Kiroro Resort
Kiroro Resort is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. It runs from 570 m at the base to 1180 m at the summit. Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 44 marked runs and 8 lifts, totalling about 35 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 344 cm of snowfall a season, 312th (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. The nearest city of any size is Sapporo, about 28 km away. 5 official live cameras are linked below. 36 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☁️ 26 Sept | 0 | 7.2 / 14.5 | 6.6 |
| 🌧️ 27 Sept | 0 | 7.3 / 16.9 | 17.9 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 10.3 / 17.9 | 24.8 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 9.2 / 13 | 23.4 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 9.9 / 15.7 | 24.9 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 3.9 / 12.1 | 20.6 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 3.7 / 8.1 | 18.3 |
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
Only 23% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift8
- Gondola2
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
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Sapporo webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo Kokusai Skiing Resort | 6.4 km | 344 cm | 312 |
| Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort | 7.9 km | 311 cm | 430 |
| Otaru Tenguyama Ski Area | 11 km | 311 cm | 430 |
| Snowcruse ONZE | 14 km | 304 cm | 465 |
| Sapporo Teine | 17 km | 279 cm | 579 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 67% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 66 cm, more than the median of 45 cm.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 67 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 赤井川ヤマハリゾート井 | 0.9 km | 67℃ hot | 7.4 neutral | — | — |
These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.
Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asari Dam朝里ダム | Nature | 7.9 km |
| Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park暑寒別天売焼尻国定公園 | Nature | 8.1 km |
| Otaru Museum小樽市総合博物館 | Museum | 15.5 km |
| Jōzankei Dam定山渓ダム | Nature | 16.6 km |
| Jōzankei Onsen定山渓温泉 | Hot spring town | 18.3 km |
| Otaru Aquariumおたる水族館 | Museum | 18.4 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.
Official piste map ↗Places to stay nearby
3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ｙｕ Ｋｉｒｏｒｏ（ユキロロ） | ¥12,253 | 4.56 18 reviews | — | 小樽から車で約40分｜JR小樽駅～Yu Kiroro無料送迎あり（夏期限定／要事前予約） |
| クラブメッド キロロ・グランド | ¥23,570 | — | — | 有料送迎あり。クラブメッド公式HP、各リゾートページの“アクセス”よりご出発の14日前までにお申し込みください。 |
| クラブメッド キロロ・ピーク | — | — | — | 新千歳空港よりお車にて約1時間30分 |
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Stay nearby
1 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 00:03