Hakuba Now: Saturday 27th December 2025
- Dec 27, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 92cm
Posted on Saturday 27th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Ski areas reporting another 5-15cm of snowfall since yesterday.
We have some cloud but quite a lot of blue sky this morning and it should be a very pleasant day to be out on the mountains.
I'm hoping that before too long I can report that ski areas are basically 'fully open' - and the daily grind of gathering details can ease off! I always really look forward to that day. We're not there yet, though.
Forecasts indicate next snow coming in Tuesday and perhaps we might get a few days of snowfall this time.
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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: 105cm
Top: 60cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
All apart from Iimori Number 1 pair and Cosmo quad
Scheduled course openings:
Most of Toomi open and part of Iimori
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 15cm
Base: 10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 120cm
Base: 40cm
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: 135cm
Base: 25cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
4 of 6 operating
Scheduled course openings:
8 of 16 available
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 10cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 0cm
Nakiyama (800m): 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 135cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 67cm
Nakiyama (800m): 50cm
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
5-sen South
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
50cm
Scheduled ski lift operations::
5 of 9 lifts
Scheduled course openings:
5 courses
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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):
65cm
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: 147cm
Base: 68cm
Scheduled course openings:
Not all open yet, 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 Saturday 27th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 92cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 90cm reported on 9 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.