First Time Ski Experience PV
By: TEINE CHANNEL ～サッポロテイネ公式～ · 6 Jan
The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 21 Nov (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
Base depth
14cm
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
- −7°C
- Max wind
- 12 km/h
- Elevation
- 340–986 m
- Across
- 4.1 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 15 cm, 142% of the average for the same dates. 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 | −11 to −4 | 16 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −11 to 1 | 8 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Fog | 0 | −3 to 8 | 12 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Fog | 0 | 0 to 9 | 10 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 9 | 10 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 1 to 8 | 6 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow showers | 4 | −3 to 3 | 24 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 3/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 20/20
Wind 8/10
Base 1/5
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
The Highland Zone includes the women's giant slalom and slalom courses used at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics. Most runs in the other half, the Olympia Zone, are for beginners. The Olympic cauldron also stands in this zone. Night skiing takes place on the Olympia Zone's Shirakaba runs. Sources: sapporo-teine.com, sapporo.travel, hokkaido-np.co.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
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
20
Run length
14km
Lifts
12
Vertical
646m
Top 986 m · base 340 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.5 km
Steepest pitch31°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 57%
East 36%
South 4%
West 3%
93% 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 11 · 8.4 km
Intermediate 4 · 2.7 km
Advanced 4 · 2.9 km
Other 1 · 0.3 km
Lift types
- Chairlift10
- Gondola1
- Magic carpet1
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 mountainSummit live stream ↗Operated by: サッポロテイネThe live stream is paused (checked 9 Nov). Check the official page for when it returns.Roads nearby国道393号 ↗From the resort: 17 kmOperated by: 北海道開発局
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
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.
Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
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
260cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
148cm
The middle winter of the 12: 258 cm. The best: 359 cm.
World rank
667
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
175
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
253
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 551 m, 215 m below the national median.
Quality rank
59
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−6.4°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
7%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
15%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
18km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 60
Frequency 42
Freedom from rain 83
Calm when snowing (model grid) 96
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 | 8.9 km | 194 cm | 1201 |
| Snowcruse ONZE | 8.9 km | 277 cm | 586 |
| Sapporo Kokusai Skiing Resort | 11.0 km | 331 cm | 351 |
| Sapporo Moiwayama | 13.0 km | 184 cm | 1292 |
| Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort | 16.0 km | 293 cm | 507 |
Compare side by side with Sapporo Bankei Ski Area and Snowcruse ONZE →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 74% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 57 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
61cmDec
77cmJan
65cmFeb
57cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 260 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 148 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 359 cm (2.4 times as much).
229
148
249
315
216
243
256
359
269
283
259
295
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.
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 23.3 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 稲穂稲穂井 | 4.6 km | 23.3℃ cold | 9.5 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
When we went
Video we shot ourselves, with a note from the day (sound removed).
5 December 2020
The view of Sapporo from the summit is genuinely beautiful. A place I'd tell any visitor to go and ski.
The site operator
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hokkaidō Jingū北海道神宮 | Shrine | 9.1 km |
| Sapporo Racecourse札幌競馬場 | Leisure | 10 km |
| Odori Park大通公園 | Park | 11.9 km |
| Mount Moiwa藻岩山 (札幌市) | Mountain | 11.9 km |
| JR TowerJRタワー | Landmark | 12.2 km |
| Sapporo Dome札幌ドーム | Leisure | 18.5 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.
Coordinates: 43.0866, 141.2042
Getting there
- By train
- Teine Station (JR): JR Bus from stop 3 at the south exit: 16 minutes to Olympia Ski Centre, 28 minutes to Highland Ski Centre (check this season's dates and times on the official site)
- By car
- about 7 minutes to the Shirakaba slopes and about 13 minutes to the Highland slopes from Teine IC (Sasson Expressway)
Source: sapporo-teine.com · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Checked on the official site (26 Oct 2026) · Source. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 第2北翠寮/民泊 | ¥4,785 | 4.43／5 7 reviews | 4.0 km | 稲積公園駅から車で約5分 |
| ちょい寝ホテル札幌手稲 | ¥4,990 | 4.51／5 132 reviews | 4.5 km | JR手稲駅より徒歩約13分★JR北海道バス新富丘より徒歩約2分★札樽自動車道手稲ICより約3分 |
| Teine/民泊 | ¥4,594 | — | 4.7 km | 手稲駅から徒歩で約4分 |
| SAPPORO TEINE WHITE HOUSE | ¥7,270 | — | 4.9 km | JR 手稲駅から徒歩で約5分、手稲インターチェンジからお車にて約3分 |
| オタロビレッジ(Otaro Village) ^ | ¥4,379 | 3.70／5 14 reviews | 5.3 km | ほしみ駅から徒歩で約10分 |
| Guest House 庵 Anne | ¥5,000 | 4.89／5 21 reviews | 5.5 km | JR手稲駅よりお車にて約7分、バスで10分。 |
| すまいるハウス/民泊 | ¥4,959 | 2.67／5 6 reviews | 5.6 km | 手稲駅まで徒歩19分 |
| MILKY WAY/民泊 | ¥6,752 | — | 5.9 km | ほしみ駅から徒歩で約3分 |
| TAKETO STAY KOTONI 202 ^ | ¥5,568 | — | 7.7 km | 琴似駅から徒歩で約4分 |
| TAKETO STAY KOTONI 101 ^ | ¥6,032 | — | 7.7 km | 琴似駅から徒歩で約4分 |
| TAKETO STAY KOTONI 102 ^ | ¥6,032 | — | 7.7 km | 琴似駅から徒歩で約4分 |
| TAKETO STAY KOTONI 201 ^ | ¥6,032 | — | 7.7 km | 琴似駅から徒歩で約4分 |
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