Hakuba Now: Tuesday 6th May 2025
- May 6, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 21, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 782cm
Posted on Tuesday 6th May 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba on this last day of the 2024-2025 season.
Happo-one, Goryu, 47 and Tsugaike will be finishing up for the season at the end of today. They could all probably remain open beyond today in terms of remaining snow.
I was going to write a ton of words about this past season. To prepare for that, since last week I have been reading through all of the daily reports I have posted since November 2024. It was actually a lot of fun looking back and I recommend the same to you. There's nothing like the feelings at the time as it was all happening. So I decided not to write a bit long essay.
But what a season it has been here in Hakuba!
If you look at the snowfall statistics over the years (here), I observed more snowfall (* at base *) this last season than any other season since the data started to be collected over 12 years ago.
December 2024 in particular brought us some fantastic snowfall and it really set the tone for the season as a whole. Thankfully, the snow didn't dry up as we got into 2025.
Good times.
We can only hope that 2025-2026 is as good.
Anyway, like I said, I recommend looking back over the reports and also checking out the archive data in this section.
Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed following the reports.
I did my best trying to find good up-to-date information every morning (not always successfully). Hopefully my occasional frustrations were bearable!
See you in November 2025 as we once again look forward to fresh snow.
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PS!
Just for fun, here is the final 'total snowfall' totals for the season, as published on the Hakuba Valley official website:
Hakuba Happo-one: 1248cm
Hakuba Cortina: 1159cm
ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 1130cm
Hakuba Norikura: 1105cm
Hakuba 47: 1061cm
Sanosaka: 880cm
Hakuba Iwatake: 558cm
Jigatake: 553cm
Kashimayari: 429cm
Tsugaike: 415cm
Poor old Tsugaike with only 415cm!
Obviously, that Tsugaike data is almost comically incorrect - it's hard to believe just how wrong it is - but it also makes me question the reliability of the others.
If I had one wish for next season - other than massive amounts of snow - it would be that ski areas and official sources realise the importance of providing good and clear information for their visitors early each morning.
Bye for now.
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Tuesday 6th 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.