Hakuba Now: Friday 29th April 2022
- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 19, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 617cm
Posted on Friday 29th April 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It's Golden Week!
Weather wise, it's starting off more grey then golden. Lots of cloud and rain is expected this afternoon. It might get heavy too and that is not going to be kind to our precious snow.
Happily tomorrow will be clearer but there's more rain due on Sunday. Hmmmm.
Expect to see increasing patches of ground
Things should be settling down by Tuesday and hopefully we'll have good weather through until the end of the season.
We're in the last stretch now.
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Hakuba Goryu
Part open. The upper areas of Hakuba Goryu remain open. All the lower runs are now closed and you need to get the gondola back to base.
Lifts (planned):
Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Courses (planned):
Panorama
Grand Prix
Technical
Super
Official snow depth:
Upper: 180cm
Toomi: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Hakuba 47
All runs apart from the mid to lower sections of R7 remain open and you can ski/board back down to base on R1.
Lifts (planned):
Gondola (Line 8)
Line AB pair
Line C quad
Line E high speed pair
Courses (planned):
All main courses apart from the lower sections of R7 are open
Official snow depth:
Top: 170cm
Base: 15cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Hakuba Happo-one
Part open. Upper areas at Happo-one remain open. All the lower runs are now closed and you need to get the gondola back to base.
Lifts (planned):
Grat quad
Alpen quad
Gondola
Panorama pair
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Skyline Number 2 pair
Kokusai Number 1 pair (** 29th April-1st May, 3rd-5th May)
Kurobishi Number 3 pair (** 29th April-1st May, 3rd-5th May)
Courses (planned):
Riesen Grat
Kurobishi
Usagidaira
Urakuro (upper section)
Panorama (restrictions)
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 180cm
Usagidaira: 22cm
Nakiyama: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Only the top area remains open. All other runs are now closed and you need to get the gondola back to base.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 139cm
Lower: 0cm
Lifts (planned):
Gondola
Han-no-ki high speed pair
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
Ropeway:
The top Ropeway lift is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until 30th April and then 1st-8th May
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Other ski areas in the region are now closed for the 2021-2022 season.
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Total snowfall accumulation this season [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 1002cm
Hakuba 47: 956cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 886cm
Hakuba Cortina: 1162cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 920cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as Friday 29th April 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 617cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th January) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 228cm reported on 20 days February 2022 snowfall 197cm reported on 19 days March 2022 snowfall 32cm reported on 4 days April 2022 snowfall 1cm 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.