Sahoro
Sahoro is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 398–744 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 3.4 km². Within 2.6 km of the centre, the map shows 44 marked runs and 9 lifts, totalling about 24 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 181 cm of snowfall a season, 1256th (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. 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☁️ 26 Sept | 0 | 3.9 / 14.5 | 8.8 |
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 6.2 / 13.2 | 18.7 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 10.6 / 15 | 19.7 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 8 / 14 | 31.7 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 7.6 / 16.1 | 22.2 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 4.3 / 12.2 | 16.8 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 3 / 8 | 22.9 |
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
90% 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
- Chairlift7
- Gondola1
- Platter1
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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Furano and Tokachi webcams & snow report — all 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shintokuyama | 9.8 km | 164 cm | 1400 |
| Hoshino Resorts Tomamu | 19 km | 224 cm | 904 |
| Minami Furano | 20 km | 223 cm | 910 |
| Furano Ski Resort | 37 km | 222 cm | 915 |
| Nukabira Gensenkyo Ski Area | 37 km | 175 cm | 1306 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 88% 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.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 新得 weather station — 11.6 km from this ski area, 393 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 237 cm |
| 2023/24 | 254 cm |
| 2024/25 | 237 cm |
| 2025/26 | 221 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 181 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sahoro Resort Bear Mountainサホロリゾート ベア・マウンテン | Museum | 1 km |
| Karikachi Pass狩勝峠 | Nature | 5.1 km |
| Ikutora Station幾寅駅 | Landmark | 18.4 km |
| Hoshino Resorts Tomamu星野リゾート トマム | Mountain | 18.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| サホロリゾートホテル | ¥12,100 | 3.40 293 reviews | — | ＪＲ石勝線新得駅から車で約１５分 |
| クラブメッド 北海道 サホロ | — | — | — | クラブメッド公式HP、各リゾートページの“アクセス”よりご出発の14日前までにお申し込みください。 |
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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: 1.4 km
Nearest first
- Club Med Sahoro Hotel 1.4 km
- Sahoro Resort Hotel Hotel 1.8 km
- くったり溫泉湖旅舍 Hostel 9.4 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 00:03