1Mikuni Pass1,139 m · Kamikawa TownPreventive closure sectionCheck today’s road conditions
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1Mikuni Pass1,139 m · Kamikawa TownPreventive closure section
2Sekihoku Pass1,050 m · Kamikawa Town and Kitami CityPreventive closure section
3Nissho Pass1,022 m · Shimizu Town and Hidaka TownPreventive closure section
4Kitami Pass857 m · Engaru Town and Kamikawa TownPreventive closure section
5Nakayama Pass835 m · Minami Ward, Sapporo and Kimobetsu TownPreventive closure section
6Shiretoko Pass738 m · Rausu Town and Shari TownClosed in winter
7Ukishima Pass700 m · Kamikawa TownPreventive closure section
8Nagayama Passabout 694 m · Kushiro City and Teshikaga TownPreventive closure section
9Kenashi Pass658 m · Akaigawa VillagePreventive closure section
10Karikachi Pass644 m · Shintoku Town and Minamifurano TownPreventive closure section
11Senpoku Pass594 m · Kushiro City and Tsubetsu TownPreventive closure section
12Nozuka Pass585 m · Hiroo TownPreventive closure section
13Bifue Pass565 m · Date City and Chitose CityPreventive closure section
14Kanayama Pass517 m · Minamifurano Town and Shimukappu VillagePreventive closure section
15Hidaka Pass495 m · Hidaka Town and Shimukappu VillagePreventive closure section
16Bihoro Pass493 m · Bihoro Town and Teshikaga TownPreventive closure section
17Konpoku Pass487 m · Shibetsu Town and Shari TownPreventive closure section
18Sannoyama Passabout 479 m · Minamifurano Town and Furano CityPreventive closure section
19Bifuka Pass443 m · Horokanai Town and Bifuka Town
20Unseki Pass427 m · Yakumo Town
21Kiritachi Pass387 m · Horokanai TownPreventive closure section
22Oshima-Nakayama Pass353 m · Hokuto City
23Nogami Pass320 m · Koshimizu Town and Teshikaga TownPreventive closure section
24Tenpoku Pass (Route 239)about 305 m · Nishiokoppe Village and Shimokawa TownPreventive closure section
25Shibetsu Pass267 m · Shibetsu City and Horokanai Town
26Inaho Pass266 m · Kyowa Town and Niki TownPreventive closure section
27Shiokari Pass263 m · Wassamu Town and Pippu Town
28Kutchan Passabout 249 m · Kutchan Town and Kyowa TownPreventive closure section
29Shizukari Pass238 m · Kuromatsunai Town and Oshamambe TownPreventive closure section
30Mena Passabout 218 m · Kuromatsunai Town and Rankoshi TownPreventive closure section
31Tenpoku Pass (Route 275)about 190 m · Nakatonbetsu Town and Otoineppu VillagePreventive closure sectionAbout this guide
This guide covers 31 passes on Hokkaido's national routes: those the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) lists as preventive closure sections for heavy snow, and those in the Kita-no-Michi Navi pass information from the Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region.
Elevations are from Kita-no-Michi Navi where available; for the others they are calculated from GSI elevation tiles and marked "about". Pass locations come from the names on GSI Maps and road lines from OpenStreetMap.
This is not a driving guide. In winter, weather and road surfaces on mountain passes can change within hours. Check the official road and weather information before you set off.