Hakuba Now: Friday 24th April 2015
- Apr 24, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 619cm
Posted on Friday 24th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello and it's another fine morning here in Hakuba. Warm too.
Blue skies just some high thin cloud in places, but mostly blue and clear.
Temperatures again to approach 20 degrees this afternoon. No snow forecast for today. ;)
If you are planning a trip to Hakuba this weekend you should be treated to more clear skies and similar conditions.
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Some very interesting news for all you Hakuba fans.
Next season, there's going to be a Hakuba season pass. Yes, a pass that'll let you ride all the lifts at 10 resorts. Yey!
And it's yours if you have a spare 130,000 yen (or 70,000 yen if you are a child) - and should be available from the beginning of June*. (*Please note, there'll be no snow at that time!)
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Hakuba Goryu:
Top area of Hakuba Goryu plans to be at least part open until Sunday 10th May.
You can still (just about) ski down to gondola base using the Toomi area on a thin strip of snow.
The 'Expert Course' is now closed.
The following lifts remain open:
- Hakuba Goryu Telecabin Gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lifts
** Official snow depth:
Alps Daira - 175cm
Toomi - 30cm
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Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 plans to be at least part open until Wednesday 6th May.
Currently all open (top to bottom) apart from a small lower part of R7.
Tree Riding Zone now closed for the season.
The following lifts remain open:
- Gondola
- Pair lift Line AB
- Quad lift Line C
- High speed pair Line E
** Official snow depth:
Upper - 160cm
Lower - 40cm
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Happo-one:
Happo-one plans to be at least part open until Sunday 10th May.
The top area of the resort remains open - all lower areas now closed, so you need to take the Gondola back down.
The following lifts remain open:
- Adam Gondola
- Alpen quad
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Skyline Number 2 pair
- Grat quad
- Panorama pair
- Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair
The Kurobishi Number 3 pair, Kokusai Number 1 pair and Saka Kita One quad lifts plan to be operating again from 25th April.
Happo will be having a 'yuki asobi' (play in the snow) event from 25th April until 10th May when the ski resort closes. Sakka Kitaone Quad will be open. Snowshoeing, snowrafting, snowsleding and Kitaone Onsen will be operating. The onsen is located in between Indian Summer Café & Happo Banks. The Onsen, Indian Summer Kafe & Sakka Kitaone Quad lift only will be operating until 31st May 2015. Snow activities will finish on 10th May.
** Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 140cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsugaike Kogen plans to be at least part open until Wednesday 6th May.
Top areas and part of Maruyama and Oya-no-hara courses remain open.
The following lifts remain open:
- Eve Gondola
- Han-no-ki high speed pair
- Tsuga Number 2 pair
- Tsugaike Ropeway
** Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori - 250cm
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Other resorts in the area are now closed for the season.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 24th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 619cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 105cm reported on 12 days March 2015 snowfall 111cm reported on 10 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm 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.