APPI Resort
Iwate Prefecture, JP — size M · 31 km of trails · 641 m vertical · 8 lifts · heavy snowfall
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Season: usually early December - early May.
26/27 Passes
| Pass | What it grants | Blackouts |
|---|---|---|
| Ikon Pass | 7 days | no blackout dates |
| Ikon Base | 5 days | no blackout dates |
The mountain
- Trails
- 31 km — size M
- Vertical
- 641 m
- Summit
- 1269 m
- Base
- 628 m
- Lifts
- 8
- Trees
- 95 ha mapped as zones, 5 of them — Attack, Bravo, Cruise 1
- Region
- Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Typical Snowfall
Our take: ❄︎❄︎❄︎❄︎ Heavy
- Measured, JMA station
- 264 cm — 岩手松尾 AMeDAS, 8.9 km away, 674 m below mid-mountain; 10-season mean, peak base 37 cm
- Powder days
- 1 a season — days with 20 cm or more; measured at 岩手松尾
- Snow-day share
- 45% of December–March days — a centimetre or more; measured at 岩手松尾
- Longest snowy stretch
- 10 days — consecutive days with a centimetre or more, typical winter; measured at 岩手松尾
- Model climatology
- 468 cm — ERA5 model, ~10 km grid
The Season
middle half of winterstypical (dashed: model)2025/26
Snow on the ground: model (ERA5 at mid-mountain), 10 winters; reads low
Snowfall: model (ERA5 at mid-mountain), 10 winters, scaled ×0.56 to JMA station mean
Natural snow; a groomed base runs deeper.
Character
31 km of trails, in the largest tenth of Japanese resorts on a pass, where the median has 11 km. Its lift fleet runs to 1 gondola among 8.
Terrain
- easygreen16.7 km · 22 runs
- intermediatered10 km · 12 runs
- advancedblack3.2 km · 6 runs
- other0.7 km · 1 run
Japanese grading.
Lifts
- 1gondola
- 7chairlifts
Nearby
| Resort | Distance | Trails | Snowfall | Passes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shimokura | 10 km | 8 km | heavy | Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass | |
| Hachimantai Panorama | 11 km | 10 km | heavy | Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass | |
| Amihari Onsen Ski Resort | 17 km | 8 km | heavy | Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass | |
| Okunakayama Kogen | 21 km | 6 km | heavy | Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass | |
| Tazawako | 30 km | 11 km | heavy | Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass | |
| Geto Kogen | 83 km | 13 km | very heavy | Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass |
Written about it
FAQ
- Is APPI Resort on the Ikon Pass?
- Yes. The Ikon Pass grants 7 days at APPI Resort for 2026/27, with no blackout dates.
- Is APPI Resort on the Ikon Base?
- Yes. The Ikon Base grants 5 days at APPI Resort for 2026/27, with no blackout dates.
- How much snow does APPI Resort get?
- APPI Resort has heavy snowfall by our banding.
- What else can I ski nearby on the same pass?
- Nothing within 160 km shares a pass with it.
Sources
- Pass terms
- Ikon
- Mountain figures
- OpenSkiMap, from OpenStreetMap
- Season dates and live status
- skiresort.info
- Snow on the ground
- Open-Meteo