【前日降雪20cm】朝イチで藻岩山スキー場を攻める！ 帰りは国道まで続く大渋滞！？
By: こがもちゅーぶ。 · 12 Jan
Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
Base depth
4cm
Snow 48h
1cm
Next 72h
0cm
A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →
- Snow 24h
- 1 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- −6°C
- Max wind
- 14 km/h
- Elevation
- 177–439 m
- Across
- 1.9 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 3 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Snow | 1 | −10 to −2 | 14 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −11 to 2 | 7 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −3 to 9 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −3 to 11 | 6 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −3 to 10 | 11 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 1 to 7 | 4 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −2 to 5 | 23 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 2/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 20/20
Wind 8/10
Base 0/5
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
After dark, the city lights of Sapporo spread out below the slopes. The ski area is split into a north face and a south face, joined by a linking trail. Snowboarders have been allowed on every run since the 2025-26 winter. Sources: sapporo-moiwa.jp, sapporo.travel (sources read 12 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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
16
Run length
8.9km
Lifts
7
Vertical
262m
Top 439 m · base 177 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.5 km
Steepest pitch28°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 4%
East 29%
South 57%
West 11%
Only 33% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (57%).
By difficulty
Novice 4 · 3.9 km
Easy 5 · 1.2 km
Intermediate 4 · 2.2 km
Advanced 3 · 1.6 km
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- Cable car1
- Funicular1
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. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
Sapporo webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
How much snow it gets
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
184cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
132cm
The middle winter of the 12: 173 cm. The best: 262 cm.
World rank
1292
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
285
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
304
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 325 m, 441 m below the national median.
Quality rank
221
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.6°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
10%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
8%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
17km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 47
Frequency 23
Freedom from rain 74
Calm when snowing (model grid) 97
The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score leaves out how much snow falls (it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind).
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo Bankei Ski Area | 4.2 km | 194 cm | 1201 |
| Fu's snow area | 8.3 km | 207 cm | 1081 |
| Sapporo Teine | 13.0 km | 260 cm | 667 |
| Dynasty Ski Resort | 14.0 km | 161 cm | 1527 |
| Snowcruse ONZE | 22.0 km | 277 cm | 586 |
Compare side by side with Sapporo Bankei Ski Area and Fu's snow area →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 73% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 41 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
40cmDec
56cmJan
47cmFeb
41cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 184 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 132 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 262 cm (2.0 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
229
148
169
190
132
159
163
262
172
191
174
214
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 小金湯 weather station — 10.7 km from this ski area, 71 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 193 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
5 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 34 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 藻南ホテル藻南 | 3.7 km | 17.1℃ cold | 8.2 mildly alkaline | — |
| 山鼻屯田湯 | 3.9 km | 34℃ warm | 7.3 neutral | — |
| 裏参道FRC裏参道温泉 | 4.2 km | 27℃ lukewarm | 7.8 mildly alkaline | simple |
| すすきの三井すすきの井 | 4.5 km | 30.2℃ lukewarm | 7.3 neutral | — |
| すすきのジャスマック2号 | 4.7 km | 28.6℃ lukewarm | 7.7 mildly alkaline | — |
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
Our own photos
Worth seeing nearby
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
Show the list
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Moiwa藻岩山 (札幌市) | Mountain | 0.9 km |
| Makomanai Ice Arena真駒内屋内競技場 | Park | 2.4 km |
| Nakajima Park中島公園 | Park | 3.9 km |
| Hokkaidō Jingū北海道神宮 | Shrine | 4.6 km |
| Susukinoすすきの | Old streets | 4.9 km |
| Sapporo Dome札幌ドーム | Leisure | 6.7 km |
Chosen from the places most read about on Wikipedia, favouring those with an English article. 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.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Not checked
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Checked on the official site (22 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
21 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMMY's base MOIWA | ¥8,000 | — | 1.5 km | 札幌市電 電車事業所前駅より徒歩10分 |
| THE ARKLUNE ^ | ¥10,255 | — | 1.8 km | 真駒内駅から車で9分 |
| Moiwa mountain villa | ¥8,980 | — | 2.0 km | 札幌市電「ロープウェイ入口」から徒歩5分 |
| ファインコート山鼻 101 | ¥4,364 | — | 2.2 km | 石山通駅から徒歩約1分 |
| 札幌 芒居(Sapporo Boukyo House)/民泊 | ¥27,810 | — | 2.3 km | ロープウェイ入口駅から徒歩で約7分 |
| アパホテル&リゾート〈札幌〉 | ¥4,050 | 4.16／5 4265 reviews | 2.4 km | 地下鉄真駒内駅から車で約7分/バスで約10分 JR札幌駅から車で約30分 新千歳空港直通高速バス(有料)運行あり |
| BLUE FOREST 203/民泊 | ¥8,028 | — | 2.7 km | 山鼻19条駅から徒歩で2分 |
| BLUE FOREST 303/民泊 | ¥8,028 | — | 2.7 km | 山鼻19条駅から徒歩で2分 |
| 御居所 Miidokoro(みいどころ) | ¥11,955 | — | 3.0 km | 市電「西線14条」駅から徒歩3分。空港バス「南14行啓通」(E16)から徒歩3分。札幌駅よりお車にて約14分 |
| トーカン中の島キャステール/民泊 | ¥7,772 | — | 3.3 km | 中の島駅から徒歩で約3分 |
| PREGARE 103/民泊 | ¥6,218 | — | 3.5 km | 行啓通駅から徒歩で1分 |
| 市内地下鉄駅より徒歩1分! 中島公園から徒歩5分・マンション1室貸切/民泊 | ¥6,636 | — | 3.5 km | 中の島駅より徒歩にて約1分 |
Pick dates and guests to check rooms on Rakuten Travel
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
Places to stay on the map
213 places within 12 km of the slopes, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, many of them small inns and pensions. Many are not on booking sites — open the name for the website or the map.
Nearest: 3.2 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- ＨＯＴＥＬＷＯＯＰａｒｔ－2 3.2 km
- ＨＯＴＥＬＷＯＯＰａｒｔ－１ 3.3 km
- ＨＯＴＥＬＷｅｇｏヒラギシ 3.3 km
- Hokkaido young people hall Compass 3.4 km
- Arura Sapporo 3.5 km
- Itsukiya 3.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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