パウダーフリークが集まる超穴場ゲレンデ
By: YOHちゃんねる【パウダー日和】 · 2 Jan
Japan · Hokkaido
Kokusetsu Horotachi Ski Area
ほろたちスキー場
45 / 100 Powder Score
Fair Weather Partly cloudy 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
19cm
Snow 48h
6cm
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
- −8°C
- Max wind
- 8 km/h
- Elevation
- 159–359 m
- Across
- 0.9 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 22 cm, 153% 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 showers | 2 | −11 to −2 | 8 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Fog | 0 | −14 to 1 | 11 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −3 to 6 | 16 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 0 to 8 | 16 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Fog | 0 | −1 to 7 | 15 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −1 to 7 | 9 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −6 to 4 | 20 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 14/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 20/20
Wind 10/10
Base 1/5
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
Horotachi Sanso, a lodge with guest rooms, stands right beside the slope. It takes solo travellers, families and large training camps, and it stays open outside the snow season as well. On the hill itself, the Shirakaba and Horotachi runs are left ungroomed. Sources: horotachi-horokanai.com, town.horokanai.hokkaido.jp, horokanai-kankou.com (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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
4
Run length
2.9km
Lifts
1
Vertical
200m
Top 359 m · base 159 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.2 km
Steepest pitch26°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs14.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 1%
East 58%
South 41%
West 0%
59% 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.
By difficulty
Easy 1 · 1.2 km
Intermediate 2 · 1.3 km
Advanced 1 · 0.4 km
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.
Asahikawa webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Videos
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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
250cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
198cm
The middle winter of the 12: 250 cm. The best: 340 cm.
World rank
734
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
197
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
323
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 271 m, 495 m below the national median.
Quality rank
97
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−5.8°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
7%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
12%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
18km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 56
Frequency 35
Freedom from rain 82
Calm when snowing (model grid) 97
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassamu Higashiyama Ski Resort | 23.0 km | 217 cm | 978 |
| Ashimoi Kanko Takaho Ski Area | 26.0 km | 225 cm | 913 |
| Pippu Ski Slopes | 31.0 km | 220 cm | 953 |
| Santa present park | 31.0 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Inosawa Sky Slopes | 34.0 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
Compare side by side with Wassamu Higashiyama Ski Resort and Ashimoi Kanko Takaho Ski Area →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in December. March brings 68% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 44 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
86cmDec
65cmJan
55cmFeb
44cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 250 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 198 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 340 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.
244
228
199
340
222
198
295
255
255
247
253
268
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Santo三頭山 (北海道) | Mountain | 9.4 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 →
Places to stay on the map
1 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: 6.4 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- Chirorin Village 6.4 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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