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Sapporo Bankei Ski Area is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 207–342 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.4 km². Within 2.1 km of the centre, the map shows 29 marked runs and 6 lifts, totalling about 9.3 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 210 cm of snowfall a season, 987th (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. 41 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
17.2℃
Max wind
16.9km/h
Elevation (est.)
207–342m
Area
1.4km²
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
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 | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌧️ 27 Sept | 0 | 12.4 / 21.5 | 16.9 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 14.8 / 21.8 | 21.5 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.9 / 18.5 | 14.5 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 8.3 / 19.5 | 9.4 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 7.5 / 18.3 | 13.8 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.9 / 12.2 | 21.3 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 5.4 / 13.2 | 11.8 |
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
30
Run length
9.6km
Lifts
6
Vertical
242m
Top 435 m · base 193 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvancedOther Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.9 km
Steepest pitch31°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.3°
Which way the slopes face
North 78%
East 9%
South 2%
West 11%
87% 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 14
Intermediate 6
Advanced 5
Other 5
Lift types
- Chairlift6
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.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Sapporo 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.
Seasonal snowfall
210 cm
per season
Range over three winters
38 cm
196–234 cm. Steadier from winter to winter than most.
World rank
987
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
259
of 395 in Japan
Elevation rank
316
Highest to lowest, of 395 in Japan. The centre point sits at 283 m, 470 m below the national median.
Quality rank
180
of 395 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-4.1°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
11%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
10%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
17 km/h
Dryness 0.43
Frequency 0.30
Freedom from rain 0.71
Calm when snowing 0.98
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo Moiwayama | 4.2 km | 193 cm | 1139 |
| Fu's snow area | 8.6 km | 201 cm | 1073 |
| Sapporo Teine | 8.9 km | 279 cm | 579 |
| Sapporo Kokusai Skiing Resort | 18 km | 344 cm | 312 |
| Snowcruse ONZE | 18 km | 304 cm | 465 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 63% 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.
44cmDec
59cmJan
51cmFeb
37cmMar
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 小金湯 weather station — 8.7 km from this ski area, 44 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 507 cm |
| 2023/24 | 493 cm |
| 2024/25 | 560 cm |
| 2025/26 | 468 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 210 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 27 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 裏参道FRC裏参道温泉 | 4.8 km | 27℃ lukewarm | 7.8 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Moiwa藻岩山 (札幌市) | Mountain | 3.7 km |
| Hokkaidō Jingū北海道神宮 | Shrine | 3.9 km |
| Makomanai Ice Arena真駒内屋内競技場 | Park | 6.5 km |
| Nakajima Park中島公園 | Park | 6.6 km |
| Odori Park大通公園 | Park | 6.7 km |
| Sapporo Dome札幌ドーム | Leisure | 10.8 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 ↗ Coordinates: 43.0273, 141.2775
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 小別沢プライベートグランピングＱｕｏｐｅ ＾ | ¥14,620 | — | — | 西２８丁目駅から車で約１１分 |
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Stay nearby
7 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
5 Hotel 1 Apartment 1 Guest house
Nearest: 5.8 km
Nearest first
- Hotel Kotoni Sapporo Hotel 5.8 km
- ドミトリーS・Ⅱ Guest house 5.8 km
- Sapporo Hotel Yamachi Hotel 6 km
- 琴似グリーンホテル Hotel 6.4 km
- 旅館 志ら井 Hotel 7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28