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Rusutsu Resort Ski Resort Guide

Rusutsu Resort Ski Resort Guide

Mt Yotei from Rusutsu, Rusutsu Resort photo

Photo credit: Mike Banks

Cottages at Rusutsu, Rusutsu Resort photo

Photo credit: Mike Banks

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Issued: 30 Apr

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Today’s Weather (697 m)

AM
rain showers
20 SW20
11 °C F-Level
2400m
PM
rain showers
15 WSW15
10 °C F-Level
2200m
night
rain showers
15 NW15
8 °C F-Level
2150m

Rusutsu Resort is Hokkaido's largest independently operated resort (although smaller than the combined area of the Niseko resorts) and arguably home to the island's best lift system. Most chairlifts at Rusutsu Resort are detachable quads making for quick laps and almost no lineups even on the busiest days. This hill offers a little something for everyone with moderate terrain for beginners, wide open cruisers for intermediates and an endless selection of gladed, off-piste powder for experts. There is a fair amount of accommodation at the base of Rusutsu Resort but very little in terms of night life or restaurant selection. If you are looking for this, Hirafu village in nearby Niseko is your best bet about 30-40 minutes away. The resort offers a bus and lift ticket package from Sapporo and there are a number of operators in Niseko that can provide transfers and lift tickets to Rusutsu Resort.

Resorts close to Rusutsu Resort include: Nakayamatoge Kogen Hotel (19 km), Niseko Hirafu (20 km), Niseko Village (21 km), Niseko Hanazono Resort (23 km), Niseko Annupuri (23 km),


Rusutsu Resort Location Maps

Rusutsu Resort Location Map

All Rusutsu Resort Resort Stats

Piste info

  • Trails (Pistes): 37
  • Beginner: 30%
  • Intermediate: 40%
  • Advanced: 30%
  • Cross-country: -
  • Snowmaking: -
  • Acres of ski: 420
  • Terrain Parks: 1
  • Halfpipes: 1

Social

  • Restaurants: 20
  • Bars: -
  • Slopeside accommodation: -

Mountain info

  • Summit: 994 m
  • Vertical Drop: 594 m
  • Base: 007

Lifts

  • Chairlifts: 13
  • Gondolas / Cable Cars: 4
  • Toplift: m

Travel

  • Season opens: 23 Nov 2012
  • Season closes: 7 Apr 2013

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Visitor Reviews of Rusutsu Resort


Joe from Australia writes:

Rusutsu is amazing. For whatever reason, the locals don't seem to enjoy riding off-piste - so it's fresh tracks all day for those that do!
No lift lines, very cruisy atmosphere and amazing tree runs. Probably steeper than Niseko but less vertical overall, and fresh tracks for most of the day - it is often tracked in Niseko early in the day in peak season.
Stay in Niseko and hit up Rusutsu (and Moiwa!) for regular day trips and you will not be disappointed!

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City Forecasts
Closest to Rusutsu Resort

city forecasts
Date, Japan 31 km
Muroran, Japan 45 km
Otaru, Japan 50 km
Sapporo, Japan 52 km
Tomakomai, Japan 54 km

Surf Breaks
Closest to Rusutsu Resort

surf forecast
Choshi, Japan 783 km
Torami, Japan 820 km
Shida, Japan 826 km
Izumi, Japan 829 km
Ohara, Japan 835 km

Resorts and Mountain Peaks Surrounding Rusutsu Resort

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Mountain Peaks
Closest to Rusutsu Resort

mountain forecasts
Shiribetsu, Japan 2 km
Yotei, Japan 11 km
Mount Horohoro, Japan 23 km
Showashinzan, Japan 23 km
Mount Usu, Japan 24 km