Hakuba Now: Friday 28th April 2017
- Apr 28, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 527cm
Posted on Friday 28th April 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning to you all from Hakuba.
It's a beauty of a morning.
Lovely blue skies and just a few small fluffy white clouds.
Fine weather is forecast for the weekend, with temperatures rising come Sunday.
The official village site has got the sakura webcam going as the trees in the village come to life and look ever so pretty.
It may be sad that the snow is disappearing and the season is coming to a close, but it is at the same time a lovely time of the year.
It's nearly time for a re-charge, which I'm looking forward to.
Golden Week starts from tomorrow with the main part from Wednesday next week.
Hakuba 47:
Almost all of the courses at Hakuba 47 remain open.
A bit of walking is needed on the lower part of Route 7, but you can still ride down using Route 1.
The Tree Riding Zone gates are closed for the season.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 130cm
Base: 60cm
Planned operating lifts:
All lifts plan to be operating
Hakuba 47 plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Hakuba Goryu:
The upper areas remain open.
The Champion Expert Course is now closed.
The lower (and now extremely narrow) Toomi course can be used to get back down to base.
Official snow depth:
Alps: 185cm
Toomi: 50cm
Planned operating lifts:
Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Hakuba Goryu plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Hakuba Happo-one:
The upper areas that remain open are Riesen Grat, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama and Skyline.
All of the base areas are now closed - use the Gondola and Sakka Kita-one lifts to get up to the open areas and back down to base.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 85cm
Kurobishi: 130cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Planned operating lifts:
Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Grat quad lift
Panorama pair lift
Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Sakka Kitaone quad
Hakuba Happo-one plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Tsugaike Kogen:
The upper Tsuga-no-mori, Han-no-ki and Maruyama areas remain open.
All other areas, including the base areas, are now closed.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 215cm
Han-no-ki: 200cm
Shirakaba: 190cm
Base areas: 0cm
Planned operating lifts:
Tsugaike Ropeway
Gondola
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Tsugaike Kogen plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
All other ski and snowboard resorts in the area are now closed for the season.
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 28th April 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 527cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (13th January) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 242cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 151cm reported on 16 days March 2017 snowfall 65cm reported on 10 days April 2017 snowfall 4cm 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.