Hakuba Now: Wednesday 29th April 2026
- Apr 29
- 2 min read
Updated: May 2
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 339cm
Posted on Wednesday 29th April 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba and an early on with some news...
Today is going to be the last day of the season for the top Hakuba 47 lift and run.
It's a cloudy start to the day, a national holiday. Looking a bit further ahead and into the main bit of Golden Week, it appears there's a chance of more rain than we'd like actually.
From tomorrow, we're down to just Goryu and Tsugaike.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
Top: 50cm
Base: 0cm
Current status and planned closing date:
Gondola and Alps Number 1 pair lift operating
Panorama course
All other lifts and courses now closed
You need to take the gondola back down to base
Planned closing date:
Wednesday 6th May
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Official snow depth:
Top: 35cm
Base: 0cm
Current status:
All lower runs are now closed
The base facilities of Hakuba 47, including the gondola, are closed for the season
The upper Route 8 run and Line E lift is open today, but access is only via Hakuba Goryu gondola
Planned closing date:
TODAY!
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 39cm
Base: 0cm
Current status:
All lower runs are now closed
Gondola and Hannoki pair lift operating (Tsuga Number 2 pair lift closed today but should be open again tomorrow)
You need to take the gondola back down to base
Tsugaike Ropeway planned dates: 25th, 26th, 29th and 30th April
Planned closing date:
Wednesday 6th May
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Wednesday 29th April 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 339cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 24cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 98cm reported on 12 days January 2026 snowfall 181cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 56cm reported on 10 days March 2026 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days April 2026 snowfall 0cm reported on 0 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.