Hakuba Now: Thursday 2nd December 2021
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 19, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 32cm
Posted on Thursday 2nd December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Some fresh snow down the the village, but lots of blue sky as of 9am.
Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall up at the Usagidaira area. At the time of writing a few of the planned lifts at Happo-one are on hold due to wind (just the Gondola, Panorama and Kokusai Number 3 lifts are moving).
Hakuba 47 and Hakuba Goryu are both are reporting 20cm of snow on upper areas. 47 is reporting 5cm lower down.
By the way, it looks like 'Tsugaike Kogen' is now officially known as 'Tsugaike Mountain Resort'. That is つがいけマウンテンリゾート in Japanese - a mix of hiragana and katakana. This change will be reflected throughout SnowJapan from today.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: -cm
- Usagidaira: 10cm
- Nakiyama: -cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 100cm
- Usagidaira: 95cm
- Nakiyama: -
Planned lift operations:
- Adam Gondola
- Panorama pair lift
- Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
- Alpen quad lift
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Planned course openings:
- Panorama course
- Usagidaira course
- Kurobishi course
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
- Base: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 120cm
- Base: 30cm
Planned lift & course openings:
- Line E and R8 open in the upper area
- Base areas are not open through Friday - you need to get the Goryu gondola up to the top
- Base areas of Hakuba 47 to re-open from Saturday 4th December
Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 85cm
- Toomi: 20cm
Planned lift operations:
- Telecabin gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lifts
Planned course openings:
- Panorama course
- Grand Prix
- Super
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 17cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 102cm
- Lower: 7cm
Planned lift & course openings:
- Gondola
- Han-no-ki pair lift
- Han-no-ki course upper area, Tsuga-no-mori area
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Thursday 2nd December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 32cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (27th November) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 3cm 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.