Hakuba Goryu Snow Forecast (bottom mountain)

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Hakuba Goryu at 950 m altitude

Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 23 Dec 2025

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	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	light snow	snow shwrs	clear
km/h	SSW	S	SW	SW	WSW	NNW	W	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WSW	WNW	NW	SW
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cm	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	22	13	6	—	—	1	1	—	—
mm	10	1	2	10	4	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	4	8	8	6	7	5	3	-3	-7	-10	-5	-5	-5	0	0	-6
min °C	2	5	6	5	6	4	-4	-5	-9	-13	-8	-8	-9	-2	-6	-7
chill °C	0	3	6	5	6	4	-8	-12	-15	-13	-8	-8	-9	-4	-6	-7
Humid %	80	94	79	96	96	98	94	93	82	85	67	77	69	85	82	62
Freeze m	1800	2150	2300	2250	2100	1750	1250	400	0	0	0	200	0	650	900	0

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	—	—	4:37	—	—	4:37	—	—	4:37	—	—	4:38	—	—	4:39	—

Next 0-3 days weather summary:

Heavy rain (total 31.0mm) on Tue night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Wed morning, min -9°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Next 4-6 days weather summary:

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon morning, min -13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

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Fresh snowfall depth:	7 cm
Last snowfall:	22 Dec 2025
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Week 4 of December has on average:

1.1	Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind.
1.3	Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind.
0.2	Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind.

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Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (1) / good piste (1)

The above table gives the weather forecast for Hakuba Goryu at the specific elevation of 950 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Hakuba Goryu. 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 Goryu

Overall 4.5 Based on 9 votes and 3 reviews

Snowsure 4.7
Variety of pistes 4.7
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John-Paul from Australia writes:
I skied in Hakuba Goryu in Jan 09 and liked the place so much that we will return in Jan 12. The benefit over the Hokkaido ski resorts is that you can get there directly from Tokyo via surface transport. We used the Shinkansen (bullet train), which was a holiday highlight in itself! It snowed non-stop for six out of seven days that we were at Hakuba. We had between 20-50cm of fresh snow every morning. On the one bluebird day, we saw the Hakuba Alps for the first time. This gives a true European feel to the place than the other Japanese resorts. Lift queues are totally non-existent and the resort staff very courteous, as only the Japanese can be. We also found the terrain had great variety with good skiing for all levels of ability. We stayed at the largely Australian run AquaAlpine hotel. It is lovely modern accommodation with very personalised service. The hotel has a cozy central bar and fireplace area. The architecture of the place is also impressive. A great place for a Sapporo Lager after a day in the snow! The Hakuba Goryu apres scene certainly can't be compared to Niseko, however, there are still some good bars and restaurants to be found. We really enjoyed CanadaThai - strange name for a traditional Japanese restaurant! There are two drawbacks to Hakuba Goryu. Firstly, there aren't a huge number of ski in / ski out hotels, which meant a walk up the hill to Escal Plaza every morning. Not a problem for me in snowboard boots, but the skiers didn't enjoy it. We found it better to leave our ski gear in lockers at the Plaza (at a small cost) and change when we got there. My second point is one you probably have already heard before - the ban on off-piste skiing in most resorts in the region. Hakuba will not compete with the North Island resorts unless it applies a more practical approach to this issue. I guess it's like the prohibition analogy, people will do it anyway so it is better that you authorise it in areas that can be supervised and controlled. All in all, Hakuba is a great ski resort. I strongly recommend that you have a look at it, as an alternative to Niseko.

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Visitor Reviews of Hakuba Goryu

Overall: 4.5 Based on 9 votes and 3 reviews

Snowsure 4.7
Variety of pistes 4.7
Off-piste 3.5
Scenery 4.8
Apres-Ski 4.2

John-Paul from Australia writes:

I skied in Hakuba Goryu in Jan 09 and liked the place so much that we will return in Jan 12. The benefit over the Hokkaido ski resorts is that you can get there directly from Tokyo via surface transport. We used the Shinkansen (bullet train), which was a holiday highlight in itself!

It snowed non-stop for six out of seven days that we were at Hakuba. We had between 20-50cm of fresh snow every morning. On the one bluebird day, we saw the Hakuba Alps for the first time. This gives a true European feel to the place than the other Japanese resorts.

Lift queues are totally non-existent and the resort staff very courteous, as only the Japanese can be. We also found the terrain had great variety with good skiing for all levels of ability.

We stayed at the largely Australian run AquaAlpine hotel. It is lovely modern accommodation with very personalised service. The hotel has a cozy central bar and fireplace area. The architecture of the place is also impressive. A great place for a Sapporo Lager after a day in the snow!

The Hakuba Goryu apres scene certainly can't be compared to Niseko, however, there are still some good bars and restaurants to be found. We really enjoyed CanadaThai - strange name for a traditional Japanese restaurant!

There are two drawbacks to Hakuba Goryu. Firstly, there aren't a huge number of ski in / ski out hotels, which meant a walk up the hill to Escal Plaza every morning. Not a problem for me in snowboard boots, but the skiers didn't enjoy it. We found it better to leave our ski gear in lockers at the Plaza (at a small cost) and change when we got there. My second point is one you probably have already heard before - the ban on off-piste skiing in most resorts in the region. Hakuba will not compete with the North Island resorts unless it applies a more practical approach to this issue. I guess it's like the prohibition analogy, people will do it anyway so it is better that you authorise it in areas that can be supervised and controlled.

All in all, Hakuba is a great ski resort. I strongly recommend that you have a look at it, as an alternative to Niseko.

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	Middle Lift:		2
	Bottom Lift:		3

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