Hakuba Now: Wednesday 30th April 2025
- Apr 30, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 21, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 782cm
Posted on Wednesday 30th April 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
After some strong winds yesterday that ended up messing up with multiple lifts and stuff, today should be much more pleasant and pleasing.
Indeed, we have blue skies and sunshine, less wind, and the same expected tomorrow too.
Funny: you can still slide back to base at Hakuba 47 on their narrow course, but they 'strongly advise' people to use the gondola back down! I think it's a bit of a pride thing; they traditionally want to keep that open for as long as possible every year. Indeed, they do it well!
Unfortunately we look set to get rained on Friday through Sunday, at least at times, but we can hope that the last two days of the season (Monday and Tuesday) might feature nice weather.
Today through Friday... normal weekdays in the middle of a Golden Week sandwich.
Saturday through Tuesday... national holidays.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
Upper: 200cm
Lifts operating:
Goryu Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 2/4 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Courses available:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Super
Technical
Only upper areas remain open and you need to take the gondola back down to base
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Official snow depth:
Top: 205cm
Base: 20cm
Lifts operating:
Gondola
Line A-B pair
Line C quad
Line E pair
Courses available:
All open apart from Tree Riding Zones and Lower R7
You can still ski/board back down to base!
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 285cm
Usagidaira: 95cm
Nakiyama: 0cm
Lifts operating:
Grat quad
Alpen quad
Usagidaira pair
Adam Gondola
Panorama pair
Kokusai 3 pair
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Kurobishi Number 3 pair
Courses available:
Only upper areas remain open and you need to take the gondola back down to base
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 177cm
Lower: 0cm
Lifts operating:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Only the upper area remains open and you need to take the gondola back down to base
The Ropeway is open through 6th May; separate ticket and climbing notification required
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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The following ski areas are now closed for the 2024-2025 season
Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Jigatake
Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
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Data as Wednesday 30th April 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 782cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 278cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 235cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 179cm reported on 20 days March 2025 snowfall 48cm reported on 11 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.