Hakuba Now: Wednesday 4th May 2022
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 19, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 617cm
Posted on Wednesday 4th May 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello from Hakuba.
Both today and tomorrow should bring us some very pleasant and fine weather... the kind we expect over the Golden Week holidays, in fact! Temperatures today at base will be rising above 20C.
When I walked past there 15 minutes ago, there were already people gathering around the gondola station at Happo, looking for some first turns.
Snow is definitely getting less by the day, but it's still out there to enjoy. (That lower run at Hakuba 47 has now closed. That was a very good showing indeed).
Please note that some of the data below has not been updated due to the early time of the report today.
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Hakuba Goryu
Part open. The upper areas of Hakuba Goryu remain open. All the lower runs are now closed and you need to get the gondola back to base.
Lifts (planned):
Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Alps Number 2/4 pair (until 5th May)
Courses (planned):
Panorama
Grand Prix
Technical
Super
Official snow depth:
Upper: 160cm
Toomi: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Hakuba 47
The lower runs back to base are now not open. Other runs mid to upper remain open.
Lifts (planned):
Gondola (Line 8)
Line AB pair
Line C quad
Line E high speed pair
Courses (planned):
R1 and R7 now closed
Official snow depth:
Top: 160cm
Base: 15cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Hakuba Happo-one
Part open. Upper areas at Happo-one remain open. All the lower runs are now closed and you need to get the gondola back to base.
Lifts (planned):
Gondola
Grat quad
Alpen quad
Usagidaira pair (until 5th May)
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Skyline Number 2 pair
Kurobishi Number 3 pair (under 5th May)
Courses (planned):
Riesen Grat
Kurobishi
Usagidaira
Urakuro (upper section)
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 170cm
Usagidaira: 15cm
Nakiyama: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Only the top area remains open. All other runs are now closed and you need to get the gondola back to base.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 125cm
Lower: 0cm
Lifts (planned):
Gondola
Han-no-ki high speed pair
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
Ropeway:
The top Ropeway lift is open 1st-8th May
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Other ski areas in the region are now closed for the 2021-2022 season.
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Total snowfall accumulation this season [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 1002cm
Hakuba 47: 956cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 886cm
Hakuba Cortina: 1162cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 924cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as Wednesday 4th May 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 617cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th January) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 228cm reported on 20 days February 2022 snowfall 197cm reported on 19 days March 2022 snowfall 32cm reported on 4 days April 2022 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day May 2022 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.