Sotchidake Ski Area
Official name そっち岳スキー場
Hokkaido · 117–184 m · 1 run · 1 lift
- 2025-26 season: Dec 13 – Mar 20
- Summit: Today cloudy 1°C / Tomorrow clear 1–6°C
- Snow depth 0 cm | New snow, next 12h 4 cm · 24h 4 cm · 48h 4 cm · 7 days 24 cm · 14 days 29 cm
Sotchidake is Shintotsukawa's small town-run ski hill. One pair chairlift serves a single gentle slope, 330 m long with 80 m of vertical and a maximum pitch of 18 degrees, suited to beginners and children. Floodlights allow night skiing into the evening. The lodge holds around 100 people and has a canteen and vending machines. Local children of junior-high age and under ride free, and prices are low for everyone.
Sotchidake Ski Area weather at the top (184 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:10, sunset 16:23
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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 | 5° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 3° | 9° | 13° | 13° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 1° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | -1° | -1° | 0° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 0° | 0° | 0° | -1° | 0° | 1° | 0° | -4° | -4° | 0° | 1° | -4° | -2° | 2° | 3° | -1° | -1° | 1° | 2° | 0° | -3° | 0° | 1° | -3° | -6° | 1° | 4° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 6° | 6° | 4° | 4° | -1° | -1° | 3° | 3° |
| Precipitation | mm | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 9 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | <.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | <.1 | 0.2 | <.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | <.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | <.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | <.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | <.1 | 1.9 | <.1 | <.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wind | m/s | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
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Sotchidake Ski Area lift tickets and prices
2025-26 prices
- 1-day ticket
- Adult ¥1,700 · Child ¥1,300
- Half day
- ¥1,000
- Night
- ¥900
- Season pass
- ¥13,700
Discounts
- Free for junior high and under in the town (a season pass must be issued)
- Family and group tickets (20+) discounted
Opening hours
- Lifts
- 9:00–16:45
- Night skiing
- 16:00–21:00 · Dec 13, 2025 - Mar 20, 2026 (varies by time of season)
Getting to Sotchidake Ski Area and parking
- Parking
- Ski area users only