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Hakuba Now: Thursday 1st December 2016

  • Dec 1, 2016
  • 2 min read

Updated: Nov 16, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


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Posted on Thursday 1st December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Hello and good morning from Hakuba, and as expected it is raining this morning.


Temperatures are too high for snow, around 8 degrees mid morning, and not that cold even up top as well... though hopefully tonight it will get colder and there'll be some snow up there.


Expect sun tomorrow with temperatures not quite as mild as today. After tonight next snowfall seems to be forecast for around Monday.


As things stand there's not much snow on the upper slopes of the resort areas, so the wait continues and will most likely will be continuing next week.


Here are the planned season opening dates for the ski and snowboard resorts in the Hakuba region. There are all subject to change depending on what happens weather-wise:


Hakuba Happo-one: as soon as there is enough snow

Hakuba 47: as soon as there is enough snow

Hakuba Goryu: as soon as there is enough snow

Tsugaike Kogen: as soon as there is enough snow

Hakuba Cortina: from 10th December

Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: from 16th December

Hakuba Norikura Onsen: from mid December

Hakuba Sanosaka: from mid December



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