Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort Overview
札幌国際スキー場Sapporo Kokusai is a powder-rich resort in the mountains south of Sapporo with 7 courses and a 3.6 km longest run. Its season runs from November to early May, one of the longest in Hokkaido.
Resort Location
Location of the resort on the map of Japan.
Resort highlights
- Access
- Gondola access Terrain park
- Season
- Long season Early opener Late closer
Snow Report
Snow Report →Average peak depth and the month it arrives, over every recorded season.
Typical base at the deepest half-month.
MeasuredClear skies
The nearest station has never recorded sunshine, so there is no second source to check the modelled cloud against. JapowDB cannot say how many clear days a winter here holds.
The forecast strip on the snow report is unaffected. It still answers what the sky will do over the next three days.
The nearest reporting station is Koganeyu.
How a winter day is classified
Winter runs from December 1 to March 31. A day counts as Clear when modelled cloud cover is 30% or less, Partly Cloudy from 31 to 79%, and Overcast from 80% up. A day with 5 cm or more of snowfall counts as Snow, whatever the cloud cover.
The classification describes cloud over the resort’s weather cell, but nobody measures visibility on the hill. A cell that reads clear can still leave the upper mountain in cloud all day.
Mountain
Mountain →The spread from this mountain’s gentlest run to its steepest, ranked against the other mountains with pitch data.
Its runs range from 7.2° to 13.6°.
EstimatedLifts
Every active lift, ranked by the riders it carries uphill in an hour.
4 active lifts carrying skiers uphill.
EstimatedRiders per hour (estimated)
Lift Tickets
Lift Tickets →The cost of an hour on the hill, for every ticket length.
Cheapest cost per hour among the compared passes.
MeasuredGetting Here
Getting Here →One recommended public-transport route from each gateway city.
2 gateway cities with a confirmed public route.
Measured- Sapporo → Sapporo Kokusai (bus): board:Sapporo — Sapporo — (Hokkaido Chuo Bus, 112 min) — Sapporo Kokusai
- Train + bus (via Sapporo): New Chitose Airport — (Rapid Airport, 37 min) — Sapporo — (Hokkaido Chuo Bus, 90 min) — Sapporo Kokusai
Videos
Videos →Riders’ own words from their videos, each with its timestamp.
6 rider clips from confirmed videos.
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“This is the Downhill — it's full black, really steep with big moguls, not for the faint-hearted...”
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“Heading over to the Swing Course now — a bit steeper, good for advancing intermediates...”
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“Here we go, top of the Downhill Course at Sapporo Kokusai — steep and full of moguls...”
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“This is the Märchen Course — super wide, perfectly groomed, great for intermediates...”
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“Märchen Course here at Sapporo Kokusai — intermediate level, nicely groomed...”
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“The Echo Course is really long — great for building up speed for carving...”