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Hakuba Sanosaka Hakuba Village, Nagano 白馬さのさか (長野県 白馬村) Planned season: Mid December 2019 until late March 2020 'Hakuba Now' daily report Independent and exclusive snow and weather reporting from Hakuba Latest report posted at 8:48am on Sunday 15th December 2019 Official snow depth --- [updated on 15th December 2019] Reader opinion No reviews yet Write review Reader photos Photos [4] Upload photo

Hakuba Sanosaka is located in the southern region of Hakuba village, close to the border with Omachi city. It used to be the northern part of three interconnected ski resorts, but since the middle area (Sun Alpina Aokiko) closed in 2009, the connection with the still-operating third resort (Kashimayari) is no longer available.

Hakuba Sanosaka has had a recent period of uncertainty and for a while it wasn’t part of the ‘Hakuba Valley’ ticket. It is back into the fold since last season (2018-2019) and is currently of the 10 resorts included in 'Hakuba Valley'. Four lifts should be operating again this season after the Number 5 pair lift returned from a slumber. Hurray!

Hakuba Sanosaka was originally known as 'Sanosaka Kogen' and then until 2009 it was called 'Sun Alpina Hakuba Sanosaka'.

Hakuba village is just over 40km to the west of Nagano city in the northern region of Nagano Prefecture. Hakuba was host to some of the major events of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics including alpine skiing (at Hakuba Happo-one), ski jump events and cross country events. The backdrop of the North Alps makes for a spectacular mountain setting. Along with the ski and snowboard resorts in neighbouring Otari village to the north and Omachi City to the south - collectively known as 'Hakuba Valley' - this is one of the major ski and snowboard resort regions of Japan. This map shows the ski and snowboard resorts in the main Hakuba region. In recent years the Hakuba region has become one of the most popular winter sport regions of Japan for visitors from overseas.

Nagano Prefecture is located in the Chubu region of the main island of Honshu. Most of the Northern Alps, Central Alps and Southern Alps are located within Nagano (along with neighbouring prefectures). Nagano has the second highest number of ski and snowboard resorts in all of Japan and they are spread around the whole prefecture. Nagano city and many of the major ski resorts are located in the northern region.

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2019-2020 Season Lift Tickets A Family ticket is available for 7,500 yen. It includes a one day ticket for one adult and one child as well as 2,000 yen worth of meal vouchers. Pre-school children can ride the lifts for free. 'Hakuba Valley' tickets The tickets marked as ‘Hakuba Valley’ can be used at any of 10 ski and snowboard resorts in the Omachi-Hakuba-Otari valley (listed below). The 1 Day ticket is valid on the day of purchase. The 2 Day tickets can be used on any 2 days within three days of purchase. The 3 Day tickets can be used on any 3 days within five days of purchase. The 4 Day tickets can be used on any 4 days within seven days of purchase. The 5 Day tickets can be used on any 5 days within nine days of purchase. The 6 Day tickets can be used on any 6 days within ten days of purchase. The 7 Day tickets can be used on any 7 days within eleven days of purchase. Nighta is not included. Resorts where the Hakuba Valley ticket is valid: - Hakuba 47 - Hakuba Cortina - Hakuba Goryu - Hakuba Happo-one - Hakuba Iwatake - Hakuba Norikura - Hakuba Sanosaka - Hakuba Valley Kashimayari - Jigatake - Tsugaike Kogen Child classification for Hakuba Valley tickets: 6-12 year olds.