Hakuba Now: Saturday 3rd May 2025
- May 3, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 7
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 782cm
Posted on Saturday 3rd May 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
We are now into the last four days of the official ski season here in Hakuba. Four holidays, so we would normally expect a lot of people to be around (and not just for skiing/snowboarding).
But four ski areas remain part open and gambatte-ing for these four more days.
It's a bit of a grey morning. Is that fog up at Tsugaike? File under 'gas'. (See image below). At least it's not raining any more... but we may (or may not) get some more of that. I think I've said it before but I want some clear sunny skies to finish the season. We might get lucky and get some of that.
Anyway, I feel obliged to go and play on the snow while I can. See you tomorrow.
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Ski area information for Saturday 3rd May 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in the Hakuba region are listed in alphabetical order.
Scheduled lift and operations information is all subject to change.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
Upper: 170cm
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: 175cm
Base: 0cm
Lifts operating:
Gondola
Line A-B pair
Line C quad
Line E pair
Courses available:
R1 (upper), R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 remain open
Course to base is now closed so you need to take the gondola back down to base
Planned closing date:
Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 235cm
Usagidaira: 75cm
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:
Riesen Grat
Kurobishi
Usagidaira
Urakuro upper
Panorama (restrictions)
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: 163cm
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
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Saturday 3rd May 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 May 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.