The 1972 Olympic venue looking out over Sapporo Bay — two connected areas (Highland + Olympia), long runs, and the rare Japanese resort you can reach from a city subway.
Live conditions
Off-seasonThe mountain is resting.
Next season
Opens late November
Current temp 10°C, wind 17 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 Teine
The 1972 Olympic venue looking out over Sapporo Bay — two connected areas (Highland + Olympia), long runs, and the rare Japanese resort you can reach from a city subway.
Sapporo Teine is a ski resort in Hokkaido, with 17 marked runs and 683m of vertical. It averages around 10m+ of snowfall a season, over terrain that suits intermediates. Expect well-groomed pistes and Olympic-grade pedigree.
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
45
Mixed terrain — solid intermediate base with sharper lines for advanced skiers.
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.
10
m+
per season
Frequent deep days through midwinter
Expert runs
5 of 17
Estimated from advanced terrain split.
Vertical drop
683m
Solid sustained pitch.
Steepest pitch
—
Pitch not published.
Backcountry gates
None
In-bounds skiing only.
Tree skiing
Limited
Mostly groomed terrain.
Moguls
Few
Mostly cord and powder.
Mountain notes
Groomers
Top-to-bottom cruisers from the Highland summit, including the legacy Olympic men's downhill course preserved from 1972.
Crowds
Busiest on Sapporo weekends; mid-week and early-morning first tracks tend to be the quiet windows.
Vibe
City-adjacent local-skier feel — no resort village, just a sharp transition from the Sapporo skyline up to wide-open Hokkaido views.
Best for
Terrain
Where to stay
Most skiers day-trip from Sapporo's hotel core — Odori and Susukino put you on the direct Teine ski shuttle route and within easy reach of food, onsen, and the subway.
Best area
Central Sapporo (Susukino / Odori)
Getting there
From airport
Approximately 90 minutes from New Chitose Airport
Train / bus
City bus direct from central Sapporo Approximately 90 minutes from New Chitose A
City bus direct from central Sapporo Approximately 90 minutes from New Chitose Airport
Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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