 / 10.2 | 16.7 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 6.5 / 10.3 | 6.4 |
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
99% 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
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.
Furano and Tokachi webcams & snow report — all 6 ski areas →
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bibai Kokusetsu Ski Area | 8.3 km | 254 cm | 713 |
| Haginoyama Shimin Ski Area | 17 km | 191 cm | 1159 |
| Hokkaido Greenland White Park | 18 km | 191 cm | 1159 |
| Mount Racey | 23 km | 210 cm | 987 |
| Kamoidake Kokusai | 30 km | 206 cm | 1025 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 54% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 33 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mikasa City Museum三笠市立博物館 | Museum | 1.9 km |
| Katsurazawa Dam桂沢ダム | Nature | 2.1 km |
| Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum三笠鉄道記念館 | Museum | 6.5 km |
| Kan Yasuda Sculpture Museum Arte Piazza Bibai安田侃彫刻美術館 アルテピアッツァ美唄 | Museum | 10.8 km |
| Sandan Falls三段滝 (北海道) | Nature | 17.9 km |
| Iwamizawa Parkいわみざわ公園 | Park | 18.3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 湯の元温泉旅館 | ¥2,500 | 4.25 21 reviews | — | 岩見沢駅より車で道道１１６号線経由（約35分）◆札幌より車で道央道三笠IC経由、道道岩見沢三笠線を桂沢湖方面（約80分） |
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Stay nearby
2 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 0.9 km
Nearest first
- 湯の元温泉旅館 Guest house 0.9 km
- Shinsenkaku Hotel 1.1 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28