The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 12 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 4 Apr (the resort’s announcement).
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 →
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 0 to 3 | 12 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Snow | 0 | −1 to 7 | 9 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Clear | 0 | 0 to 13 | 9 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 14 | 8 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 3 to 15 | 5 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 8 to 14 | 6 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 4 to 10 | 11 |
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
The Wakaguri hot spring rises within the ski area, and day visitors can bathe in its tea-brown water at Norikurasou and elsewhere (the Hakuba Alps Hotel closed at the end of March 2026 and is due to reopen under a new name in December). The Satomi central slope is a gentle pitch left ungroomed down the middle, so even beginners can ride both groomed and ungroomed snow. A joint lift ticket covers neighbouring Hakuba Cortina, and both areas can be skied in one day. Sources: hakunori.com, go-nagano.net, hakubanorikura.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
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.
65% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.
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: 14 runs, longest 2,500 m, 9 chairlifts, 798 m vertical, 30% beginner, 40% intermediate, 30% advanced. Source (checked 2 Oct)
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Hakuba Valley webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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).
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 Cortina | 1.4 km | 635 cmsame grid cell | 30 |
| Tsugaike Kogen | 2.4 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Hakuba Iwatake | 5.5 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Hakuba Happo-One | 8.5 km | 414 cm | 155 |
| Hakuba 47 | 12.0 km | 668 cm | 21 |
Compare side by side with Hakuba Cortina and Tsugaike Kogen →
The most snow falls in January. March brings 45% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 95 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 635 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 380 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 794 cm (2.1 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
5 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 30.7 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a spring in 小谷村宮ノ下 | 2.6 km | 18.2℃ cold | 8 mildly alkaline | — | 1974 |
| a spring in 小谷村小谷村 | 3.1 km | 15.8℃ cold | 6.4 neutral | bicarbonate | 1969 |
| a spring in 小谷村坪山 | 3.3 km | 21℃ cold | 7.7 mildly alkaline | — | 1974 |
| 下里瀬温泉サンテインおたり | 4.8 km | 30.7℃ lukewarm | 8.4 mildly alkaline | — | 1994 |
| a spring in 小谷村 | 4.8 km | 21℃ cold | 7.3 neutral | chloride, bicarbonate | 1967 |
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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chūbu-Sangaku National Park中部山岳国立公園 | Nature | 7.1 km |
| Mount Korenge小蓮華山 | Mountain | 8.4 km |
| Shirouma dai sekkei白馬大雪渓 | Nature | 9.3 km |
| Mount Shirouma白馬岳 | Mountain | 10 km |
| Mount Togakushi戸隠山 | Mountain | 16.4 km |
| Togakushi Shrine戸隠神社 | Shrine | 19.4 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.
Getting there
Source: hakunori.com, vill.otari.nagano.jp · checked 2 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Checked on the official site (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ペンション シルバーファーン | ¥9,000 | 4.57／5 40 reviews | 1.2 km | 南小谷駅よりお車で15分 |
| HAKUBA LODGE OMUSUBI | ¥36,000 | — | 1.2 km | JR 白馬駅よりお車にて約20分(送迎あり) |
| プチホテル アイリス | ¥7,480 | 4.33／5 156 reviews | 1.3 km | JR大糸線南小谷駅よりバス/中央自動車道岡谷JCTより長野自動車道安曇野IC下車、R147で約80分 |
| わらび平山荘 | ¥8,800 | — | 1.3 km | 南小谷駅より車で8分 |
| ジベルニー白馬B&B | ¥5,500 | 4.57／5 33 reviews | 1.5 km | 白馬山麓、栂池高原、中央駐車場より車で3分、ゴンドラリフト中間駅近く。 |
| 奥白馬温泉 ホテルグリーンプラザ白馬 | ¥11,252 | 4.28／5 1677 reviews | 1.7 km | 上信越道 長野IC オリンピック道路 R148号経由90分/『南小谷駅』より無料送迎バス有り 約20分(予約制) |
| 星降る高原の小さなホテル 白馬ベルグハウス | ¥12,650 | 4.52／5 410 reviews | 1.9 km | 安曇野IC70分、長野IC70分、糸魚川IC60分、立山黒部アルペンルート扇沢駅から車で約60分、上高地から約120分 |
| 松ノ木亭 | ¥4,703 | — | 2.0 km | 白馬駅からバスで36分、栂池高原バス停から徒歩7分。JR白馬大池駅から車で10分。 |
| 栂池高原ゲストハウス シャトレ・山彦 | ¥6,000 | 3.00／5 11 reviews | 2.0 km | 南小谷駅よりお車にて約25分 |
| ペンション 神戸っ子 | ¥7,500 | 4.72／5 34 reviews | 2.0 km | JR大糸線白馬大池より車で15分。 |
| PENSION 遊夢 | ¥5,400 | 1.00／5 13 reviews | 2.1 km | 高速道長野IC60分・安曇野IC90分・糸魚川IC45分白馬方面~栂池高原へ |
| 白馬姫川温泉 アプライジングホテルズ グランジャム栂池 | ¥8,000 | 3.69／5 40 reviews | 2.1 km | 白馬駅、白馬大池駅よりバス・タクシーにて約15分。下車バス停:栂池高原 |
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)
10 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: 0.8 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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Where the snow falls · 24 Oct 2026
Tokyo Disney Resort's Operator Takes a Minority Stake in a Hakuba Firm. The Ski Area That Firm Runs Gets 1.5 Times Happo-One's Snow on Our ModelOriental Land, which runs Tokyo Disney Resort under licence, has put ¥88 million into Zukutochie, the Hakuba company that has managed Hakuba Norikura since 2024. Disney itself is not a party. Norikura gets 635 cm in a typical winter on our model, against Happo-One's 414 cm, on a ¥6,500 ticket shared with Cortina.
Where the snow falls · 2 Oct 2026
Hakuba's Ten Ski Areas, Side by Side