Hakuba Now: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
- May 2, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 547cm
Posted on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Hakuba.
A warm fine day yesterday with snow melting before our eyes.
The bottom course at Hakuba 47 is a casualty and is now closed. They did well to keep it open until now!
So you now need to get the Gondola back down at all four of the ski resorts that remain part open.
Things are getting rather limited now and personally I'd take my 'old gear' up and leave my most precious new stuff in storage.
The season officially ends on Sunday, so just 5 days left now.
Sad, but it has been a long one (spring feels like it has been going on forever). And I am personally looking forward to being able to lie-in and laze about for a bit. Need to re-charge in time for next season!
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Hakuba Happo-one
Lift info:
- Gondola
- Alpen quad
- Usagidaira pair (* open only on weekends/holidays)
- Panorama pair
- Grat quad
- Kurobishi Number 3 pair
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Kokusai Number 1 pair (* open only on weekends/holidays)
- Kokusai Number 3 pair
Course info:
- Usagidaira (part)
- Kurobishi
- Panorama (part)
- You can no longer ride back down to base areas - all base areas now closed
- Take the Gondola back down to base
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 95cm
- Usagidaira: 25cm
- Lower: -cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Lift info:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 3 pair
- Alps Number 2/4 pair
Courses that remain open:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
- Take the Gondola back down to base
Official snow depth:
- Top: 125cm
- Toomi: -cm
- Iimori: -cm
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Hakuba 47
Lift info:
- Gondola
- Pair Line A-B
- Quad Line C
- Pair Line E
Course info:
- R-1, R-3, R-6 and R-7 are closed
- Take the Gondola back down to base
Official snow depth:
- Top: 80cm
- Base: -cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Lift info:
- Gondola
- Tsugaike Ropeway
- Tsuga Number 1 pair
- Tsuga Number 2 pair
- Han-no-ki high speed
Courses info:
- Only the top Tsuga-no-mori and Han-kou courses remain open
- You can no longer ride back down to base areas - all base areas now closed
- Take the Gondola back down to base
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 125cm
- Han-no-ki: 120cm
- Lower areas: -cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 2nd May 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 547cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 103cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days April 2018 snowfall 20cm 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.