Pippu Ski Slopes is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 238–589 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.5 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 30 marked runs and 4 lifts, totalling about 11 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 219 cm of snowfall a season, 935th (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. 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 | 7.2 / 18.3 | 20.4 |
| ⛈️ 28 Sept | 0 | 10 / 21.3 | 14.9 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 10.9 / 16.2 | 23.4 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 8.6 / 16.9 | 9.8 |
| ⛈️ 1 Oct | 0 | 6.5 / 13.8 | 20.8 |
| ⛈️ 2 Oct | 0 | 4.9 / 8.2 | 17.2 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 4.3 / 9.2 | 11.2 |
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
Only 1% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Rope tow1
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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Asahikawa webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touma Ski Area | 11 km | 236 cm | 842 |
| Wassamu Higashiyama Ski Resort | 13 km | 204 cm | 1043 |
| Asahi Ski Area | 22 km | 249 cm | 763 |
| Canmore Ski Resort | 23 km | 205 cm | 1037 |
| Inosawa Sky Slopes | 25 km | 200 cm | 1085 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 65% 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 37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shiokari Pass Museum塩狩峠記念館 | Museum | 5.4 km |
| Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture中原悌二郎記念旭川市彫刻美術館 | Museum | 18 km |
| Yasushi Inoue Memorial Hall井上靖記念館 | Museum | 18.1 km |
| Asahiyama Zoo旭川市旭山動物園 | Museum | 18.5 km |
| Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine北海道護國神社 | Shrine | 19.5 km |
| Hokuchin Memorial Museum北鎮記念館 | Museum | 19.5 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
1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 良佳プラザ 遊湯ぴっぷ | ¥5,000 | 4.20 249 reviews | — | 車/道央道比布北ICより約３分。旭山動物園まで約３５分、大雪森のガーデンまで約３０分、上野ファームまで約２５分。 |
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Stay nearby
4 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 0.6 km
Nearest first
- AnYa Apartment 0.6 km
- 良佳プラザ 遊湯ぴっぷ Hotel 0.7 km
- 塩狩ヒュッテ Hostel 5.4 km
- 協和温泉 Hotel 6.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28