Hakuba Now: Friday 28th April 2023
- Apr 28, 2023
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 444cm
Posted on Friday 28th April 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Believe it or not, there was some fresh snowfall around on the mountains yesterday morning (while it was raining down at base). Hakuba 47 were reporting about 5cm. Hurray! :)
On to today and it's a lovely morning in Hakuba and it is going to be warmer once again - temps will be rising above 20C later on.
There's some news from the Happo-one ski area: it will be open for skiing/snowboarding until (hopefully) Sunday 30th April, which is a week earlier than planned.
The remaining three ski areas that remain open still seem to be hoping to be able to remain open until Sunday 7th May... so we have just over one week left to go. There isn't much snow left, but there's enough to get some last turns in if you want to!
Weekend weather? Forecasts show fine weather tomorrow during the day, with rain moving in overnight and on Sunday morning. Hopefully that won't last long and leave us with a mostly cloudy day.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
The Panorama run at Hakuba Goryu remains open.
All base areas of Hakuba Goryu are now closed and you need to get the gondola back down to base.
Lifts operating:
Goryu Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1
Courses available:
Panorama
Official snow depth:
Upper: 80cm
Toomi: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 7th May 2023
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
The top Line E pair lift is still operating, but it can only be accessed via Hakuba Goryu. You need to take the Goryu gondola up to the lift. All lower areas of Hakuba 47 - including the base area - are now closed.
Lifts operating:
Line E pair
Courses available:
R-8
Official snow depth:
Upper: 85cm
Lower: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 7th May 2023
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Hakuba Happo-one
The Kurobishi and Usagidaira upper areas of Hakuba Happo-one remain part open.
All base areas of Happo-one are now closed and you need to get the gondola back down to base.
Lifts operating:
Adam Gondola
Grat quad [* the Grat ski run is closed]
Alpen quad
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Kurobishi Number 3 pair
Courses available:
Kurobishi
Usagidaira (part)
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi (1680m): 40cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 30cm
Nakiyama (800m): 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 30th April 2023 (a week earlier than original planned closing date)
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
All base and mid areas of Tsugaike are now closed and you need to get the gondola back down from the open top area.
Lifts operating:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair
Ropeway (open Fridays, weekends and 1st-7th May; separate ticket and climbing notification required)
Official snow depth:
Upper: 59cm
Lower: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 7th May 2023
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Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Cortina closed on Wednesday 29th March
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Hakuba Iwatake closed on Sunday 26th March
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hakuba Norikura closed on Sunday 26th March
Jigatake
Jigatake closed on Thursday 16th March
Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Kashimayari closed on Tuesday 21st March
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Sanosaka closed on Tuesday 21st March
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Data as Friday 28th April 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 444cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 31cm (25th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 164cm reported on 17 days January 2023 snowfall 178cm reported on 17 days February 2023 snowfall 88cm reported on 13 days March 2023 snowfall 12cm reported on 2 days April 2023 snowfall 2cm 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.