Mountains

Sapporo Teine

Sapporo

Closest to Sapporo · Olympic-legacy terrain

Mt Yotei

Niseko / Shiribeshi

A symmetric stratovolcano — every aspect, five classic routes, up to the crater.

Rusutsu

Shiribeshi

Tri-mountain resort · legendary powder

Mt Asahidake

Daisetsuzan

Hokkaido's highest peak, 2291 m — ropeway access, volcanic gas (Jigokudani) and fierce wind to respect.

Niseko United

Shiribeshi

World-class powder · the legendary four-mountain united area

Shiribetsu-dake

Niseko / Rusutsu

A standalone cone by Rusutsu — the popular West Bowl is a slide-path; ski it stable only.

Furano

Near 1000m vertical · dry inland powder

Mt Tokachidake

Tokachi Range, Daisetsuzan

Mt Tokachidake: terrain and historical route records. Tokachidake Level 3 access restrictions were confirmed on 14 September 2026; follow current official instructions.

Kiroro

Akaigawa

Huge snowfall · one of Hokkaido’s deepest

Niseko Annupuri

Niseko / Shiribeshi

Niseko's main peak, 1308 m — the classic north-face loop to Goshiki Onsen, plus quiet west-face laps.

Hoshino Tomamu

Shimukappu

Sea-of-clouds resort · family friendly

Yoichi-dake

Sapporo / Kiroro

Sapporo's highest peak, 1488 m — a long, quiet round trip from Kiroro with a fully alpine summit ridge.

Sapporo Kokusai

Sapporo

Near Sapporo · wide groomers, reliable snow

Furano-dake

Tokachi Range, Daisetsuzan

The SW anchor of the Tokachi Range, 1912 m — winter lines climb the Giant Ridge and Nishi-shamen to ~1500 m on the ridge.

Kamui Ski Links

Asahikawa

Asahikawa’s local gem · wide powder faces

Sandan-yama

Tokachi Range, Daisetsuzan

Sandan-yama: terrain and historical route records. Tokachidake Level 3 access restrictions were confirmed on 14 September 2026; follow current official instructions.

Asahidake

Daisetsuzan

Hokkaido’s highest peak · backcountry powder mecca

Kuro-dake

Daisetsuzan / Sounkyo

The 1984 m buttress at Daisetsuzan's northern edge — the Sounkyo Ropeway lifts you to 1300 m, then real alpine above treeline, flanked by cliff-lined gorges.

Rishiri-zan

Rishiri Island / Northern Hokkaido

A 1721 m volcano rising straight out of the Sea of Japan — near-sea-level to summit, at its best in March–April. The expedition flagship.

Iwaonupuri

Niseko / Shiribeshi

The youngest volcano in the Niseko Range, 1116 m — an easy half-day from Goshiki Onsen, plus one of the range's steepest chutes.

Chisenupuri

Niseko / Shiribeshi

The classic peak of the western Niseko Range, 1134 m — the standard south face, and a lee-loaded southeast face that hoards deep powder.

Mekunnai-dake

Niseko / Shiribeshi

The quiet gem at the west end of the Niseko Range, 1220 m — a bouldery summit tower above glades and old-growth forest skiing.

Muine-yama

Sapporo / Jozankei

The white whaleback SW of Sapporo, 1464 m — two long classics via Toyoha Motoyama and Usubetsu.

Nitonupuri

Niseko / Shiribeshi

One of the busiest peaks in the Niseko Range, 1080 m — a hot-lap southwest face, plus west and southeast lines.

Shakunage-dake

Niseko / Shiribeshi

A conical 1074 m peak west of Chisenupuri — the standard col traverse from the ski area, plus a longer south-face approach from the Niimi Pass.

Weisshorn

Niseko / Shiribeshi

A 1045 m peak NNW of Niseko United — the site of the defunct Weiss ski area, up the east ridge through forest.

Tarumae-zan

Lake Shikotsu / Iburi

A smoking 1023 m active volcano south of Lake Shikotsu — a long forest-road approach from the winter road-closure point to a wind-scoured outer rim. Tomakomai City designates the inside of the outer rim (lava dome included) a hazardous-entry area and asks that climbing stop at the rim.

Biei-dake

Daisetsuzan / Tokachi Range

A 2052 m stratovolcano northeast of Tokachi-dake. From Shirogane Onsen through the forest to a wind-scoured northwest ridge; south of the summit the Ponpi-sawa basin drops away in chutes and rock spurs — remote, exposed, advanced.

Izari-dake

Lake Shikotsu / Eniwa

The 1318 m high point of the northwest Lake Shikotsu caldera rim, just west of Eniwa-dake — a quiet half-day tour within reach of Sapporo. A forest-road approach, then the east ridge through trees to a steep pitch below the summit. Better than its obscurity suggests, and rarely crowded.

Ichankoppe-yama

Lake Shikotsu / Eniwa

A short half-day up a single ridge from the Lake Shikotsu lookout on the north shore — 829 m, with Eniwa-dake filling the view across the water. Quiet and modest in size, but not as gentle as the vertical suggests: the SE forest ridge threads a 30° median and a 39° max between open trees. Beginner numbers over a slope that never really relents.

Okotanpe-yama

Lake Shikotsu / Eniwa

Above Lake Okotanpe on the Shikotsu caldera rim — 968 m, short on both distance and vertical, yet the least gentle of the three Shikotsu peaks. The east forest carries a 33° median and a 42° max, is classed ATES complex, and puts ~27% of its reachable slope in avalanche start zones. The source is blunt that it is "intermediate despite the beginner numbers": a steep zigzag up, tree-dodging on the way down. A peak whose small figures undersell the ground.