Northern Arc Resort is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 88–299 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.3 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 4 marked runs and 2 lifts, totalling about 3.4 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 148 cm of snowfall a season, 1597th (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. 1 official live camera is linked below. 19 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 | 10.7 / 20.9 | 22.8 |
| ☁️ 28 Sept | 0 | 13.6 / 23.3 | 17.6 |
| ☁️ 29 Sept | 0 | 13.8 / 22.5 | 20.7 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 11 / 19.3 | 12.8 |
| 🌦️ 1 Oct | 0 | 8.8 / 21.2 | 26.7 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 7.3 / 15.5 | 19.5 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 6 / 12.9 | 13.2 |
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
91% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakamatsu Shimin Ski Area | 13 km | 149 cm | 1587 |
| Bihoro Lily Yama Ski Area | 14 km | 143 cm | 1663 |
| Saroma Choei | 20 km | 176 cm | 1297 |
| Rubeshibe-cho Happodai | 27 km | 152 cm | 1549 |
| Abashiri Lake View Ski Resort | 28 km | 152 cm | 1549 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 80% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 32 cm, less 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kitami Mint Memorial Museum北見ハッカ記念館 | Museum | 8.2 km |
| Memanbetsu Airport女満別空港 | Landmark | 19.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ノーザンアークリゾートホテル | — | — | — | 女満別空港よりお車にて約30分 JR端野駅よりお車にて約10分 JR北見駅よりお車にて約15分 |
| ゲストハウスたまねぎ | — | — | — | 端野駅より徒歩５分、北見駅より車で１０分、女満別空港より車で３０分 |
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Stay nearby
3 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 3.9 km
Nearest first
- ホテルセブンセブン Motel 3.9 km
- Kitami Athlete Stays Hotel 5.4 km
- まいるーむ Motel 6.9 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28