ニセコアンヌプリスキー場 上質なパウダースノー、温泉、グルメが楽しめる、ニセコアンヌプリ地区にあるスキーエリアです。
By: ニセコアンヌプリ国際スキー場 · 14 Aug
Japan · Hokkaido
Niseko Grand Hirafu
ニセコグラン・ヒラフ
50 / 100 Powder Score
Fair Weather Partly cloudy Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥13,500 peak season (24 Dec – 28 Feb) (checked 19 Oct)
The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 28 Nov (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
This season is planned to run until 5 May (the resort’s announcement).
Base depth
23cm
Snow 48h
8cm
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
- 5 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- −13°C
- Max wind
- 8 km/h
- Elevation
- 257–1,176 m
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 32 cm, 293% 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 | −19 to −5 | 10 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Snow | 0 | −19 to −1 | 6 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Snow | 0 | −7 to 5 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Fog | 0 | −4 to 6 | 6 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Fog | 0 | −5 to 5 | 5 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −4 to 5 | 4 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −6 to −1 | 17 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 19/40
Forecast (24h) 1/25
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
Grand Hirafu looks straight across the valley at Mount Yotei. The upper mountain is open terrain above the tree line, and in high season the night-skiing lights come on every evening. It is one of the four areas that make up Niseko United, about 15 minutes by taxi from Kutchan. Sources: grand-hirafu.jp, niseko.ne.jp (sources read 11 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.
The figures are for the whole of “Niseko United”, which the map draws as one ski area.
Marked runs
164
Run length
59km
Lifts
29
Vertical
919m
Top 1,176 m · base 257 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.5 km
Steepest pitch30°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 10%
East 44%
South 39%
West 7%
54% 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 96 · 32.4 km
Intermediate 45 · 17.5 km
Advanced 23 · 8.9 km
Lift types
- Chairlift20
- Gondola6
- Magic carpet2
- Mixed gondola/chair1
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
The live stream is paused (checked 9 Nov). Check the official page for when it returns.
On the mountainGrand Hirafu — the .Base centre ↗Operated by: ニセコマウンテンリゾート グラン・ヒラフOn the mountainGrand Hirafu — Ace Hill, Yotei side ↗Operated by: ニセコマウンテンリゾート グラン・ヒラフOn the mountainNiseko Annupuri ↗Operated by: ニセコアンヌプリ国際スキー場On the mountainNiseko Village — Upper Village Gondola ↗Operated by: ニセコビレッジOn the mountainNiseko Village — Niseko Gondola station ↗Operated by: ニセコビレッジOn the mountainGrand Hirafu — Ace Hill, Annupuri side ↗Operated by: ニセコ東急 グラン・ヒラフOn the mountainGrand Hirafu — slopes from Mountain Center ↗Operated by: ニセコ東急 グラン・ヒラフOn the mountainNiseko Hanazono ↗Operated by: ニセコHANAZONOリゾートRoads nearby国道276号 ↗From the resort: 9.7 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局
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Niseko webcams & snow report — all 3 ski areas →
Videos
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Official YouTube channel
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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
289cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
166cm
The middle winter of the 12: 296 cm. The best: 384 cm.
World rank
526
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
160
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
214
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 700 m, 66 m below the national median.
Quality rank
25
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−7.9°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
7%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
17%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
14km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 71
Frequency 49
Freedom from rain 82
Calm when snowing (model grid) 100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort | 4.8 km | 289 cmsame grid cell | 526 |
| Asahigaoka Ski Resort | 5.6 km | 288 cm | 532 |
| Iwanai Resort | 17.0 km | 373 cm | 219 |
| Rusutsu Resort | 24.0 km | 212 cm | 1041 |
| Consadole Niki Ski Park | 28.0 km | 248 cm | 748 |
Compare side by side with Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort and Asahigaoka Ski Resort →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 61% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 52 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
83cmDec
85cmJan
70cmFeb
52cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 289 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 166 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 384 cm (2.3 times as much).
236
166
225
379
247
252
324
384
312
280
323
342
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.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
13 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 75.4 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 山田ニセコ望洋温泉 | 0.4 km | 46.5℃ hot | 6.6 neutral |
| 山田サンモリッツリフト | 0.8 km | 65℃ hot | 8.4 mildly alkaline |
| 山田パストラル55泉源 | 1.6 km | 59.8℃ hot | 7.5 mildly alkaline |
| ニセコ東山ニセコ東山温泉1号井 | 2.1 km | 53.2℃ hot | 7.4 neutral |
| ニセコ東山ニセコ東山温泉2号井 | 2.2 km | 55.2℃ hot | 7.2 neutral |
| 五色五色温泉 | 4.6 km | 75.4℃ hot | 2.9 acidic |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nisekoan Nupuriニセコアンヌプリ | Mountain | 3 km |
| Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum有島記念館 | Museum | 5.8 km |
| Niseko Onsenkyōニセコ温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 6.9 km |
| Mount Yōtei羊蹄山 | Mountain | 10.6 km |
| Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Parkニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園 | Nature | 11.8 km |
| Fukidashi Parkふきだし公園 | Park | 14.7 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.
Coordinates: 42.8619, 140.6906
Getting there
- By train
- Kutchan Station (JR Hakodate Main Line): about 20 minutes by bus or about 15 minutes by taxi from Kutchan Station
- By car
- about 2 hours from Sapporo via Route 230 (Nakayama Pass); about 2 hours from New Chitose Airport
Source: grand-hirafu.jp · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Not checked
- 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 (24 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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246 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| スカイニセコ | ¥4,530 | 4.60／5 108 reviews | 0.6 km | 倶知安駅よりお車にて約15分 |
| 山翠ニセコ | ¥10,000 | 5.00／5 8 reviews | 0.8 km | JR倶知安駅から車で20分 |
| MUWA NISEKO | ¥15,180 | 4.33／5 6 reviews | 0.8 km | 120 mins by car from the New Chitose Airport(新千歳空港からお車で120分) |
| 木ニセコ | ¥7,600 | 4.59／5 351 reviews | 0.9 km | 札幌・新千歳空港より車で約2時間。交通機関でお越しの方は「JR倶知安駅」からバス・タクシーで15分~20分。 |
| 湯元ニセコプリンスホテル ひらふ亭 | ¥11,300 | 3.85／5 871 reviews | 0.9 km | JR函館本線 JR倶知安駅より車で15分。 |
| ザ・メイプルズ・ニセコ(THE MAPLES NISEKO) | ¥12,820 | — | 0.9 km | JR倶知安駅よりお車にて約15分 |
| 山自然(ニセコセントラル) | ¥2,020 | 3.33／5 7 reviews | 1.0 km | JR「倶知安駅」より車で約10分(無料送迎は現在休止させていただいております) |
| ニセコランドマークビュー<バケーションニセコ> | ¥31,420 | — | 1.0 km | 【電車】JR函館本線「倶知安」駅からタクシーで約15分【車】小樽から約100分、札幌・新千歳から約140分 |
| Miru Nozomi Views | ¥7,000 | 5.00／5 8 reviews | 1.1 km | 倶知安駅よりお車にて約17分 |
| 綾ニセコ | ¥8,700 | 4.70／5 52 reviews | 1.1 km | 倶知安駅よりお車にて約15分 |
| ザ・セツモン(THE SETSUMON) | ¥12,580 | 3.00／5 5 reviews | 1.1 km | JR倶知安駅より車で10分。チェックイン受付はインテュイション(徒歩約8分)にて承ります。 |
| ザ・ヴェール・ニセコ(THE VALE NISEKO) | ¥17,860 | 5.00／5 13 reviews | 1.1 km | JR倶知安駅よりお車にて10分。 |
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Places to stay on the map
430 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.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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