Asahidake
Hokkaido (Daisetsuzan) · Japan
Asahidake is a ski resort in Hokkaido (Daisetsuzan), Japan. It averages around 1,400 cm of snow a season on a Sea-effect + high-elevation continental (coldest, driest snow in Japan) snowpack. The season typically runs Dec-May.
Hokkaido's backcountry mecca; highest lift-served point on the island, famously bottomless
10-day forecast
35 cm total · best window Wednesday, Oct 21 (2d, 21cm)
⚠ Freezing-level warning: on the marked days the freezing level sits well above the 1,100 m base — expect rain low down even while it snows at summit.
Each bar is a day's fresh snowfall; the pill is that day's powder score (fresh snow × cold-dry quality × wind-hold). Peak day: Thursday, Oct 22 — Good (49). Forecast refreshed every 6 hours from Open-Meteo; last built Oct 12.
Mountain profile
- Summit
- 1,600 m
- Base
- 1,100 m
- Vertical
- 500 m
- Terrain
- 4 marked courses + vast off-piste/backcountry on a 2,291 m volcano
- Avg annual snow
- 1,400 cm
- Typical season
- Dec-May
- Snow climate
- Sea-effect + high-elevation continental (coldest, driest snow in Japan)
- Type
- Ropeway-served off-piste / backcountry
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