Hakuba Now: Friday 8th December 2023
- Dec 8, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 40cm
Posted on Friday 8th December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Yesterday we got some windy conditions on the mountain and a bit of snow too. Hakuba 47 was reporting 5cm yesterday afternoon and Tsugaike Kogen is reporting up to 10cm of fresh snow on upper areas this morning. No numbers to report from Happo-one.
I had to do a bit of walking around the village yesterday afternoon and got rained on.
This morning clouds have cleared again and it's a blue sky start. Today and tomorrow should be fine, though warmer than we would like - particularly tomorrow. The next snowfall looks due around the middle of the coming week.
Good news from Hakuba Happo-one this morning - it's Alpen quad lift and Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift are scheduled to be moving, with the Usagidaira and Kurobishi runs due to be available.
Jigatake ski area, one of the 'Hakuba Valley' ski areas just to the south of Hakuba, is also going for a 'pre-open' today. That is earlier than their original planned opening date, which is always nice to see. A lift ticket today is just 500 yen (2,000 yen from tomorrow). There's machine-produced snow is involved.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Part open
Lifts:
Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Courses:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Technical
Super
Official snow depth:
Upper: 80cm
Toomi: -
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the top ski runs that are open
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Large part open
Ski lifts:
All lifts (* Line D usually only opens when the Gondola is not operating)
Courses:
Most main courses except mid to lower R-1 and R-7
Tree Riding Zones will open at a later date
New snowfall (reported by ski area):
Top: 5cm (yesterday afternoon)
Base: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 90cm
Base: 15cm
Notes:
A large part of Hakuba 47 is open, but runs down to base are not open yet (so you need to take the gondola down)
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Hakuba Happo-one
Part open
Ski lifts:
Adam Gondola
Alpen quad
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Panorama pair
Kokusai Number 3 pair
Courses:
Panorama
Usagidaira
Kurobishi
New snowfall (reported by ski area):
Top of gondola: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobushi (1680m): -cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 88cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the Panorama ski run that is open
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Part open
Ski lifts:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair lift
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Courses:
Han-no-ki
Official snow depth:
Upper: 95cm
Base: 6cm
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the ski run that is open
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Friday 8th December 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 40cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (19th November) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 12cm reported on 4 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.