Hakuba Now: Friday 1st December 2023
- Dec 1, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 30cm
Posted on Friday 1st December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
It really is great to be able to report that as of this morning four ski areas are now open. Three are limiting openings to just one official run, but Hakuba 47 is impressing with quite a large section open from day 1.
And after the wind of yesterday, today should get underway without disruption and, honestly*, the webcam images look amazing. :)
Hakuba 47 is reporting an additional 5cm of snow overnight. Happo-one is reporting 6cm of new snowfall at the top of the gondola.
This morning we have a mix of cloud, blue sky and sunshine early on. We may receive some light snow later on in the day, and generally cloudy skies with a chance of light snow in the mountains is forecast over the weekend. Nothing major is expected.
Early in the coming week it might get slightly milder but hopefully the snow we have will hold up. It sounds like there has been a fair amount of snowfall at higher elevations so we should be fine.
I'm so excited about this season and can't wait to get out there myself... and telling you about it. It feels like a really promising start.
(* always, of course)
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Part open
Lifts:
- Telecabin gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
Courses:
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 60cm
- Toomi: 10cm
Notes:
- Take the gondola up to (and down from) the Panorama ski run that is open
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Large part open
Ski lifts:
- All lifts (* Line D usually only opens when the Gondola is not operating)
Courses:
- Most main courses except mid to lower R-1 and R-7
- Tree Riding Zones will open at a later date
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 75cm
- Base: 25cm
Notes:
- A large part of Hakuba 47 is open, but runs down to base are not open yet (so you need to take the gondola down)
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Hakuba Happo-one
Part open
Ski lifts:
- Adam Gondola
- Panorama pair
Courses:
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
- Kurobushi (1680m): -cm
- Usagidaira (1400m): 100cm
- Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Notes:
- Take the gondola up to (and down from) the Panorama ski run that is open
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Part open
Ski lifts:
- Eve Gondola
- Han-no-ki pair lift
Courses:
- Han-no-ki
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 100cm
- Base: 11cm
Notes:
- Take the gondola up to (and down from) the ski run that is open
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Friday 1st December 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 30cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (19th November) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day |
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.