Hakuba Sanosaka is located in the southern region of Hakuba village, close to the border with Omachi city. Hakuba Sanosaka 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.
Until autumn 2017 it was unclear if Hakuba Sanosaka would actually be opening for the 2017-2018 season, but a season opening in mid December has been announced - so it looks like it will be opening for the season. It does however appear that only three ski lifts (Number 2 and 3 quads along with the Number 6 pair) will be operating. This ski hill is also not part of the 'Hakuba Valley' ticket for 2017-2018.
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.
Ropeways
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Quad lifts
Triple lifts
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