Hokkaido Mountain Passes

OkhotskRoute 243Preventive closure section

Bihoro Pass493 m

Bihoro Town and Teshikaga Town, Hokkaido ・ 美幌峠（びほろとうげ）

Around Bihoro Pass3D view built from GSI elevation data and recent aerial imagery. The orange line is Route 243. Use the buttons at top left to view from the north, east, south or west, or drag to rotate. On phones, move two fingers up or down to tilt, and pinch to zoom.

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Closures and road conditions change by the hour. Check official road information before you set off. These sites are in Japanese; your browser's translation feature helps.

Bihoro Pass is in a "preventive closure section": when exceptionally heavy snow or a blizzard is forecast, the national government closes the road in advance. The section is 19.6 km long (MLIT list, in Japanese).

Pass data

Elevation
493 m#16 of 31 by heightFrom Kita-no-Michi Navi mountain pass information (Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region).
Road
National Route 243
Location
Bihoro Town and Teshikaga Town, HokkaidoMunicipalities of the pass and within 300 m of it (GSI reverse geocoder).
Length of the pass section
19.5 kmBetween the chain-up areas (or road gates) on each side
Steepest grade
6.0%Rises or falls 6.0 m over 100 m
Tightest curve
50 m radiusMinimum curve radius; smaller is sharper
Road width
6.0–6.5 m
Chain-up areas
Bihoro side: yes / Teshikaga side: yes
Preventive closure in heavy snow
Yes (19.6 km section)

Section length, grade, curve, width and chain-up areas are from Kita-no-Michi Navi mountain pass information (Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region) (in Japanese), which is based on a 2001 road handbook, so some details may have changed. The pass is placed on the road at the point nearest to its name label on GSI Maps. Checked: 2026-11-03

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Weather at Bihoro Pass

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Today's times (Japan time) calculated for the pass's latitude and longitude against a sea-level horizon. Surrounded by mountains, the pass gets sunlight later and loses it earlier than these times.

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