Mashike Choei Shokanbetsudake Ski Area is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 106–313 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.1 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 6 marked runs and 2 lifts, totalling about 3.2 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 494 cm of snowfall a season, 73rd (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 Asahikawa, about 68 km away. 2 official live cameras are linked below. 42 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 | 12 / 19.8 | 17.6 |
| ⛈️ 28 Sept | 0 | 14.3 / 22.7 | 15.1 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.6 / 16 | 32.2 |
| 🌧️ 30 Sept | 0 | 12.3 / 17.7 | 14.5 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 10.6 / 15.8 | 30.2 |
| ⛈️ 2 Oct | 0 | 8.4 / 10.6 | 31.8 |
| 🌧️ 3 Oct | 0 | 8.6 / 10.7 | 21.4 |
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
Only 11% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift2
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyodai Ski Area | 27 km | 327 cm | 370 |
| Ashimoi Kanko Takaho Ski Area | 34 km | 256 cm | 694 |
| Shintotsukawacho Sotchidake | 37 km | 220 cm | 927 |
| Kamoidake Kokusai | 50 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 47% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 61 cm, more 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mashike Station増毛駅 | Landmark | 5.5 km |
| Itsukushima Shrine厳島神社 (増毛町) | Shrine | 5.5 km |
| Uryunuma Wetland雨竜沼湿原 | Mountain | 13 km |
| 留萌テレビ中継局 | Landmark | 16 km |
| Rumoi Umi no Furusato Museum留萌市海のふるさと館 | Museum | 17.2 km |
| Cape Ofuyu雄冬岬 | Nature | 19.3 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.
Official piste map ↗Places to stay nearby
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| オーベルジュましけ | — | — | 5.5 km | ＪＲ留萌駅下車。沿岸バス 停留所「暑寒橋」下車、徒歩1分。 |
| 保護猫カフェくつろぎの家 | — | — | 7.2 km | 舎熊第二バス停より徒歩１分、深川留萌道留萌ICよりお車で約30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: 5.5 km
Nearest first
- オーベルジュましけ Hotel 5.5 km
- ぼちぼちいこか増毛館 Guest house 5.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28