Hakuba Now: Thursday 30th November 2023
- Nov 30, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 28cm
Posted on Thursday 30th November 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
9am update: Happo-one is also open
Good morning from Hakuba. And a good morning it is!
Official information is still quite patchy early this morning, but two ski areas are officially opening this morning: Goryu and Tsugaike.
Goryu has the gondola and top Alps Number 1 pair moving (with the Panorama course open), and Tsugaike has the gondola and top pair lift operating. Tsugaike seem to be reporting an impressive 103cm of snow depth at higher elevations. That sounds great!
It's probably a good guess to predict that Hakuba 47 and Happo-one are busy preparing to open too sometime very soon. Things may change quickly. (I will try to update this report during the day if there is any major news).
There's snow on the ground in the village too this morning. Exciting times.
And I know it's just a date, but it's great to see some ski lifts moving before we reach December!
Added:
Happo-one is also opening this morning. They are reporting 50cm of snowfall at 1400m with a 103cm snow depth. Nice.
Added (6:30pm):
Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park will be opening from tomorrow, Friday 1st December.
There is going to be a lot of information to check and prepare tomorrow morning, so the report might take a bit of time to put together and publish. Gambarimasu!
If the weather behaves, the four ski areas (Goryu, 47, Happo-one and Tsugaike) will all be part open.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Lifts operating:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
Courses open:
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
- Upper: ?cm
- Toomi: ?cm
Reported snowfall (as per official site):
- ?cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
Lifts operating:
- Gondola
- Panorama
Courses open:
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
- Kurobushi (1680m): ?cm
- Usagidaira (1400m): 103cm
- Nakiyama (800m): ?cm
Reported snowfall (as per official site):
- Kurobushi (1680m): ?cm
- Usagidaira (1400m): 50cm (sugoi!)
- Nakiyama (800m): ?cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Lifts operating:
- Gondola
- Han-no-ki high speed pair
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 103cm
- Base: 13cm
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Thursday 30th November 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 28cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (19th November) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 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.