Hakuba Now: Friday 17th April 2026
- Apr 17
- 3 min read
Updated: May 2
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 339cm
Posted on Friday 17th April 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Update
I've got some news and so I'm back to let you know...
Hakuba Happo-one ski area has this morning announced that Sunday (19th April) will be the last day for skiing and snowboarding at the resort.
(It will remain open beyond Sunday for tourism/playing in snow kind of stuff, but if you want to ski or snowboard board there ----- you have just over two days left).
Original morning report
Good morning from Hakuba.
It's a bright morning and we have blue sky and some typical streaky kind of cloud.
No announcements to report and generally good weather is forecast over the weekend.
And that's all I have! Have a good weekend, I'll be back on Monday.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
Top: 100cm
Base: 0cm
Current status and planned closing date:
All lower areas are now closed
Top Alpsdaira section remains open
You need to take the gondola back down to base
Planned closing date:
Wednesday 6th May
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Official snow depth:
Top: 80cm
Base: 0cm
Current status:
All lower runs are now closed
The base facilities of Hakuba 47, including the gondola, are closed for the season
The upper Route 8 run and Line E lift remain open, but access is only via Hakuba Goryu gondola
Planned closing date:
Wednesday 6th May
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobishi (1680m): 30cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 30cm
Nakiyama (800m): 0cm
Current status and planned closing date:
All lower runs are now closed
Kurobishi, Usagidaira and Panorama runs remain part open
You need to take the gondola back down to base
Planned closing date:
Sunday 19th April (* the original planned closing date was Wednesday 6th May)
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 138cm
Base: 0cm
Current status:
All lower runs are now closed
Top area remains open
You need to take the gondola back down to base
Tsugaike Ropeway planned dates: 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th, 29th and 30th April
Planned closing date:
Wednesday 6th May
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Friday 17th April 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 339cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 24cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 98cm reported on 12 days January 2026 snowfall 181cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 56cm reported on 10 days March 2026 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days April 2026 snowfall 0cm reported on 0 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.