Hakuba Now: Saturday 2nd December 2023
- Dec 2, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 33cm
Posted on Saturday 2nd December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
I had such a blast with my first turns of the season yesterday. I decided not to take out my new gear, but it wouldn't have been a problem. Very nice.
This morning a larger area of Hakuba Goryu is open (4 runs now) and another lift at Happo-one is operating.
There is a little snow to report with varying amounts around base areas (up to a few cm) and ski areas are generally reporting up to 10cm in upper areas.
After the clearer skies of yesterday this morning visibility is more limited with light snow falling at the moment. We might get some more but we shouldn't expect much, with fine weather due in the first part of the coming week and somewhat milder temps. So we will need to play with what we got for the moment as we wait for more snow.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Part open
Lifts:
Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Courses:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Technical
Super
Official snow depth:
Upper: 85cm
Toomi: 3cm
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the Panorama ski run that is open
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Large part open
Ski lifts:
All lifts (* Line D usually only opens when the Gondola is not operating)
Courses:
Most main courses except mid to lower R-1 and R-7
Tree Riding Zones will open at a later date
New snowfall (reported by ski area):
Top: 10cm
Base: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 85cm
Base: 25cm
Notes:
A large part of Hakuba 47 is open, but runs down to base are not open yet (so you need to take the gondola down)
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Hakuba Happo-one
Part open
Ski lifts:
Adam Gondola
Panorama pair
Kokusai Number 3 pair
Courses:
Panorama
New snowfall (reported by ski area):
Usagidaira (1400m): 6cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobushi (1680m): -cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 106cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the Panorama ski run that is open
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Part open
Ski lifts:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair lift
Courses:
Han-no-ki
New snowfall (reported by ski area):
10cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 105cm
Base: 10cm
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the ski run that is open
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Saturday 2nd December 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 33cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (19th November) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 5cm reported on 2 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.