Dive into Fresh Powder at Niseko Moiwa
By: NISEKO MOIWA SKI RESORT OFFICIAL · 7 Nov
Japan · Hokkaido
Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort
ニセコモイワスキーリゾート
50 / 100 Powder Score
Fair Weather Partly cloudy 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 4 Apr (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
- −12°C
- Max wind
- 8 km/h
- Elevation
- 345–789 m
- Across
- 1.8 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 32 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. 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 | −18 to −4 | 10 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Snow | 0 | −18 to 0 | 6 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Snow | 0 | −6 to 6 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Fog | 0 | −3 to 7 | 6 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Fog | 0 | −4 to 6 | 5 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −3 to 6 | 4 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −5 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
Birch trees line the Shirakaba Slope, a tree run, while the Giant Run is left ungroomed. Mount Yotei comes into view from the Sky Slope. The area is on the south-western side of Mount Niseko Annupuri, and LODGE MOIWA 834 at the base can be booked through the ski area's official website. Sources: niseko-moiwa.jp, nisekotourism.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
9
Run length
6.9km
Lifts
3
Vertical
444m
Top 789 m · base 345 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.9 km
Steepest pitch32°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs15.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 0%
East 1%
South 89%
West 10%
Only 1% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (89%).
By difficulty
Easy 2 · 0.9 km
Intermediate 3 · 3.4 km
Advanced 4 · 2.6 km
Lift types
- Chairlift3
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
On the mountainニセコモイワスキーリゾート ↗The live stream is paused (checked 9 Nov). Check the official page for when it returns.Roads nearby国道276号 ↗From the resort: 14.3 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Niseko webcams & snow report — all 3 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
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
161
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
254
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 540 m, 226 m below the national median.
Quality rank
32
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−7.2°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 66
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 Grand Hirafu | 4.8 km | 289 cmsame grid cell | 526 |
| Asahigaoka Ski Resort | 9.7 km | 288 cm | 532 |
| Iwanai Resort | 13.0 km | 373 cm | 219 |
| Rusutsu Resort | 27.0 km | 212 cm | 1041 |
| Consadole Niki Ski Park | 30.0 km | 248 cm | 748 |
Compare side by side with Niseko Grand Hirafu 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
33 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 | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ニセコ道興観光 | 0.8 km | 55℃ hot | 6 neutral | simple |
| ニセコアンヌプリニセコアンヌプリスキー場 | 0.9 km | 41.8℃ warm | 7 neutral | simple |
| ニセコニセコアンヌプリホテル | 0.9 km | 51℃ hot | 7.4 neutral | — |
| ニセコニセコ町泉源 | 1.3 km | 62.2℃ hot | 7.2 neutral | — |
| ニセコムトウニセコ保養所 | 1.4 km | 56.5℃ hot | 6.3 neutral | — |
| 五色五色温泉 | 2.3 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 | 3.1 km |
| Shinsen-numa神仙沼 | Nature | 6.3 km |
| Niseko Onsenkyōニセコ温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 7.3 km |
| Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Parkニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園 | Nature | 7.7 km |
| Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum有島記念館 | Museum | 7.7 km |
| Mount Yōtei羊蹄山 | Mountain | 14.9 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
- 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 (26 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE Lodge MOIWA834 | ¥5,620 | — | 0.9 km | 新千歳空港/札幌から車で約2時間 |
| ニセコ温泉郷 いこいの湯宿 いろは | ¥12,265 | 4.07／5 247 reviews | 0.9 km | JRニセコ駅/札幌⇔いこいの湯宿いろは間 路線バス有 |
| モイワシャレー(MOIWA CHALET) | ¥17,752 | — | 0.9 km | JR倶知安駅から車で約10分(送迎要予約) |
| ワン・ニセコ・リゾート・タワーズ | ¥5,220 | 4.23／5 369 reviews | 1.1 km | 札幌・新千歳空港より車で約2時間。JR倶知安駅より無料送迎バス、冬季は新千歳よりスキーバス(有料)有り |
| ニセコノーザンリゾート・アンヌプリ | ¥5,900 | 4.49／5 1243 reviews | 1.1 km | JR函館本線ニセコ駅よりタクシー、又はバスで約10分。新千歳空港・札幌市内より車で約120分。 |
| 山宿&自然工房 ウルリー | ¥6,000 | — | 1.2 km | JRニセコ駅から「にこっとBUS」予約tel.0136-43-2200 又はタクシーにて10分程。 |
| ニセコ昆布温泉 ホテル甘露の森 | ¥6,800 | 4.32／5 853 reviews | 1.3 km | JRニセコ駅よりタクシーで約10分/国道5号線より道々66号線でニセコ町へ入り約10km |
| カントリーイン ミルキーハウス | ¥7,250 | 4.80／5 74 reviews | 1.3 km | JR北海道『ニセコ駅』よりニセコバスで10分/札幌自動車道小樽IC→国道5号線(88Km約100分) |
| ニセコアンヌプリ温泉 湯心亭(ゆごころてい) | ¥9,500 | 4.38／5 912 reviews | 1.3 km | <車>ニセコ駅より10分・札幌より国道230号線中山峠経由で約2時間・新千歳空港から国道276号線美笛峠経由で約2時間 |
| ペンション コットンファーム | ¥9,600 | — | 1.4 km | 札幌・新千歳空港から車で2時間(冬は2時間半)/JRニセコ駅から車で10分、又は「にこっとバス」200円(要電話予約) |
| ニセコ温泉 ニセコグランドホテル | ¥5,300 | 4.30／5 407 reviews | 1.8 km | JR函館本線 ニセコ駅よりタクシーにて約10分 |
| アンヌプリ温泉シャレー | ¥81,760 | — | 1.8 km | 新千歳空港より車で約2時間約30分 |
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Places to stay on the map
50 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: 1 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- Lodge Woodpeckers 1.0 km
- Niseko Northern Resort 1.1 km
- Jazz Club 1.4 km
- Cotton farm 1.4 km
- Annupuri Village Office 1.5 km
- ペンションがんば 1.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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