A compact city-edge mountain with wide beginner pistes, a well-regarded park, and floodlit night skiing — locals' choice for an after-work session.
Live conditions
Off-seasonThe mountain is resting.
Next season
Opens late November
Current temp 11°C, wind 13 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 Sapporo Bankei
A compact city-edge mountain with wide beginner pistes, a well-regarded park, and floodlit night skiing — locals' choice for an after-work session.
Sapporo Bankei is a ski resort in Hokkaido, with 19 marked runs and 283m of vertical. The terrain suits beginners. Expect night skiing.
Terrain in detail
MellowCruisey terrain — fine for advanced skiers as a rest day, not a destination. Difficulty, powder character, and the stats that matter on the mountain itself.
Hardcore index
20
Cruisey terrain — fine for advanced skiers as a rest day, not a destination.
From terrain split, run profile, vertical drop, expert features.
Powder profile
Continental dry snow — Japan's lightest.
Classic Japow — bone-dry continental snow that floats.
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m
per season
Snowfall data not published — frequency is the regional baseline.
Expert runs
3 of 19
Estimated from advanced terrain split.
Vertical drop
283m
Compact mountain.
Steepest pitch
—
Pitch not published.
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 90 minutes from New Chitose Airport
Train / bus
City bus from central Sapporo Approximately 90 minutes from New Chitose Airport
City bus from central Sapporo Approximately 90 minutes from New Chitose Airport
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