Hakuba Valley's headline resort — 1,071m vertical, the 1998 Olympic downhill venue, and the largest single-mountain experience in Honshu.
Live conditions
Off-seasonThe mountain is resting.
Next season
Opens late November
Current temp 14°C, wind 5 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 Happo-One Hakuba
Hakuba Valley's headline resort — 1,071m vertical, the 1998 Olympic downhill venue, and the largest single-mountain experience in Honshu.
Hakuba's premier resort with 1,071m vertical and Olympic ski slope heritage. Twenty-three courses from treeline to sub-alpine terrain, ideal for all levels.
Terrain in detail
SeriousPlenty for advanced skiers — proper black runs, real consequence. Difficulty, powder character, and the stats that matter on the mountain itself.
Hardcore index
75
Plenty for advanced skiers — proper black runs, real consequence.
From terrain split, run profile, vertical drop, expert features.
Powder profile
Inland alpine snow with real fall-line vertical.
Drier on cold storms, deeper when the Sea of Japan fires.
11.7
m~
per season
Frequent deep days through midwinter
Expert runs
5 of 23
Estimated from advanced terrain split.
Vertical drop
1071m
Big-mountain vertical.
Steepest pitch
36°
Stiff black-run pitch.
Backcountry gates
Open
Lift-accessed sidecountry — register at the gate.
Tree skiing
Yes
Tagged for proper tree runs.
Moguls
Few
Mostly cord and powder.
Best for
Terrain
Getting there
From airport
Approx
Train / bus
Hokuriku Shinkansen to Nagano
Hokuriku Shinkansen to Nagano, then 70-minute Hakuba shuttle bus. Approx. 4.5 hours from Tokyo Haneda via Shinkansen + shuttle.
Photo: Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0 · Source
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