Shintotsukawacho Sotchidake is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 115–221 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 0.5 km². 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 220 cm of snowfall a season, 927th (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. 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌧️ 27 Sept | 0 | 10.9 / 20.3 | 26.1 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 13.9 / 22.7 | 21.5 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.6 / 17.9 | 19.6 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 9.7 / 19.7 | 9.1 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 8.6 / 17.1 | 26.4 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.8 / 10 | 17.4 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 6.1 / 12.6 | 13 |
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 2.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Lift types
- Chairlift1
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
Live Cameras
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Asahikawa 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamoidake Kokusai | 17 km | 206 cm | 1025 |
| Bibai Kokusetsu Ski Area | 27 km | 254 cm | 713 |
| Ashimoi Kanko Takaho Ski Area | 34 km | 256 cm | 694 |
| Katsurazawa Kokusetsu Ski Area | 35 km | 254 cm | 713 |
| Mashike Choei Shokanbetsudake Ski Area | 37 km | 494 cm | 73 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 53% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 31 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 滝川 weather station — 11.9 km from this ski area, 118 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 506 cm |
| 2023/24 | 498 cm |
| 2024/25 | 535 cm |
| 2025/26 | 485 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 220 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ふるさと公園 (新十津川町) | Park | 4 km |
| Takikawa Skypark滝川市航空科学センター | Museum | 7.9 km |
| Takikawa Local History Museum滝川市郷土館 | Museum | 9.6 km |
| 北海道子どもの国 | Park | 11 km |
| Hokkaido Forest北海道立道民の森 | Leisure | 14.3 km |
| Kami-Sunagawa Station上砂川駅 | Landmark | 16.8 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ピンネ荘 | ¥4,000 | 4.50 26 reviews | 3.6 km | 滝川駅よりお車にて１５分 |
| サンヒルズ・サライ | ¥6,400 | 4.33 362 reviews | 3.7 km | 千歳から車で2時間、札幌から1時間45分、富良野・旭川から1時間10分、近隣の滝川・砂川・雨竜・浦臼まで15～20分。 |
| コテ－ジ ヴィラトップ | ¥6,500 | 4.43 34 reviews | 3.7 km | 千歳から車で2時間、札幌から1時間45分、富良野・旭川から1時間10分、滝川・砂川・浦臼・雨竜から15～20分 |
| 新十津川温泉 グリーンパークしんとつかわ | ¥8,200 | 4.06 93 reviews | 3.8 km | ＪＲ滝川駅→中央バス新十津川町役場前→町営バス10分程で到着 |
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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.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28