Hakuba Now: Wednesday 10th December 2025
- Dec 10, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 42cm
Posted on Wednesday 10th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello from Hakuba.
While the four ski areas are open, which is good, we're kind of in that early season 'waiting for snow' holding mode at the moment.
And we are forecast some good snowfall across coming days - in particular from late tomorrow/early Friday and through Friday and then again around Sunday/Monday. Hopefully we might be entering a period of consistent and regular snowfall to get things kicking off properly. Something like last year would be fab!
For the moment this morning there is a lot of cloud and some blue sky in places.
At Happo-one, Usagidaira and Panorama are now open. Other than that, operations appear to be as they have been.
A few other ski areas plan to open this coming weekend. No specific news from those just at the moment.
Since yesterday Hakuba 47 seems to be having a major problem with its website. Good luck sorting that out. I found the message they posted on social media yesterday quite amusing: "Regarding the start time of each lift, there may be a delay due to verification of bear footprints". It really is time for bed, bears!
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Ski area information for Wednesday 10th December 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
All information is subject to change. Check before heading out.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 55cm
Top: 10cm
Planned operations:
Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Panorama course
Grand Prix course
Super course
Technical course
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 0cm
Base: 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 80cm
Base: 20cm
Planned operations:
All of the main runs are available
Tree run courses not yet open
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 0cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 0cm
Nakiyama (800m): 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 85cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 43cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Planned operations:
Gondola
Alpen quad
Panorama pair lift
Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Kurobishi course
Usagidaira course
Panorama course
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 64cm
Base: 30cm
Planned operations:
Gondola
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki pair lift
Limited opening but you can ski from top to base
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Wednesday 10th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 42cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 40cm reported on 3 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.