🇯🇵 Japan · Hokkaido

Rusutsu Resort

ルスツリゾート

8 / 100 Powder Score

No Snow 🌤️ Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥16,700 regular season (19 Dec – 14 Mar), at the window (checked 15 Sept)

Rusutsu Resort is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. It runs from 400 m at the base to 994 m at the summit. Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 25 marked runs and 12 lifts, totalling about 27 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 199 cm of snowfall a season, 1095th (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. 35 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.

Base depth

0cm

Snow 24h

0cm

Snow 48h

0cm

Next 24h

0cm

Next 72h

0cm

Temperature

11.9℃

Max wind

12.9km/h

Elevation

400–994m

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 0/40

Forecast (24h) 0/25

Snow quality 0/20

Wind 8/10

Base 0/5

Powder Score v1.0.0

7-day outlook

Date	Temp	Wind
☁️ 26 Sept	7 / 15.7	8.9
🌦️ 27 Sept	9.1 / 17.6	18.9
⛈️ 28 Sept	10.7 / 17.1	18.6
🌦️ 29 Sept	8.3 / 15	19
🌦️ 30 Sept	7.8 / 15.8	16.3
🌧️ 1 Oct	5.7 / 13.4	15.7
🌦️ 2 Oct	5 / 9.7	16.2

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.

Marked runs

Run length

31km

Lifts

Vertical

566m

Top 988 m · base 422 m

Run map

EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift

North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map3.0 km

Steepest pitch29°measured over at least 30 m

Average gradient of the runs10.4°

Which way the slopes face

North 44%

East 42%

South 8%

West 6%

86% 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

Easy 10

Intermediate 12

Advanced 5

Lift types

Chairlift14
Gondola4

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 mountainWatch live ↗Operated by: ルスツリゾート Roads nearby国道230号 ↗From the resort: 6 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局

Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.

Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.

Rusutsu and Toya webcams & snow report — all 3 ski areas →

Official YouTube channel

More than we show here.

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.

Seasonal snowfall

199 cm

per season

Range over three winters

25 cm

184–209 cm. Steadier from winter to winter than most.

World rank

1095

of 3,112 worldwide

Rank in country

279

of 395 in Japan

Elevation rank

241

Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 594 m, 159 m below the national median.

Quality rank

125

of 395 in Japan

Temp when snowing

-6.1°C

Japanese median: -3.5°C

Rain days

Japanese median: 16%

Days over 5 cm

10%

Japanese median: 15%

Wind when snowing

17 km/h

Dryness 0.58

Frequency 0.28

Freedom from rain 0.79

Calm when snowing 0.97

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
Orofure Ski Area	19 km	159 cm	1469
Niseko Grand Hirafu	24 km	315 cm	416
Asahigaoka Ski Resort	25 km	298 cm	495
Sanlaiva	26 km	168 cm	1366
Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort	28 km	315 cm	416

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 72% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 43 cm, about the same as the median of 45 cm.

54cm

Dec

60cm

Jan

51cm

Feb

43cm

Mar

Average snowfall by month, last 11 winters

What was actually measured nearby

Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 喜茂別 weather station — 9.4 km from this ski area, 324 m below its mid-slope.

Three-season average	583 cm
2023/24	543 cm
2024/25	606 cm
2025/26	599 cm

The figure calculated on this page is 199 cm.

A weather station is not a ski slope. We picked one at a similar elevation, but it stands in a valley or a village. More snow falls on the mountain above it. We have not tried to guess how much more.

Source: Japan Meteorological Agency historical records

Hot springs nearby, as analysed

1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 44.5 °C).

Source	Distance	Temperature	pH	Type	Analysed
留寿都加森観光5号	4 km	44.5℃ hot	6.4 neutral	—	—

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

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
Shikotsu-Tōya National Park支笏洞爺国立公園	Nature	9.1 km
北湯沢温泉	Hot spring town	13.9 km
Mount Yōtei羊蹄山	Mountain	14.9 km
Lake Tōya洞爺湖	Nature	15.3 km
Shōwa-shinzan昭和新山	Mountain	19.4 km
Mount Usu有珠山	Mountain	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 ↗

Nearby resorts

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Places to stay nearby

18 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.

Property	From	Rating	Distance	Getting there
ルスツリゾートホテル＆コンベンション	¥3,525	4.48 910 reviews	4.2 km	札幌・新千歳空港～車90分（送迎有・要予約）。JR洞爺駅・JR倶知安駅～バス60分。　[立地：国道230号線沿い]
ルスツヒルズセントロ	¥8,100	—	4.5 km	新千歳空港よりお車で90分
ルスツヒルズノーザンリッジ	¥8,370	—	4.7 km	新千歳空港より車で約90分
ウェスティン　ルスツリゾート	¥8,629	4.36 124 reviews	3.8 km	札幌・新千歳空港～車90分（有料送迎有・要予約）。JR洞爺駅・JR倶知安駅～バス60分。　[立地：国道230号線沿い]
ジャパビスタ　ルスツ	¥9,800	—	5.3 km	新千歳空港から車で約９０分。ルスツリゾートから車で約２分
翠葉　Ｒｕｓｕｔｓｕ	¥10,290	5.00 5 reviews	4.5 km	新千歳空港から車で約９０分。ルスツリゾートから車で約１分
エルサ　ルスツ	¥11,200	—	5.1 km	新千歳空港から車で90分
ザ・ヴェール・ルスツ（ＴＨＥ　ＶＡＬＥ　ＲＵＳＵＴＳＵ）	¥12,600	4.67 17 reviews	4.6 km	新千歳空港よりお車にて約90分
ノアルスツ	¥17,680	—	5 km	札幌や新千歳空港からバスや車で90-120分。ルスツリゾートから車で6分
ＣＬＯＵＤ９リゾート徒歩５分新築広い　ＬＩＮＥＩＤ　ｄｏｌｒｙ７０　＾	¥18,560	—	4.6 km	比羅夫駅から車で約３２分
おひさまハウス	—	—	4.7 km	千歳空港よりバスで約９０分。ルスツリゾート下車し、徒歩にて約５分。
ペンション＆ドライブイン　Ｓｋｙ・Ｂｅ	—	—	4.4 km	ＪＲ　倶知安駅より車で３０分

Show the other 6

Property	From	Rating	Distance	Getting there
ホテルロムルス	—	—	4.4 km	札幌駅より道南バス「洞爺湖温泉行(定山渓、中山峠経由)」に乗車。「ルスツリゾート」にて下車。黄色い牛のオブジェが入り口
Ｒｕｓｕｔｓｕ　Ｌｏｄｇｅｓ－ＬＩＬＬＡ　ＨＵＳＥＴ	—	—	4.1 km	千歳空港よりお車にて約９０分
ＶＩＬＬＡ　ＲＵＳＵＴＳＵ	—	—	4.6 km	ニセコ
ペンション　クライスデール	—	—	4.7 km	札幌・千歳空港～直行バス・ルスツリゾートバス停～お車で約２分（送迎有り）／札幌・新千歳空港～お車で９０分
ワプラ・ルスツ（Ｙｏｔｅｉ　／　Ｓｈｉｒｉｂｅｔｓｕ）　＾	—	—	3.2 km	比羅夫駅から車で約３１分
Ｒｕｓｕｔｓｕ　Ｇｏｌｆ　＆　Ｓｋｉ　Ｌｏｄｇｅ／民泊	—	—	4.5 km	ニセコ駅から車で約２７分