HappoSpring2 25-26
By: HakubaHappo-one · 29 Apr
Japan · Nagano
Hakuba Happo-One
白馬八方尾根スキー場
10 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow Weather Partly cloudy Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥9,800 peak season (19 Dec – 22 Mar), at the window (checked 19 Oct) Early-bird until 30 Nov: day ticket ¥6,400, ¥3,400 less than at the window (needs a Japanese My Number Card, online only) Details →
The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 1 Dec (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
This season is planned to run until 5 May (the resort’s announcement).
Base depth
1cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →
- Snow 24h
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 1°C
- Max wind
- 8 km/h
- Elevation
- 750–1,827 m
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 0 to 4 | 8 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −1 to 7 | 7 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Clear | 0 | 2 to 12 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 14 | 7 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 3 to 14 | 4 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 7 to 13 | 3 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 3 to 9 | 10 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 10/10
Base 0/5
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
In 1947 the villagers turned out with shovels to prepare a course from Kurobishi down to the hamlet of Hosono, and held the first downhill race on it, called the Riesen. The run that keeps the name, the Riesen Slalom course, is now graded intermediate. At the 1998 Nagano Olympics, both the men's and women's downhills were raced on this mountain. Sources: happo-one.jp (sources read 11 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Marked runs
37
Run length
31km
Lifts
22
Vertical
1,077m
Top 1,827 m · base 750 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.8 km
Steepest pitch30°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 25%
East 66%
South 6%
West 3%
91% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Easy 13 · 14.4 km
Intermediate 16 · 10.9 km
Advanced 7 · 4.9 km
Other 1 · 0.5 km
Lift types
- Chairlift21
- Gondola1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Official figures: 16 runs, longest 8,000 m, 1 gondola, 22 chairlifts, 1,071 m vertical, 30% beginner, 50% intermediate, 20% advanced. Source (checked 2 Oct)
Live cameras
On the mountainHappo-One slopes ↗Operated by: 白馬八方尾根スキー場On the mountainHappo-One upper mountain (trekking page) ↗Operated by: 白馬八方尾根スキー場Roads nearbyWatch live ↗Operated by: 白馬八方尾根スキー場Roads nearby周辺道路のライブカメラ ↗Operated by: 白馬八方尾根スキー場
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Hakuba Valley webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Videos
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
How much snow it gets
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
414cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
301cm
The middle winter of the 12: 394 cm. The best: 609 cm.
World rank
155
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
74
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
77
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,200 m, 434 m above the national median.
Quality rank
99
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.4°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
22%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
27%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
10km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 46
Frequency 78
Freedom from rain 43
Calm when snowing (model grid) 100
The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score leaves out how much snow falls (it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind).
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakuba Iwatake | 3.0 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Hakuba 47 | 3.1 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Hakuba Goryu | 4.2 km | 414 cmsame grid cell | 155 |
| Tsugaike Kogen | 6.5 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Hakuba Sanosaka Snow Resort | 8.4 km | 415 cm | 153 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 44% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 61 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
126cmDec
139cmJan
88cmFeb
61cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 414 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 301 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 609 cm (2.0 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
572
380
419
408
334
301
356
495
343
423
609
327
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
3 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 38.8 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a spring in 白馬村 | 1.5 km | 38.8℃ warm | 6.6 neutral | sulphur | 1965 |
| a spring in 小谷村塩島 | 3.9 km | 13.6℃ cold | 8.2 mildly alkaline | — | 1972 |
| a spring in 小谷村城山 | 4 km | 17.8℃ cold | 8 mildly alkaline | — | 1974 |
These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.
Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
Worth seeing nearby
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
Show the list
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Happo Pond八方池 | Nature | 4.6 km |
| Chūbu-Sangaku National Park中部山岳国立公園 | Nature | 7.8 km |
| Mount Shirouma白馬岳 | Mountain | 9.6 km |
| Lake Aoki青木湖 | Nature | 9.8 km |
| Lake Nakatsuna中綱湖 | Nature | 11.1 km |
| Kurobe Gorge黒部峡谷 | Nature | 14.8 km |
Chosen from the places most read about on Wikipedia, favouring those with an English article. Based on the Japanese Wikipedia lists of sights in each prefecture, as compiled in travel-log-data (CC BY-SA 4.0). English names from Wikidata (CC0). The content of this section is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates: 36.6981, 137.8358
Getting there
- By train
- Hakuba Station (JR Oito Line): in winter, the Happo shuttle bus or the Hakuba Valley shuttle bus to Happo; check operating days and times with the official site
- By car
- about 1 hour from Nagano IC, Azumino IC or Itoigawa IC; from Nagano IC via Route 19 and the Hakuba Nagano Olympic Road
Source: happo-one.jp, hakubavalley.com · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Not checked
Checked on the official site (11 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
300 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 旅館 深雪 | ¥9,500 | 4.40／5 36 reviews | 0.4 km | JR大糸線白馬駅より車で5分、駅から2キロ 白馬八方尾根ゲレンデまで徒歩2分 |
| ホテルグレース白馬 | ¥6,000 | 3.95／5 162 reviews | 0.5 km | 長野/更埴インター・安曇野インター・糸魚川インターより60分 白馬駅より車で5分 |
| 白馬姫川温泉 白馬 山のホテル | ¥7,000 | 4.14／5 121 reviews | 0.5 km | 中央道安曇野インター/上信越道長野インターより1時間。JR大糸線白馬駅/白馬八方バス停 ホテルの送迎有 |
| 白馬八方温泉 白馬ピエモン ヤマジュウ | ¥9,130 | 4.00／5 26 reviews | 0.5 km | 中央道 豊科IC→R147~148/北陸道 糸魚川IC→R148 |
| 白馬ヒルサイドアパートメンツ | ¥40,000 | — | 0.5 km | JR大糸線 白馬駅よりお車にて約5分 |
| ヒュッテ かもしか | ¥12,500 | 4.50／5 17 reviews | 0.6 km | JR大糸線 白馬駅より車で5分/長野道安曇野IC・上信越道長野ICより各60分 |
| 白馬八方温泉 ホテル五龍館 | ¥14,520 | 3.73／5 244 reviews | 0.6 km | 白馬八方バスターミナルより徒歩で約8分/JR白馬駅より車で約5分 |
| Mizuho Chalet(ミズホシャレー) | ¥44,000 | — | 0.6 km | 白馬駅 |
| シズク ビラ | ¥63,000 | — | 0.6 km | 白馬駅より車で10分、八方アルピコバスターミナルより車で5分。 |
| Hakuba Hospitality Inn雪の荘 | ¥5,151 | 4.20／5 5 reviews | 0.7 km | 白馬八方バスターミナルより徒歩約4分。 |
| 白馬八方温泉 白馬 丸金旅館 | ¥7,700 | 4.56／5 153 reviews | 0.7 km | 長野道 安曇野ICよりR148糸魚川方面へ50km1本道 |
| 大向旅館 | ¥8,000 | 4.44／5 17 reviews | 0.7 km | 白馬駅より車で5分 |
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Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
Places to stay on the map
78 places within 12 km of the slopes, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, many of them small inns and pensions. Many are not on booking sites — open the name for the website or the map.
Nearest: 0.9 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- 大下旅館 0.9 km
- Snowbeds B&B 0.9 km
- Snow line lodge 1.0 km
- Mt Hakuba Backpackers 1.0 km
- マウントサイド ヨーデル 1.1 km
- Hakuba Alpine Condos 1.6 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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