Hakuba Now: Friday 26th December 2025
- Dec 26, 2025
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 80cm
Posted on Friday 26th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello everyone.
I am extremely happy to be able to report some good snowfall this morning, with more due for the whole day. As I write this, it is coming down really nicely. Just how we love it.
Earlier on Goryu was reporting 5cm and 47 was reporting 10cm. But it has been piling up more since then. Happo-one is reporting 25cm at Kurobishi and 5cm at Usagidaira. I think the early morning ongoing snowfall and different timings of those postings -- as well as strong wind blowing the snow around -- is making those inconsistencies inevitable.
I have measured 15cm at 8:40am.
Let's just say it's snowing, we have a good new layer and this is good.
Wind might is also affecting various lifts this morning, so for folks who are here it is worth checking with official sources before heading out. Some of the data below might be out of date with this changeable situation. I'll be sure to carefully update once this storm passes and things calm down.
This snowfall will probably ease off by tomorrow morning. I'd prefer we have 3-4 days of solid snowfall to really get pumping, but we'll take todays weather for now! Thank you.
Images this morning from base areas. Visibility higher up is limited at best and quite poor in places.
Take care out there.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 5cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 95cm
Top: 35cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Toomi quad
Toomi Number 1 pair
Milky Four quad
Scheduled course openings:
Panorama course
Grand Prix course
Super course
Technical course
Champion Dynamic
Champion Expert
Woody
Toomi
Soft Cream
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 10cm
Base: 10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 95cm
Base: 30cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
All scheduled lifts operating
Line D usually only operates when the gondola is closed
Scheduled course openings:
All main courses open
The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 80cm
Base: 25cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Number 2 quad lift
Number 4 pair lift
Scheduled course openings:
4 of 16 available
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 25cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 5cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 110cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 45cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Usagidaira pair
Panorama pair lift
Kokusai Number 1 pair lift
Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Sakka Kita one quad lift
Scheduled course openings:
Kurobishi course
Usagidaira course (part)
Panorama course
Skyline course (part)
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Gondola
4-sen East
View 2
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
30cm
Scheduled ski lift operations::
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 4 pair lift
Alps Number 6 high speed pair
Scheduled course openings:
Hakunori Family
Wakakura Central
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Jigatake
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
50cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Number 1 pair lift
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
50cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Number 2 pair lift
Number 5 pair lift
Number 6 quad lift
Number 7 pair lift
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 108cm
Base: 40cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Gondola
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki pair lift
Han-no-ki Number 1 quad
Han-no-ki Number 3 quad
Karamatsu pair
Scheduled course openings:
Not all open, but you can ski top to bottom
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Number 2 quad
Number 3 quad
Number 5 pair
Number 6 pair
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Friday 26th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 80cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 78cm reported on 8 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.