Hakuba Now: Saturday 5th May 2018
- May 5, 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 Saturday 5th May 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Here we are folks - it's the last weekend of the season. Come tomorrow evening, those ski lifts will be able to take a rest.
And after the unsettled weather yesterday, it seems that we are going to enjoy some fine weather conditions over the weekend.
Get this - Goryu, 47 and Happo-one are reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall up top (none on lower areas). And some of you may notice that indeed some of the official snow depths reported below have increased by 5cm since yesterday. It's funny to see fresh snow at this stage of the season, but of course very nice all the same. :)
Right now there's still cloud around but blue sky too and we are expecting fine weather both today and tomorrow, warming up into low 20's during the day tomorrow.
Enjoy the weekend!
Tomorrow is the last day of the official ski season for all of the ski resorts in Hakuba. It will also be my last report of this long season. With settled weather due over the weekend, that last report might appear later than usual.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Lift info:
- Gondola
- Alpen quad
- Usagidaira pair
- Panorama pair
- Grat quad
- Kurobishi Number 3 pair
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Kokusai Number 1 pair
- Kokusai Number 3 pair
Course info:
- Usagidaira (part)
- Kurobishi (part)
- 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: 70cm
- Usagidaira: 20cm
- 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: 100cm
- 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:
- Part of R-4, R-5 and R-8 remain open
- Take the Gondola back down to base
Official snow depth:
- Top: 65cm
- 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 (part) 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: 115cm
- Han-no-ki: 110cm
- Lower areas: -cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Saturday 5th 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.