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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
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Hakuba 47 at 1276 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 28 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Moderate rain (total 16.0mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | ||||||||||||
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heavy rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | |
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13 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
max °C | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
min °C | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | |
98 | 86 | 74 | 41 | 32 | 30 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 61 | 46 | 46 | 79 | |
4650 | 3450 | 3300 | 3300 | 3200 | 3450 | 3400 | 3350 | 3550 | 3800 | 4000 | 4000 | 4100 | 4200 | 4150 | 4450 | |
 | — | 4:33 | — | — | 4:31 | — | — | 4:31 | — | — | 4:31 | — | — | 4:31 | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:59 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:01 | — |
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Hakuba 47 Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Hakuba 47 at the specific elevation of 1276 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Hakuba 47. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Japan.
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Visitor Reviews of Hakuba 47
Overall 4.1 Based on 3 votes and 1 review
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- Adam from New Zealand writes:
Hakuba 47 has 5 chairlifts (1 Detachable Quad, 1 Detachable Double, 3 Double Chairs and one 8 man Gondola) and nearly 800m of Vertical decent. The longest run is 6.4km long. While tree skiing is illegal in the Hakuba Valley, Hakuba 47 allows tree skiing with the joining of the DBD (Double Black Diamond Club) which allows access into 3 gated, controlled areas. The course is Japanese language only however some paper work is provided in English The resort has a Large snow park and one Halfpipe and is linked to the areas of Hakuba Goryu and Hakuba Iimori which provides another 11 Chairlifts and one Gondola on the same pass.
Visitor Reviews of Hakuba 47
Adam from New Zealand writes:
Hakuba 47 has 5 chairlifts (1 Detachable Quad, 1 Detachable Double, 3 Double Chairs and one 8 man Gondola) and nearly 800m of Vertical decent. The longest run is 6.4km long.
While tree skiing is illegal in the Hakuba Valley, Hakuba 47 allows tree skiing with the joining of the DBD (Double Black Diamond Club) which allows access into 3 gated, controlled areas. The course is Japanese language only however some paper work is provided in English
The resort has a Large snow park and one Halfpipe and is linked to the areas of Hakuba Goryu and Hakuba Iimori which provides another 11 Chairlifts and one Gondola on the same pass.
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