Hakuba Now: Friday 25th April 2025
- Apr 25, 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 782cm
Posted on Friday 25th April 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Well, after fine weather yesterday, looking forward to sunshine again this morning. It is fine, with cloud, but kind of dull. Early on, anyway.
I am seeing conflicting information on a few official websites / official social media this morning regarding the status of a few lifts/courses. I am trying to keep the information below updated as best I can each morning. I cannot do more than that.
Apparently, incredulously, it appears to be a real challenge for some ski areas to clearly communicate information about the status of their operations to their paying customers. (Forgive my sometimes frustrations on these things!)
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
Upper: 240cm
Toomi: 70cm
Lifts operating:
Goryu Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Courses available:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Super
Technical
Champion Dynamic
Woody
Sorry, official sources are unclear this morning re: status of Toomi
Iimori section is now closed
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Official snow depth:
Top: 235cm
Base: 35cm
Lifts operating:
Gondola
Line A-B pair
Line C quad
Line E pair
Courses available:
All open apart from Tree Riding Zones and Lower R7
You can still ski/board back down to base
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 310cm
Usagidaira: 116cm
Nakiyama: 0cm
Lifts operating:
Grat quad
Alpen quad
Usagidaira pair
Adam Gondola
Panorama pair
Kokusai 3 pair
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Kurobishi Number 3 pair
Courses available:
Only upper areas remain open and you need to take the gondola back down to base
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 209cm
Lower: 27cm
Lifts operating:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair
Tsuga Number 2 pair
All of the lower runs are now closed
The Ropeway is open on Fridays, weekends and 26th April through 6th May; separate ticket and climbing notification required
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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The following ski areas are now closed for the 2024-2025 season
Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Jigatake
Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Friday 25th April 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 782cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 278cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 235cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 179cm reported on 20 days March 2025 snowfall 48cm reported on 11 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.