Tohoku's premier resort — Olympic-grade grooming, ski-in ANA InterContinental, 21 lifts, and one of the few Japanese mountains with real English-speaking ski school capacity.
Live conditions
Off-seasonThe mountain is resting.
Next season
Opens late November
Current temp 15°C, wind 2 km/h. We’ll resume the daily report once snowfall picks up.
Forecast data via Open-Meteo. Refreshes hourly. Always verify with the resort before driving up.
Why Appi Kogen
Tohoku's premier resort — Olympic-grade grooming, ski-in ANA InterContinental, 21 lifts, and one of the few Japanese mountains with real English-speaking ski school capacity.
Appi Kogen is a premier ski resort in Iwate, Tohoku, with 22 marked runs and 880m of vertical. It averages around 8m+ of snowfall a season, over terrain that suits intermediates.
Terrain in detail
BalancedMixed terrain — solid intermediate base with sharper lines for advanced skiers. Difficulty, powder character, and the stats that matter on the mountain itself.
Hardcore index
48
Mixed terrain — solid intermediate base with sharper lines for advanced skiers.
From terrain split, run profile, vertical drop, expert features.
Powder profile
Long groomers, lighter Tohoku snow inland.
Drier on cold storms, deeper when the Sea of Japan fires.
8
m+
per season
Frequent deep days through midwinter
Expert runs
7 of 22
Estimated from advanced terrain split.
Vertical drop
880m
Solid sustained pitch.
Steepest pitch
32°
Stiff black-run pitch.
Backcountry gates
None
In-bounds skiing only.
Tree skiing
Limited
Mostly groomed terrain.
Moguls
Few
Mostly cord and powder.
Best for
Terrain
Getting there
From airport
Approximately 75 minutes from Iwate Hanamaki Airport
Train / bus
Direct shuttle from JR Morioka Shinkansen Station Approximately 75 minutes from
Direct shuttle from JR Morioka Shinkansen Station Approximately 75 minutes from Iwate Hanamaki Airport
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