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The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 25 December 2026."}}},{"slug":"akan-royal-valley","name":"Akan Royal Valley","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/akan-royal-valley","coordinates":{"lat":43.10699,"lng":144.13584},"region":"far-north-east","nameLocal":"阿寒ロイヤルバレイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/akan-royal-valley/8df2b1a034df.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fakan-royal-valley%2F8df2b1a034df.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Shitakara River runs between snowy banks in the old Akan town area, home of Akan Royal Valley","credit":"Highten31 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shitakara_Riv_1.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","verticalM":99,"summit":{"elevationM":134}}},{"slug":"asahidake","name":"Daisetsuzan Asahidake Ropeway","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/asahidake","coordinates":{"lat":43.6529,"lng":142.7984},"region":"central","nameLocal":"大雪山旭岳ロープウェイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"higashikawa","country":"JP","summary":"A hundred-person tram lifts you to 1,600 m on the flank of Hokkaido's highest volcano, and the gladed bowls on either side of the line hold some of the coldest powder on the island.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/asahidake/91f1c6aa3666.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fasahidake%2F91f1c6aa3666.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A snowboarder and skiers stand beside a steaming vent high on Asahidake in falling snow","credit":"Perfect Zero / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/86236275@N00/12943218963"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ropeway","status":"unverified","website":"https://asahidake.hokkaido.jp/en/","address":"Asahidake Onsen, Higashikawa-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido","verticalM":500,"runCount":4,"lifts":{"total":1,"gondolas":1,"chairs":0,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Sugatami Station","elevationM":1600,"lat":43.6619,"lng":142.8252},"base":{"elevationM":1100},"season":{"opens":"Mid-December, when the ropeway reopens on 11 December after its autumn maintenance break","closes":"Early May for skiing; the ropeway runs year-round apart from maintenance closures","peak":"January to February for powder; March to May for summit and plateau tours"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","notes":"The operator lists ropeway fares only: ¥2,800 round trip and ¥1,700 one way for junior high age and older from 1 November to 31 May (elementary ¥1,750 and ¥1,100). Cash only. The ropeway closed for maintenance on 11–13 March and 14–22 May 2026 and is shut from 16 November to 10 December each autumn."}}},{"slug":"asarigawa","name":"Otaru Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/asarigawa","coordinates":{"lat":43.1436,"lng":141.0367},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"朝里川温泉スキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"otaru","country":"JP","summary":"Otaru's onsen-valley ski hill sits five minutes off the expressway, and its long runs look straight out over the Sea of Japan.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/asarigawa/0bd8492ab996.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fasarigawa%2F0bd8492ab996.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Asarigawa Onsen ski runs drop away below the top of the Purple lift on a clear winter day","credit":"y_ogagaga / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/50463420@N06/11722246096"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://asari-ski.com/","address":"1-394 Asarigawa Onsen, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-0154","verticalM":520,"longestRunM":3000,"runCount":9,"lifts":{"total":5,"gondolas":0,"chairs":5,"surface":0},"summit":{"elevationM":660},"base":{"elevationM":140},"season":{"opens":"mid-December","closes":"early April","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":"No night session ran in 2025/26, and the official site makes no mention of one. Older guides that list night riding are out of date."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":5500,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: day ¥5,500, 4-hour ¥4,900, after 14:00 ¥3,500, 2-day ¥10,000, single ride ¥500. The prices now on the official site, most likely for 2026/27, are ¥6,500 for a day (¥6,300 online) or ¥5,500 for Hokkaido residents. Overseas online sales go through Trip.com."}}},{"slug":"canmore-ski-village","name":"Canmore Ski Village","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/canmore-ski-village","coordinates":{"lat":43.7309,"lng":142.5408},"region":"central","nameLocal":"キャンモアスキーヴィレッジ","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"higashikawa","country":"JP","summary":"Fifteen minutes from Asahikawa Airport, this Higashikawa hill runs eight short courses and charges ¥500 for a night session.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/campervans/carstay/9c72755bc8fd.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fcampervans%2Fcarstay%2F9c72755bc8fd.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Canmore Ski Village near Asahikawa under snow, where Carstay sells overnight spots in the car park","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.canmore-ski.jp/","address":"Nishi 5-go Kita 44, Higashikawa-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido 071-1405","verticalM":250,"longestRunM":1570,"runCount":8,"lifts":{"total":2,"gondolas":0,"chairs":2,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of the quad","elevationM":452},"base":{"elevationM":202},"season":{"opens":"Late December","closes":"Mid to late March (20 March in 2026)","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:30–20:30","notes":"Night ticket ¥500 for adults and children. Night sessions are cancelled on some days in late season."},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":3000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26 prices. Day ticket excludes night (child and 65+ ¥2,500). 3-hour ¥2,500; 2-hour ¥2,000; single ride ¥200. Prices rose for 2025/26."}}},{"slug":"chisenupuri","name":"Chisenupuri Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/chisenupuri","coordinates":{"lat":42.8687,"lng":140.5958},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"チセヌプリスキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Chisenupuri's chairlift stopped years ago, and today snowcats and skinning tourers share the old runs below Chisenupuri's summit.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/chisenupuri/85c83cea3cfc.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fchisenupuri%2F85c83cea3cfc.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Mt. 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Private cat ¥2,100,000 a day for up to 14. Public one-way cat bumps for tourers cost ¥3,000 cash at 08:00 and 08:30 and serve terrain behind the ski area only. The operator lists two phone numbers (+81 90-2054-8687 and +81 136-55-5953) and books by email at info@hokkaidobackcountryclub.com."}}},{"slug":"engaru-rock-valley","name":"Engaru Rock Valley Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/engaru-rock-valley","coordinates":{"lat":44.0211,"lng":143.4959},"region":"far-north-east","nameLocal":"えんがるロックバレースキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Engaru Rock Valley runs one chair straight off the back of a roadside station that sits a minute from the expressway.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/engaru-rock-valley/6db893123a00.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fengaru-rock-valley%2F6db893123a00.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Engaru Rock Valley's main run climbs between forested ridges beside the chairlift under fresh snow","credit":"RJD / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engaru.Rock-Valley.Ski01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://engaru-mori-no-okhotsk.jp/skiing/","address":"150-1 Nogami, Engaru-cho, Monbetsu-gun, Hokkaido 099-0344","verticalM":270,"runCount":6,"lifts":{"total":1,"gondolas":0,"chairs":1,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of the Rock Valley Pair Lift","elevationM":405},"base":{"elevationM":135},"season":{"opens":"late December (20 December 2025)","closes":"early April, weekends only after March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"to 20:00 Wednesday–Saturday until 28 February; to 20:00 Wednesday–Friday in March until mid-month","notes":"The hill has been lit from the summit since the new lift opened in 2019."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":3200,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: 1-day ¥3,200 (high school and under ¥2,000), 4-hour ¥2,400, 2-hour ¥1,700, night ¥1,800, 6-ride ¥1,700, single ¥340. A 1-day ticket with a meal costs ¥4,200. Preschoolers ride free with a guardian. After 16:00 only night, 6-ride and single tickets are sold."}}},{"slug":"furano","name":"Furano Ski Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/furano","coordinates":{"lat":43.3233,"lng":142.3541},"region":"central","nameLocal":"富良野スキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"furano","country":"JP","summary":"Two linked zones above Furano give you 839 m of fall line in cold, dry inland snow, plus five patrol-managed exits into the forest.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/furano/be3ea11939d1.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Ffurano%2Fbe3ea11939d1.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A lone skier descends a wide groomed run between snow-laden forest at Furano Ski Resort","credit":"LIONEL-ARTS / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/64408374@N05/25797617134"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.princehotels.com/en/ski/furano/","address":"Nakagoryo, Furano, Hokkaido 076-8511","verticalM":839,"longestRunM":1900,"runCount":28,"lifts":{"total":11,"gondolas":2,"chairs":7,"surface":2},"summit":{"name":"Furano Zone top (Downhill No. 3 Romance Lift)","elevationM":1074},"base":{"elevationM":235},"season":{"opens":"Late November for the Furano Zone (29 November in 2025); late December for the Kitanomine Zone","closes":"Early May for the Furano Zone (6 May in 2026); late March for the Kitanomine Zone (22 March in 2026)","peak":"January to mid-February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–18:00 weekdays; 16:00–19:30 weekends, holidays and 28 December–5 January","notes":"Night runs open on the Furano Zone from mid-December and on Kitanomine from late December, through 21 March in 2025/26. Night ticket ¥2,900 weekdays and ¥3,600 weekends and holidays."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":8000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":6500,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26 regular-season day ticket ¥8,000 (¥6,600 for Seibu Prince Global Rewards members). Early season (29 Nov–5 Dec) and spring (23 Mar–6 May) ¥6,500. 5-hour ¥7,200 and 3-hour ¥6,400. Children of elementary-school age and younger ride free with a ticket from the counter. First Tracks sessions on set January Thursdays cost ¥25,000 per person, minimum two."},"passes":["ikon"]}},{"slug":"fus-snow-area","name":"Fu's Snow Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/fus-snow-area","coordinates":{"lat":42.9546,"lng":141.2765},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"フッズスノーエリア","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"sapporo","country":"JP","summary":"Fu's charges ¥3,300 for a day on the road to Jozankei, and its Dynamic course averages 28 degrees for 1,200 metres.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/fus-snow-area/76b56005cf12.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Ffus-snow-area%2F76b56005cf12.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Skiers trace the lower slope at Fu's Snow Area as the sun sets behind the trees","credit":"iyoupapa / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/9938180@N07/5420632320"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.fujino-yagai-sports.jp/en/winter","address":"473-1 Fujino, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 061-2271","verticalM":300,"longestRunM":1800,"runCount":6,"lifts":{"total":3,"gondolas":0,"chairs":3,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Hoei-zan (north face)","elevationM":563},"base":{"elevationM":260},"season":{"opens":"mid-December","closes":"late March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–21:00","notes":"The night ticket starts at 16:00 and the last lift goes at 20:45. 2025/26 night ticket ¥1,700 (¥1,600 online). How much of the hill is lit is not published."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":3300,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: day (09:00–16:00) ¥3,300 or ¥3,200 online; 6-hour ¥2,900; 4-hour ¥2,400; 3-hour ¥2,000; night ¥1,700; single ride ¥280. The day ticket ends at 16:00 and the night is a separate ticket. ¥500 refundable IC card deposit. Season pass ¥41,900, night season ¥25,400. No 2026/27 prices published yet."}}},{"slug":"hakodate-nanae","name":"Hakodate Nanae Snowpark","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/hakodate-nanae","coordinates":{"lat":41.9864,"lng":140.7469},"region":"south","nameLocal":"函館七飯スノーパーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"hakodate","country":"JP","summary":"Hakodate's ski hill rides a 3.3-kilometre gondola to 943 metres, where Komagatake fills the view across Lake Onuma.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/hakodate-nanae/30ed48ef4539.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fhakodate-nanae%2F30ed48ef4539.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Komagatake rises beyond Lake Onuma with its summit in cloud, seen from the top of Hakodate Nanae Snowpark","credit":"掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Hakodate_Nanae_Snowpark_(Jan_2026).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://hakodate-nanae.jp/","address":"666 Higashi-Onuma, Nanae-cho, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido 041-1351","verticalM":745,"longestRunM":4000,"runCount":8,"lifts":{"total":3,"gondolas":1,"chairs":2,"surface":0},"summit":{"elevationM":943},"base":{"elevationM":198},"season":{"opens":"mid-December","closes":"late March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"17:00–21:00","notes":"Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 27 December 2025 to 1 March 2026, except 31 December and 1 January. Night ticket ¥3,500 in 2025/26."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":5800,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: day ¥5,800; day-plus-night 1DAY Free Pass ¥7,300; 5-hour ¥5,300; night ¥3,500; single chair ride ¥800; gondola single ¥2,000 or return ¥2,500. Primary-school children and younger ride free. 2026/27 early-bird day tickets sell at ¥4,000 until 31 October and ¥5,000 until 30 November, against a regular ¥5,800. Season pass ¥66,000."},"passes":["suzuki-g-pass"]}},{"slug":"iwanai","name":"Iwanai Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/iwanai","coordinates":{"lat":42.9471,"lng":140.5148},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"いわないリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"iwanai","country":"JP","summary":"Iwanai Resort runs snowcats on a coastal volcano west of Niseko, and its bowls and glades hold 30 to 40 degrees above the Sea of Japan.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/backcountry/iwanai-dake/326bbd282c9e.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fbackcountry%2Fiwanai-dake%2F326bbd282c9e.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ski runs cut through the forest on the snowy north face of Iwanai-dake","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%81%84%E3%82%8F%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E5%9B%BD%E9%9A%9B%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B41.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cat-skiing","status":"unverified","website":"https://iwanairesort.com/","address":"350 Aza-Notsuka, Iwanai-cho, Iwanai-gun, Hokkaido 045-0024","verticalM":690,"lifts":{"total":1,"gondolas":0,"chairs":1,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Mt. 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Cancellation refunds: 100% at 30 days or more, 50% at 14–29 days, none inside 14 days."}}},{"slug":"kamui-ski-links","name":"Kamui Ski Links","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/kamui-ski-links","coordinates":{"lat":43.7047,"lng":142.187},"region":"central","nameLocal":"カムイスキーリンクス","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"asahikawa","country":"JP","summary":"Asahikawa's ski hill catches some of the coldest, driest snow in Hokkaido and leaves about a third of its 26 courses ungroomed for powder and trees.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/kamui-ski-links/650496f21db7.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fkamui-ski-links%2F650496f21db7.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Kamui Ski Links' runs streak the snowy flanks of Kamui-yama above farmland outside Asahikawa","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B92.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kamui-skilinks.com/en/","address":"112 Nishioka, Kamui-cho, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 074-1181","verticalM":601,"longestRunM":4000,"runCount":26,"lifts":{"total":6,"gondolas":1,"chairs":5,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Kamui summit (gondola top, Monte751)","elevationM":751},"base":{"elevationM":150},"season":{"opens":"Mid-December (13 December in 2025)","closes":"Late March (31 March in 2026)","peak":"Late December to early February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":5300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Prices unchanged since 24 September 2024 and valid for 2025/26. 4-hour ¥4,600; 12-point ticket ¥4,300; seniors 65+ ¥4,500 a day; children 12 and under ¥1,800. Every ticket needs a ¥500 IC-card deposit, refunded when you return the card."},"passes":["hokkaido-powder-belt"]}},{"slug":"kiroro","name":"Kiroro Snow World","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/kiroro","coordinates":{"lat":43.0758,"lng":140.9822},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"キロロスノーワールド","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"akaigawa","country":"JP","summary":"Kiroro collects some of the heaviest snowfall in Hokkaido in a basin above Akaigawa, and its 3.3-kilometre gondola feeds long groomers and signed tree-run areas.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/kiroro/a4b4145e89ac.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fkiroro%2Fa4b4145e89ac.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A skier crosses open snow below a rounded white summit at Kiroro under a clear blue sky","credit":"SnowHoliday / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kiroro.co.jp/en/","address":"128-1 Aza-Tokiwa, Akaigawa-mura, Yoichi-gun, Hokkaido 046-0593","verticalM":660,"longestRunM":4050,"runCount":23,"lifts":{"total":9,"gondolas":2,"chairs":7,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Asari Peak","elevationM":1180},"base":{"elevationM":520},"season":{"opens":"late November","closes":"early May","peak":"mid January to late February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–19:00","notes":"High season only (13 Dec 2025 – 5 Apr 2026) and not every night, so check the calendar. The Center Express runs until 19:00 and the map marks night courses in the Center area. Night pass ¥3,000 in 2026/27."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":8800,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":5500,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: ¥8,800 in high season (13 Dec – 5 Apr), ¥5,500 in the early (29 Nov – 12 Dec) and spring (from 6 Apr) periods; 4-hour ¥7,400 high season. Every pass loads onto a KIROCA IC card with a ¥500 refundable deposit. 2026/27 published prices: ¥9,200 high season, ¥5,800 early and spring, season pass ¥103,000. The official webstore takes up to 5% off daily passes, and tickets from unauthorised resellers are void. Club Med packages include lift passes."},"passes":["indy-pass","powder-alliance"]}},{"slug":"kita-taisetsu-cat-ski","name":"TENGU Cat-Ski at Kita-Taisetsu","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/kita-taisetsu-cat-ski","coordinates":{"lat":43.8389,"lng":143.0853},"region":"far-north-east","nameLocal":"北大雪スキー場 TENGU CAT-SKI","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"A snowcat carries small guided groups over an abandoned championship ski area above Shirataki.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/operators/tengu-cat-ski/f80a927b5636.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Foperators%2Ftengu-cat-ski%2Ff80a927b5636.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The old Kita-Taisetsu ski runs stripe a snowy ridge above the forest near Shirataki","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%8C%97%E5%A4%A7%E9%9B%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B4.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cat-skiing","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.tengucat.jp/","address":"Shirataki Tengudaira, Engaru-cho, Monbetsu-gun, Hokkaido","lifts":{"total":0,"gondolas":0,"chairs":0,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Ko-Tengu (Tengu-dake)"},"base":{},"season":{"opens":"January","closes":"March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":85000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Public day tour ¥85,000 per person for about 6–7 runs and 4,500 m of descent, with guiding, cat and lunch included. Two-day tour ¥170,000 per person for 12–14 runs. Private cats ¥770,000 per group per day. Prices are from the operator's tour page, last updated in November 2023, so confirm them when booking for 2026/27. Repeat guests booking direct get 5% off."}}},{"slug":"kurodake","name":"Sounkyo Kurodake Ropeway","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/kurodake","coordinates":{"lat":43.724,"lng":142.947},"region":"central","nameLocal":"大雪山層雲峡・黒岳ロープウェイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"sounkyo","country":"JP","summary":"A ropeway and one double chair lift you out of Sounkyo gorge to 1,520 m on Kurodake, where a small ski area ends at a single gate onto serious alpine terrain.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/backcountry/kurodake-bc/3c165b61ca08.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fbackcountry%2Fkurodake-bc%2F3c165b61ca08.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Fresh snow covers the Daisetsuzan plateau and peaks seen west from the summit of Kurodake","credit":"Shirokazan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daisetsuzan_range_seen_looking_west_from_Kurodake.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ropeway","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.rinyu.co.jp/kurodake/","address":"Sounkyo, Kamikawa-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido","verticalM":220,"runCount":4,"lifts":{"total":2,"gondolas":1,"chairs":1,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Kurodake 7th Station (top of the lift)","elevationM":1520},"base":{"elevationM":1300},"season":{"opens":"Early December (planned for 1 December 2026)","closes":"Early May (planned for 5 May)","peak":"January to February for powder; April for spring snow"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":5200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"The ski day pass bundles a ropeway round trip with unlimited lift rides (child ¥2,600). From 2026/27 the ropeway part is valid for one round trip only, because more people were getting hurt skiing the unpatrolled slope below the ropeway. Ropeway alone ¥3,000 return or ¥1,800 one way; single winter lift ride ¥800. The ski area base sits at the ropeway's top station (1,300 m); the ropeway itself starts at 670 m in Sounkyo."}}},{"slug":"memuro","name":"Memuro","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/memuro","coordinates":{"lat":42.831225,"lng":142.98494},"region":"tokachi","nameLocal":"メムロスキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/memuro/cba3adaffae6.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fmemuro%2Fcba3adaffae6.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Hidaka Mountains line the snowy fields of Memuro, the farm town around the Memuro ski hill","credit":"ei ym / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%8D%81%E5%8B%9D%E5%B9%B3%E5%8E%9FSA%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9F%E6%97%A5%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","verticalM":151,"summit":{"elevationM":316}}},{"slug":"mount-racey","name":"Yubari Mount Racey","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/mount-racey","coordinates":{"lat":43.0508,"lng":141.9696},"region":"south","nameLocal":"マウントレースイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"yubari","country":"JP","summary":"Yubari's old coal-town ski hill holds 45-degree ungroomed pitches and very few people, and in 2025/26 it ran without its gondola all winter.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/mount-racey/4d56bf85bb5f.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fmount-racey%2F4d56bf85bb5f.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Mount Racey's ski runs spread across snowy ridges above the Yubari valley under broken cloud","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B4.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://yubari-resort.co.jp/","address":"2-4 Suehiro, Yubari, Hokkaido 068-0411","verticalM":404,"longestRunM":3500,"runCount":18,"lifts":{"total":5,"gondolas":1,"chairs":4,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Reisui-yama","elevationM":702},"base":{"elevationM":298},"season":{"opens":"early December","closes":"late March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":6000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: day ¥6,000, 4-hour ¥4,800, afternoon from 13:00 ¥3,500; Hokkaido residents ¥4,800 for a day; Ski Season Net partner price ¥4,200; season pass ¥55,000. Preschoolers ride free. No 2026/27 prices announced as of October 2026."},"passes":["hokkaido-ski-season-net"]}},{"slug":"nayoro-piyashiri","name":"Nayoro Piyashiri Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/nayoro-piyashiri","coordinates":{"lat":44.37,"lng":142.4567},"region":"central","nameLocal":"名寄ピヤシリスキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"nayoro","country":"JP","summary":"Nayoro's town hill sits in one of the coldest basins in Hokkaido and opens about 1,400 m of tree runs to riders who sign in for an armband.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/nayoro-piyashiri/c27190415d86.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fnayoro-piyashiri%2Fc27190415d86.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Spectators gather at the foot of the snow-covered Piyashiri ski jumps at Nayoro Piyashiri Ski Area","credit":"wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piyashiri.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.nayoro.co.jp/piyashiri/","address":"Nisshin, Nayoro, Hokkaido 096-0066","verticalM":480,"longestRunM":2000,"runCount":13,"lifts":{"total":3,"gondolas":0,"chairs":3,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of the ski area","elevationM":673},"base":{"elevationM":193},"season":{"opens":"Mid-December (11 December in 2025 and 2026)","closes":"Late March (22 March in 2026)","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:30–20:30","notes":"Thursdays and Fridays only, 17 December to 26 February in 2025/26; no night session on 31 December or 1 January. Night ticket ¥1,300."},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":4300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Published rates for 2026/27; the 2025/26 table is no longer online. Web day ticket ¥3,800. Onsen pack with a Sunpillar bath ¥4,600. Seniors 60+ ¥2,900. Junior high age and younger ride free. Every IC ticket needs a ¥500 deposit, refunded at the machine by the ski restaurant."}}},{"slug":"niseko-annupuri","name":"Niseko Annupuri International Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/niseko-annupuri","coordinates":{"lat":42.8476,"lng":140.648},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"ニセコアンヌプリ国際スキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"niseko-town","country":"JP","summary":"Annupuri sells the cheapest single-resort ticket in Niseko United and opens four gates into the Osawa valley above wide groomers that look across at Yotei.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/niseko-annupuri/883482bbf77e.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fniseko-annupuri%2F883482bbf77e.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A skier carves down a groomed run under the Niseko Annupuri gondola above snowy farmland","credit":"MIKI Yoshihito. 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Annupuri night ticket ¥3,700 in 2026/27."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":7000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":5200,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26 Annupuri-only adult day: ¥7,000 regular (13 Dec–22 Mar), ¥6,200 spring (23 Mar–5 Apr), ¥5,200 final season (6 Apr–6 May). Annupuri + Village day ¥10,500. Niseko United All Mountain day ¥12,000 at the counter or ¥11,400 online. 2026/27 Annupuri day ¥7,800 peak and ¥7,500 regular; 5-hour, night, 50-hour and multi-day tickets are sold online at annupuri.bookfast.jp. Terrain percentages are a count of the 13 official courses by grade."},"passes":["ikon","mountain-collective"]}},{"slug":"niseko-grand-hirafu","name":"Niseko Tokyu Grand Hirafu","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/niseko-grand-hirafu","coordinates":{"lat":42.8615,"lng":140.6978},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"ニセコ東急 グラン・ヒラフ","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"hirafu","country":"JP","summary":"Niseko's biggest lift network climbs from a village full of bars and ramen counters to the G3 gate under Annupuri's summit, and the lower mountain stays lit until seven most of the winter.","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1483056293146-9eac9521932f?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNzM5MDUwfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=2400&q=80&fm=jpg&fit=max","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1483056293146-9eac9521932f?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNzM5MDUwfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"A snowboarder walks a street in Hirafu through heavy snowfall","credit":"Jonny McNee / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/photo-of-man-standing-while-holding-board-near-road-aoxZlTnRZ2k?utm_source=ride_hokkaido&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://en.grand-hirafu.jp/","address":"1-jo 2-chome 9-1 Niseko Hirafu, Kutchan-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 044-0080","verticalM":940,"longestRunM":5300,"runCount":22,"lifts":{"total":9,"gondolas":2,"chairs":7,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Hirafu peak (top of King Single Lift #4)","elevationM":1200,"lat":42.8717,"lng":140.6625},"base":{"elevationM":260},"season":{"opens":"late November (planned 29 Nov 2025; a slow start pushed opening to 4 Dec)","closes":"early May (6 May 2026)","peak":"late December to late February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–19:00","notes":"Nightly from 13 Dec 2025 to 22 Mar 2026 on the Ace and King gondolas. Twelve runs are lit, including the lower Super, Kokutai, Furiko, Kogen and Holiday. Day tickets stay valid into the night session. Fireworks most Fridays from late December to March. Some third-party listings give the start as 16:30."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":11000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":7700,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Hirafu sells no single-resort ticket; the Grand HIRAFU + HANAZONO ticket covers both. 2025/26 adult day: ¥11,000 at the counter or ¥10,400 online in the regular season (13 Dec–22 Mar), ¥7,700 or ¥7,300 online in early and spring season. H/H afternoon 4-hour ¥7,800, night ¥6,000, 3-day ¥32,000. Niseko United All Mountain adult day ¥12,000 at the counter or ¥11,400 online (early and spring ¥8,400; 6 Apr–6 May ¥6,000), 3-day ¥35,000, 5-day ¥58,000. Fixed price periods with no dynamic pricing; the first online purchase adds a ¥500 IC card fee. For 2026/27 a peak tier (24 Dec–28 Feb) lifts the H/H day to ¥12,500 and the All Mountain day to ¥13,500. Ikon and Mountain Collective access covers all four Niseko United resorts."},"passes":["ikon","mountain-collective"]}},{"slug":"niseko-hanazono","name":"Niseko HANAZONO Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/niseko-hanazono","coordinates":{"lat":42.8915,"lng":140.6994},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"ニセコHANAZONOリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"kutchan","country":"JP","summary":"Hanazono runs fast heated lifts out of a polished base beside the Park Hyatt, and its trees and parks keep people busy on the days the peak above stays shut.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/niseko-hanazono/65194bc62683.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fniseko-hanazono%2F65194bc62683.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Skiers gather on the snow outside the angular HANAZONO 308 base building at Niseko HANAZONO","credit":"MIKI Yoshihito / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NISEKO_HANAZONO_Ski_308.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://hanazononiseko.com/en/winter/resort","address":"328-36 Aza-Iwaobetsu, Kutchan-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 044-0082","verticalM":724,"longestRunM":2700,"runCount":12,"lifts":{"total":4,"gondolas":1,"chairs":3,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of Hanazono Quad #3","elevationM":1032,"lat":42.8731,"lng":140.6677},"base":{"elevationM":308},"season":{"opens":"late November (planned 29 Nov 2025; low snow delayed opening to 5 Dec)","closes":"mid April (12 Apr 2026)","peak":"late December to late February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–19:00","notes":"13 Dec 2025 to 22 Mar 2026 on the Symphony Gondola, covering Colly's Folly, Juicy Fruit and Gondola Park. For 2026/27 the night session runs to 20:00."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":11000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":7700,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Hanazono sells no single-resort ticket; it shares the Grand HIRAFU + HANAZONO ticket (2025/26 adult day ¥11,000 at the counter or ¥10,400 online in the regular season, ¥7,700 or ¥7,300 online in early and spring season; night ¥6,000). Niseko United All Mountain adult day ¥12,000 at the counter or ¥11,400 online, early and spring ¥8,400. The Black Pass adds 07:30 loading and priority lanes. 2026/27 adds a peak tier (24 Dec–28 Feb) at ¥12,500 for H/H and ¥13,500 for the All Mountain. Ikon and Mountain Collective redeem at the Hanazono ticket counter."},"passes":["ikon","mountain-collective"]}},{"slug":"niseko-moiwa","name":"Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/niseko-moiwa","coordinates":{"lat":42.8488,"lng":140.6309},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"ニセコモイワスキーリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"niseko-town","country":"JP","summary":"Moiwa runs three chairs on its own at the western end of the Niseko lifts, and riders pay more than an All Mountain pass costs for birch glades that stay quiet well into the morning.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/niseko-moiwa/172e9253d51c.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fniseko-moiwa%2F172e9253d51c.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Niseko Moiwa's ski runs stand under winter snow above the Konbu Onsen area, home of Hotel Kanronomori","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AF3.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://niseko-moiwa.jp/","address":"448 Aza-Niseko, Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 048-1511","verticalM":460,"longestRunM":2000,"runCount":8,"lifts":{"total":3,"gondolas":0,"chairs":3,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of the Moiwa Quad","elevationM":790,"lat":42.8623,"lng":140.6327},"base":{"elevationM":330},"season":{"opens":"early December (5 Dec 2025 on Pair #2; the Quad opened 13 Dec)","closes":"early April (5 Apr 2026)","peak":"mid January to late February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":13000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":8400,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26 adult day at the counter: ¥13,000 regular (20 Dec–8 Mar), ¥10,400 early season, ¥8,400 spring (9 Mar–5 Apr). Web prices about 10% lower (¥11,700 regular). 2-day ¥24,700, 3-day ¥36,200, 4-hour ¥12,000, 12-point ¥10,000, children 7–15 ¥3,000, season pass ¥91,000. Moiwa sits outside Niseko United, Ikon and Mountain Collective; Hokkaido Ski Season Net season-pass holders get a discount. Terrain percentages count the eight runs on the official slope page by grade, and the map panel lists six slopes."}}},{"slug":"niseko-village","name":"Niseko Village Ski Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/niseko-village","coordinates":{"lat":42.847,"lng":140.6842},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"ニセコビレッジスキーリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"niseko-town","country":"JP","summary":"Niseko Village keeps its steepest gladed runs and the controlled valley of Mizuno-no-sawa above a quiet base built around the Hilton and the Ritz-Carlton Reserve.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/niseko-village/d2a3c5af3159.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fniseko-village%2Fd2a3c5af3159.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The snowy southeast face of Niseko Annupuri rises above white fields on the Niseko Village side","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B3%E6%9D%B1%E5%B1%B1%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B42.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.niseko-village.com/","address":"Higashiyama Onsen, Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 048-1521","verticalM":890,"longestRunM":5000,"runCount":29,"lifts":{"total":9,"gondolas":2,"chairs":7,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of Wonderland Chair A","elevationM":1170,"lat":42.8695,"lng":140.6621},"base":{"elevationM":280},"season":{"opens":"late November (Niseko United opened on 4 Dec 2025 after a slow start)","closes":"early April (5 Apr 2026)","peak":"late December to late February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–19:00","notes":"Village Express and Banzai Chair, mid-December to late March. The 2026/27 English page lists 16:30–19:00."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":9700,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":6700,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26 Village-only adult day: ¥9,700 regular (13 Dec–22 Mar), ¥6,700 spring, ¥5,000 final season. Annupuri + Village day ¥10,500 (spring ¥7,400). Niseko United All Mountain day ¥12,000 at the counter or ¥11,400 online, early and spring ¥8,400. 2026/27 adds a peak tier: Village day ¥10,700 peak and ¥10,200 regular, All Mountain ¥13,500 peak. The terrain percentages are a count of runs by map colour; the resort publishes none. The Village Express is a combined chair and gondola and is counted here as one chair."},"passes":["ikon","mountain-collective"]}},{"slug":"niseko-weiss","name":"Niseko Weiss Powder CATS","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/niseko-weiss","coordinates":{"lat":42.9064,"lng":140.6665},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"ニセコワイスパウダーCAT","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"kutchan","country":"JP","summary":"Hanazono runs a 12-seat PistenBully up the old Weiss ski area on Weisshorn, and the gentle pitches suit riders taking their first real powder days.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/niseko-weiss/bb7ab5ca8c89.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fniseko-weiss%2Fbb7ab5ca8c89.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A skier in a red jacket carves a turn in fresh snow on the open slopes of Weisshorn","credit":"Rob Thomson (hokkaidowilds.org) / Publisher's own site","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://hokkaidowilds.org/ski-touring/weisshorn-ski-touring"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cat-skiing","status":"unverified","website":"https://hanazononiseko.com/en/winter/activities/weiss-cat-skiing","verticalM":450,"lifts":{"total":0,"gondolas":0,"chairs":0,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Cat drop-off below Weisshorn","elevationM":930},"base":{"elevationM":450},"season":{"opens":"late December (28 Dec 2025 on Hanazono's listing)","closes":"early March (8 Mar 2026)","peak":"January to mid February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":175000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":165000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Per person per day in 2025/26 as listed by Powderhounds (¥165,000 regular, ¥175,000 peak); private cat ¥1,400,000 regular. The official 2026/27 rates are ¥175,000 regular and ¥190,000 peak, and group days only run with 7 or more guests; a private cat costs ¥1,500,000 regular or ¥1,850,000 peak for up to 12. The day includes 6–7 runs, lunch at Chalet Ivy Weiss and transfers."}}},{"slug":"northern-arc-resort","name":"Northern Arc Resort Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/northern-arc-resort","coordinates":{"lat":43.8684,"lng":143.9265},"region":"far-north-east","nameLocal":"ノーザンアークリゾートスキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kitami's main ski hill sits half an hour from Memanbetsu Airport and keeps its lights on until 21:00.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/northern-arc-resort/68f80181d636.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fnorthern-arc-resort%2F68f80181d636.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The open runs of Northern Arc Resort cut white bands through a forested hill above snowy fields","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B42.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"http://northernarcresort.co.jp/contents/golfski/ski.html","address":"829 Tanno-cho Niku, Kitami, Hokkaido 099-2102","verticalM":216,"longestRunM":1350,"runCount":4,"lifts":{"total":2,"gondolas":0,"chairs":2,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of the quad","elevationM":306},"base":{"elevationM":90},"season":{"opens":"late December (20 December 2025)","closes":"mid-March (15 March 2026)","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"17:00–21:00","notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":4000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: 1-day ¥4,000 (junior high and up; child ¥3,000), 2-hour ¥2,000, 3-hour ¥2,700, 4-hour ¥3,400, 10-ride ¥3,000, single ¥400. Seniors 65 and over get 20% off. Board rental ¥4,500 a day."}}},{"slug":"nukabira-gensenkyo","name":"Nukabira Gensenkyo Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/nukabira-gensenkyo","coordinates":{"lat":43.3639,"lng":143.1871},"region":"tokachi","nameLocal":"ぬかびら源泉郷スキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Nukabira runs its lower slopes only these days, and the onsen village inside Daisetsuzan National Park is a short walk from the lifts.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/onsen/nukabira-onsen/b51354437c1a.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fonsen%2Fnukabira-onsen%2Fb51354437c1a.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Nukabira village ski hill rises above forest and snow in late winter","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%81%AC%E3%81%8B%E3%81%B3%E3%82%89%E6%BA%90%E6%B3%89%E9%83%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B4.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://ichida54.wixsite.com/nukabiraskijyo","address":"75 Nukabira Gensenkyo Minami-ku, Kamishihoro-cho, Kato-gun, Hokkaido 080-1403","runCount":7,"lifts":{"total":null,"gondolas":null,"chairs":null,"surface":null},"summit":{"name":"Top of operating lifts"},"base":{"elevationM":570},"season":{"opens":"late December (30 December 2025)","closes":"late March (21 March 2026)","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":"One-off night events only, such as NUKADISCO on 30 March 2026."},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":4500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Cash only. 1-day ¥4,500 (senior ¥4,000, junior high ¥3,000, child ¥2,000), 4-hour ¥4,000, single ride ¥800, season pass ¥35,000. Show a 1-day ticket for ¥100 off the bath at the village inns."}}},{"slug":"pippu","name":"Pippu Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/pippu","coordinates":{"lat":43.934,"lng":142.5011},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ぴっぷスキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"A town-run hill north of Asahikawa where ¥3,800 buys a day of riding and a soak at the bathhouse next door.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/pippu/67005a596e82.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fpippu%2F67005a596e82.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pippu Ski Area's runs curve down a snowy ridge above bare winter forest","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%81%B4%E3%81%A3%E3%81%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B4.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"http://www.town.pippu.hokkaido.jp/ski/top.html","address":"Kita 7-sen 17-go, Pippu-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido 078-0327","verticalM":330,"longestRunM":2200,"runCount":9,"lifts":{"total":3,"gondolas":0,"chairs":2,"surface":1},"summit":{"name":"Top of Lift 6","elevationM":580},"base":{"elevationM":250},"season":{"opens":"Mid-December","closes":"Late March (season passes ran to 22 March in 2026)","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–20:30","notes":"Through the end of February on the Kappa and Silver courses and part of Golden. Closes at 16:00 on 31 December. Night ticket ¥1,200 with an onsen bath included."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":3800,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26 day ticket ¥3,800 including a bath at Yuyu Pippu (senior 65+ ¥2,800, child ¥2,800). 4-hour ¥3,000; adult-and-child family day set ¥4,500; 12-ride ¥3,600. Lift 6 takes two single-ride credits and the rope lift is free. Hokkaido Ski Season Net members get ¥200 off."}}},{"slug":"rusutsu","name":"Rusutsu Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/rusutsu","coordinates":{"lat":42.7494,"lng":140.9001},"region":"niseko","nameLocal":"ルスツリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"rusutsu-village","country":"JP","summary":"Rusutsu spreads spaced birch and long groomers over three mountains southeast of Yotei, and its hotels and amusement park make the base feel like a small town.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/rusutsu/2896fc5c78de.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Frusutsu%2F2896fc5c78de.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Skiers ride a broad run at Rusutsu below a ridged snowy peak under heavy cloud","credit":"jeremydeades / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/89705672@N00/2143405893"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://rusutsu.com/en/","address":"13 Izumikawa, Rusutsu-mura, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 048-1711","verticalM":594,"longestRunM":3500,"runCount":37,"lifts":{"total":18,"gondolas":4,"chairs":14,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Mt. 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Epic, Epic Local and Epic Australia holders get 5 consecutive days with no blackouts, redeemed at a ticket window; the My Epic phone pass does not scan at the lifts. Kamori's K-Winter season pass also covers Sapporo Teine, Sahoro and Nakayama Toge. 2026/27 adult day ¥16,700 (online ¥13,200). Terrain percentages count the 37 runs on the official map by grade (advanced includes four expert runs). Published skiable-area figures conflict (212 ha to about 560 ha), so none is given."},"passes":["epic"]}},{"slug":"sahoro","name":"Tokachi Sahoro Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/sahoro","coordinates":{"lat":43.1673,"lng":142.8126},"region":"tokachi","nameLocal":"十勝サホロリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"shintoku","country":"JP","summary":"Sahoro packs steep fall-line runs and a block of ungroomed north-facing powder into 610 m of quiet, cold Tokachi mountain.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/operators/alpine-backcountry-guides/2f2dffa91b78.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Foperators%2Falpine-backcountry-guides%2F2f2dffa91b78.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A skier looks out over the Tokachi plain from the top of Bear Mountain at Sahoro","credit":"Hokkaido-man / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sahoro_Ski_pic.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://sahoro-resort.com/","address":"Karikachi Kogen, Shintoku-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido 081-0039","verticalM":610,"longestRunM":3000,"runCount":21,"lifts":{"total":8,"gondolas":1,"chairs":6,"surface":1},"summit":{"name":"Sahoro-dake (top of lifts)","elevationM":1030},"base":{"elevationM":420},"season":{"opens":"1 December","closes":"early April","peak":"mid-January to late February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–18:00 on weekends and holidays, 20 December–22 March (2025/26)","notes":"One lit slope."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":8800,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: 1-day ¥8,800, 4-hour ¥7,000, after 13:00 ¥5,000, 25-hour ¥33,000; no separate low-season rate was published. 2026/27: 1-day ¥9,300, after 13:00 ¥5,300, ¥7,000 days on 7–13 December and 23–28 March, with ¥4,700 tickets for opening week (1–6 December) and the final week (29 March–4 April). Ski school students get a half-price day ticket. If the gondola stops for three hours or more, your next ticket of the same type is half price. Kamori's K-Winter Pass covers Sahoro along with Rusutsu, Sapporo Teine and Nakayama Pass, and Club Med Sahoro packages include the lift pass. Sahoro is outside the Hokkaido Powder Belt."},"passes":["k-winter-pass"]}},{"slug":"santa-present-park","name":"Asahikawa Santa Present Park","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/santa-present-park","coordinates":{"lat":43.7585,"lng":142.2992},"region":"central","nameLocal":"旭川サンタプレゼントパーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"asahikawa","country":"JP","summary":"Asahikawa's floodlit hill sits 15 minutes from the station and runs until 21:00 with the city spread out below.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/santa-present-park/14d4d0a50248.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fsanta-present-park%2F14d4d0a50248.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Skiers and sledders fill the gentle slope below the lifts at Santa Present Park in Asahikawa","credit":"MiNe / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Present_Park_(3217050577).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.asahikawasantapresentpark.com/","address":"555-2 Tomioka, Kamui-cho, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-8025","verticalM":160,"longestRunM":1000,"runCount":6,"lifts":{"total":3,"gondolas":0,"chairs":3,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Summit (Nicholas Observation Tower)","elevationM":330},"base":{"elevationM":170},"season":{"opens":"Early to mid-December (19 December in 2025)","closes":"Late March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–21:00","notes":"The floodlit runs look over the lights of Asahikawa. Night ticket ¥1,800 (child ¥1,100)."},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":4200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26 daytime ticket valid to 16:00 (child ¥3,300). 5-hour ¥3,600; 2-hour ¥3,000; 12-ride ¥3,700; parent-and-child day set ¥6,000. Over-65s pay the child rate with ID. The beginner snow escalator needs its own ¥1,500 ticket."}}},{"slug":"sapporo-bankei","name":"Sapporo Bankei Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/sapporo-bankei","coordinates":{"lat":43.0306,"lng":141.2781},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"さっぽろばんけいスキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"sapporo","country":"JP","summary":"Sapporo's closest ski hill sits twenty minutes from the station, and its FIS halfpipe hosted the 2026 Snowboard World Cup.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/sapporo-bankei/ce2aaebf1b48.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fsapporo-bankei%2Fce2aaebf1b48.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The runs of Sapporo Bankei Ski Area cut white lines down a forested hill on the edge of Sapporo","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%81%95%E3%81%A3%E3%81%BD%E3%82%8D%E3%81%B0%E3%82%93%E3%81%91%E3%81%84%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A0%B42.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.bankei.co.jp/","address":"410 Bankei, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0945","verticalM":283,"longestRunM":1200,"runCount":17,"lifts":{"total":4,"gondolas":0,"chairs":4,"surface":0},"summit":{"elevationM":483},"base":{"elevationM":200},"season":{"opens":"mid-December","closes":"late March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–21:00 (Saturdays to 22:00)","notes":"Mid-December to mid-March (15 December 2025 – 21 March 2026 planned, ended early in warm weather). Night ticket ¥2,000 at one price for all ages, and a day ticket stays valid through the night session. In 2025/26 the ban.K Night Park ran three kickers on Center B under the lights."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":7000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: day ¥7,000, 4-hour ¥6,000, 2-hour ¥5,000, night ¥2,000; Hokkaido residents ¥5,700 for a day with ID. Hour tickets of 20, 30 or 40 hours (¥30,000 / ¥38,000 / ¥46,000) can be split across visits. Season pass ¥83,600. A Bankei × Moiwa common day pass (¥7,500) was sold at either area from 1 February 2026. No web discount found."},"passes":["bankei-moiwa-common-day-pass","hokkaido-ski-season-net"]}},{"slug":"sapporo-kokusai","name":"Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/sapporo-kokusai","coordinates":{"lat":43.0722,"lng":141.0828},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"札幌国際スキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"jozankei","country":"JP","summary":"Sapporo's highest ski area sits above the Jozankei gorge with an eight-seat gondola to 1,100 metres and a natural-snow season that runs from late November into May.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/sapporo-kokusai/1a4ffeefe402.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fsapporo-kokusai%2F1a4ffeefe402.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Skiers queue at the lifts below snow-covered trees on a grey day at Sapporo Kokusai","credit":"Globalism Pictures / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/41577730@N00/1403358846"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.sapporo-kokusai.jp/en/","address":"937 Jozankei, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 061-2301","verticalM":470,"longestRunM":3600,"runCount":7,"lifts":{"total":4,"gondolas":1,"chairs":3,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"SkyCabin8 top station (north shoulder of Asari-dake)","elevationM":1100},"base":{"elevationM":630},"season":{"opens":"late November","closes":"early May","peak":"mid January to early March"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":6000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":5500,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: adult day ¥6,000 at the window or ¥5,700 online; spring (1 April – 6 May) ¥5,500. ¥500 refundable IC card deposit. The free Kurutoku Club cuts repeat-visit prices and gives a free day for every five points. 2026/27 published prices rise to ¥7,000 window / ¥6,700 online (spring ¥6,500 / ¥6,200), 4-hour ¥6,500, gondola one-way ¥3,000. Six nearby Seicomart stores sell lift tickets."}}},{"slug":"sapporo-moiwayama","name":"Sapporo Moiwayama Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/sapporo-moiwayama","coordinates":{"lat":43.0124,"lng":141.3306},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"札幌藻岩山スキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"sapporo","country":"JP","summary":"Sapporo's school-lesson hill on Mt. Moiwa let snowboarders in for the first time in 2025/26 and lights eight of its ten runs above the city until 21:00.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/sapporo-moiwayama/6e0d45933bd2.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fsapporo-moiwayama%2F6e0d45933bd2.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A skier follows the narrow Renrakuro trail between snowy trees at Sapporo Moiwayama","credit":"Takisaw / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sapporo_Moiwayama_ski_area_Renrakuro_cource.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://sapporo-moiwa.jp/","address":"1991 Moiwashita, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-0040","verticalM":358,"longestRunM":2620,"runCount":10,"lifts":{"total":5,"gondolas":0,"chairs":5,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Mt. Moiwa","elevationM":531},"base":{"elevationM":173},"season":{"opens":"late December","closes":"mid-March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–21:00","notes":"Eight of the ten courses are lit; Karamatsu and Rinkan are not. No night session on 31 December or 1 January. 2025/26 night tickets: ¥3,000 from 16:00 or ¥2,500 from 18:00, with Hokkaido-resident prices of ¥2,200 and ¥1,600."},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":7000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: day ¥7,000 (¥6,700 online), 5-hour ¥6,000, 3-hour ¥5,000. Hokkaido residents with ID pay ¥4,100 for a day. 3-, 5- and 20-hour IC tickets are used in one-hour blocks and can be split across visits. Season pass ¥80,000 (¥47,000 for Hokkaido residents). A Bankei × Moiwa common day pass (¥7,500) was sold from 1 February 2026. Lifts 1 and 2 are being rebuilt for 2026/27, with the ski terrain closed until 20 December 2026; no 2026/27 dates or prices announced yet."},"passes":["bankei-moiwa-common-day-pass"]}},{"slug":"sapporo-teine","name":"Sapporo Teine","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/sapporo-teine","coordinates":{"lat":43.0946,"lng":141.2115},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"サッポロテイネ","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"sapporo","country":"JP","summary":"Sapporo's Olympic mountain looks straight down on the city, and it pairs steep race pistes at Highland with lit after-work slopes at Olympia.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/sapporo-teine/379da41317a2.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fsapporo-teine%2F379da41317a2.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A skier slides across the snow with arms spread near the Highland lodge at Sapporo Teine","credit":"Robert Thomson / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92154034@N00/8260865112"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"unverified","website":"https://sapporo-teine.com/snow/lang/en/","address":"593 Teine Honcho, Teine-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 006-0029","verticalM":683,"longestRunM":6000,"runCount":15,"lifts":{"total":9,"gondolas":1,"chairs":8,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Mt. Teine","elevationM":1023,"lat":43.0767,"lng":141.1925},"base":{"elevationM":340},"season":{"opens":"late November","closes":"early May (Highland only after late March)","peak":"mid January to late February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"16:00–20:00","notes":"Olympia Zone only, early December to late March (6 Dec 2025 – 29 Mar 2026). The Shirakaba No.1 lift lights Shirakaba Sunshine and Shirakaba Sunrise, last chair 19:40. In 2025/26 the Paradise lift and terrain park at Highland also ran a two-night April special. Night ticket ¥3,800 at the window or ¥2,800 online in 2025/26; night season pass ¥39,000."},"tickets":{"season":"2026/27","day":{"amount":9800,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"dayLow":{"amount":7000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"Figures are the published 2026/27 window prices (high season 19 Dec – 7 Mar; special spring from 29 Mar). Online prices run ¥1,000 lower: ¥8,800 high season, ¥6,000 special spring. The 2025/26 high-season price was not verified; 2025/26 spring was ¥7,200 window / ¥6,200 online and special spring ¥6,700 / ¥5,700. 5-hour ¥7,600, online-only 25-hour pass ¥28,500, 12-point ticket ¥7,500 (Summit Express and Eight Gondola cost 3 points a ride). Children 3 and under ride free."},"passes":["k-winter-pass"]}},{"slug":"shintoku-yama","name":"Shintoku-yama Ski Area","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/shintoku-yama","coordinates":{"lat":43.0931,"lng":142.8309},"region":"tokachi","nameLocal":"新得山スキー場","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"shintoku","country":"JP","summary":"Shintoku's town hill runs one double chair a ten-minute walk from the station, for ¥2,000 a day.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/shintoku-yama/72adeffd18ca.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fshintoku-yama%2F72adeffd18ca.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The preserved D51 steam locomotive under its shelter at the entrance to Shintoku-yama Ski Area","credit":"MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D51-95.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","address":"9 Shintoku, Shintoku-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido","verticalM":275,"runCount":3,"lifts":{"total":1,"gondolas":0,"chairs":1,"surface":0},"summit":{"name":"Top of the double chair","elevationM":465},"base":{"elevationM":190},"season":{"opens":"early December","closes":"early March (8 March 2026)","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":false,"hours":null,"notes":null},"tickets":{"season":"2025/26","day":{"amount":2000,"currency":"JPY","year":2025,"per":"day","kind":"published"},"notes":"2025/26: 1-day ¥2,000 (child ¥900), 3-hour ¥1,200, single ride ¥260, season pass ¥8,000. No snowboard rental."}}},{"slug":"snow-cruise-onze","name":"Snow Cruise ONZE","url":"https://ridehokkaido.com/resorts/snow-cruise-onze","coordinates":{"lat":43.1461,"lng":141.1331},"region":"sapporo","nameLocal":"スノークルーズオーンズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","town":"otaru","country":"JP","summary":"A small hill on the Sapporo edge of Otaru keeps its quad running until 22:45 with Ishikari Bay and the city lights in front of you.","hero":{"src":"https://vfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/g/resorts/snow-cruise-onze/7e5ad0ed79ac.jpg","card":"https://ridehokkaido.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvfmqsgxquqca97ym.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fg%2Fresorts%2Fsnow-cruise-onze%2F7e5ad0ed79ac.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Snow Cruise ONZE's runs cut white lines through forest on the hills above Zenibako","credit":"Wakimasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%EF%BC%88%E9%81%A0%E6%9C%9B%EF%BC%89.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"local-hill","status":"unverified","website":"https://onze.jp/","address":"357 Harukacho, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-0265","verticalM":208,"longestRunM":1500,"runCount":9,"lifts":{"total":2,"gondolas":0,"chairs":2,"surface":0},"summit":{"elevationM":308},"base":{"elevationM":100},"season":{"opens":"mid-December","closes":"late March","peak":"January to February"},"nightRiding":{"available":true,"hours":"17:00–23:00","notes":"The Panorama Quad runs until 22:45 and every course except Deer is lit. 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