Two interconnected Hakuba faces — 47's terrain park and Goryu's wide groomers under one lift ticket, plus the valley's best night-skiing.
Live conditions
Off-seasonThe mountain is resting.
Next season
Opens late November
Current temp 15°C, wind 4 km/h. We’ll resume the daily report once snowfall picks up.
Forecast data via Open-Meteo. Refreshes hourly. Always verify with the resort before driving up.
Why Hakuba 47 / Goryu
Two interconnected Hakuba faces — 47's terrain park and Goryu's wide groomers under one lift ticket, plus the valley's best night-skiing.
Hakuba 47 / Goryu is a ski resort in Nagano, with 24 marked runs and 926m of vertical. It averages around 11m of snowfall a season, over terrain that suits intermediates. Expect well-groomed pistes and night skiing.
Terrain in detail
BalancedMixed terrain — solid intermediate base with sharper lines for advanced skiers. Difficulty, powder character, and the stats that matter on the mountain itself.
Hardcore index
54
Mixed terrain — solid intermediate base with sharper lines for advanced skiers.
From terrain split, run profile, vertical drop, expert features.
Powder profile
Inland alpine — variable depending on storm direction.
Drier on cold storms, deeper when the Sea of Japan fires.
11
m
per season
Frequent deep days through midwinter
Expert runs
8 of 24
Estimated from advanced terrain split.
Vertical drop
926m
Big-mountain vertical.
Steepest pitch
—
Pitch not published.
Backcountry gates
None
In-bounds skiing only.
Tree skiing
Limited
Mostly groomed terrain.
Moguls
Few
Mostly cord and powder.
Best for
Terrain
Getting there
From airport
3 hours by Shinkansen + bus from Tokyo
Train / bus
Direct shuttle from JR Nagano Shinkansen Station 3 hours by Shinkansen + bus fro
Direct shuttle from JR Nagano Shinkansen Station 3 hours by Shinkansen + bus from Tokyo
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Curated guides covering Hakuba 47 / Goryu and the rest of Nagano.
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