Hakuba Now: Monday 25th December 2023
- Dec 25, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 106cm
Posted on Monday 25th December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba. Seasons greetings to all!
There has been lots of cloud early this morning as some overnight snow eased off. Happo-one is reporting up to 15cm of fresh snow at the top of the Alpen quad lift.
There is some sun coming through my window as I write this and blue sky in some directions too.
Night skiing is scheduled to start at Goryu from tomorrow.
Side note:
Happo-one currently has this on its English 'trail conditions' page: "The snow is melting on the trails! Hakuba Happo-one is now open for the summer season!", along with a whole lot of green season info posted in June.
I mention this just as one example of how difficult it sometimes is to collect (and be sure of) the information that ski areas themselves put out there. As someone who is checking such info every morning and trying to be as correct as possible in this report, it seems really crazy that these very popular ski areas don't seem to put more importance on these things. (One some days, it really does makes me wonder why I put the effort in... then I remember, I love doing it, frustrations aside!)
Anyway, Happy and indeed Merry Christmas! (Left-over cake and fried chicken for breakfast?)
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Lifts (scheduled):
Most lifts are now operating (notable exceptions in the Iimori area)
Courses:
Most runs are now open
Official snow depth:
Upper: 140cm
Toomi: 60cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Ski lifts:
All lifts (* Line D usually only opens when the Gondola is not operating)
Courses:
All runs open
Tree Riding Zones will open at a later date
New snowfall (overnight as reported by ski area):
Top: 10cm
Base: 10cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 140cm
Base: 40cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
Ski lifts (scheduled):
Adam Gondola
Kokusai Number 1 pair
Panorama pair
Kokusai Number 3 pair
Alpen quad
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Skyline Number 2 pair
Sakka Kitaone quad
Courses:
A large part of the ski area is now open, but with restrictions
You can now ski back down to the Gondola, Kokusai and Sakka base areas
The top Riesen Grat run is not yet available
New snowfall (reported by ski area):
Kurobishi: 0cm
Usagidaira: 11cm
Top of Alpen quad: 10-15cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobushi (1680m): 150cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 111cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operations (scheduled):
3 lifts and 8 courses
Official snow depth:
115cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operations (scheduled):
5 lifts and 4 courses
Official snow depth:
60cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Operations:
8 lifts
Official snow depth:
Upper: 129cm
Base: 24cm
Notes:
You can now ski back down to base
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Monday 25th December 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 106cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 78cm reported on 11 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.