Horonobe Higashigaoka Ski Area
Official name 東ヶ丘スキー場
Hokkaido · 15–68 m · 3 runs · 1 lift
- 2025-26 season: until Feb 24
- Summit: Today cloudy 1–3°C / Tomorrow snow -1–7°C
- Snow depth 0 cm | New snow, next 12h 4 cm · 24h 5 cm · 48h 5 cm · 7 days 15 cm · 14 days 21 cm
Higashigaoka Ski Area is a small town-run hill on the east side of Horonobe in northern Hokkaido, about a ten-minute walk from JR Horonobe Station. Opened in 1992, it has one lift and three runs on a slope with 56 m of vertical, a longest run of 325 m and a maximum pitch of 22 degrees. There is a lodge, and it mainly serves local families and school ski lessons. The slope has floodlights, but night skiing is currently suspended.
Horonobe Higashigaoka Ski Area weather at the top (68 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:13, sunset 16:20
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| Japan time | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
| Temperature | °C | 4° | 1° | 3° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 0° | -1° | 0° | 4° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 4° | 7° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 8° | 7° | 8° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 1° | 0° | -1° | 0° | 1° | 1° | 0° | 0° | -1° | -1° | -1° | 0° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 0° | 0° | 2° | 1° | -3° | -2° | 2° | 2° | -2° | -3° | 3° | 3° | 0° | 0° | 3° | 1° | -1° | -2° | 0° | 1° | -3° | -2° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 6° | 9° | 10° | 8° | 4° | 5° | 2° | 0° | 0° | 2° | 3° |
| Precipitation | mm | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | <.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | <.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
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Horonobe Higashigaoka Ski Area lift tickets and prices
2025-26 prices
- 1-day ticket
- Adult ¥520 · Child ¥250
- Season pass
- ¥4,790
Discounts
- No ski area usage fee (lift fares only)
- Single ride: adult ¥60 / child ¥30
- 11-ride ticket: adult ¥600 / child ¥300
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- Day tickets and season passes are half price because night skiing is suspended
- Lift fares waived for elementary and junior high school classes
Opening hours
- Lifts
- 10:00-15:30 (lift stops 12:00-13:00)
- Night skiing
- no night skiing
Getting to Horonobe Higashigaoka Ski Area and parking
- Car
- Do-o Expressway, Shibetsu-Kembuchi IC (道央道 士別剣淵IC), 140 km
- Parking
- 50 spaces · Free
Train
- Horonobe Station JR Soya Main Line → 10 min on foot