Hakuba Now: Wednesday 5th May 2021
- May 5, 2021
- 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 420cm
Posted on Wednesday 5th May 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
After a fine day of weather yesterday - bright and warm - it's a cloudy start to this last day of the Golden Week holidays. It's pretty warm too even early. And we might get some rain later on. Actually, I need to update that - it has started raining since I started putting this together. Back to some sunshine tomorrow.
Today is the last day of the season for Hakuba Goryu, Hakuba 47 and Tsugaike Kogen. From tomorrow just the top area of Happo-one will remain open. I'll be here until their closing day, which is planned to be Sunday (9th).
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts (planned):
- Grat quad
- Alpen quad
- Adam Gondola
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Kurobishi Number 3 pair
Open courses (planned):
- Riesen Grat
- Kurobishi
- Usagidaira
- Base runs all closed - you need to get the Gondola back down to base
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 0cm
- Usagidaira: 0cm
- Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 110cm
- Usagidaira: 27cm
- Nakiyama: 0cm
Planned closing date:
- Sunday 9th May
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts (planned):
- Gondola
- Line AB pair
- Line C quad
- Line E pair
Open courses (planned):
- All main courses apart from R-1 and R-7 remain open
- Base runs all closed - you need to get the Gondola back down to base
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 0cm
- Base: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 55cm
- Base: 0cm
Planned closing date:
- Wednesday 5th May
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts (planned):
- Planned operating lifts:
- Goryu Telecabin (gondola)
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 3 pair
- Alps Number 2/4 pair
Open courses (planned):
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
- Base runs all closed - you need to get the Gondola back down to base
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 0cm
- Iimori: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 95cm
- Iimori: 0cm
Planned closing date:
- Wednesday 5th May
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts (planned):
- Gondola
- Han-no-ki pair
- Tsuga Number 2 pair
Open courses (planned):
- Tsuga-no-mori
- Han-no-ki
- Base runs all closed - you need to get the Gondola back down to base
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 90cm
- Base: 0cm
Planned closing date:
- Wednesday 5th May
Hakuba Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th May 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 420cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 150cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 165cm reported on 19 days February 2021 snowfall 102cm reported on 13 days March 2021 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days April 2021 snowfall 0cm May 2021 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.