Snowsure: 4.7
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Hakuba Goryu is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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October 06, 2012
John-Paul
John-Paul
We returned to Hakuba in Jan 12 and stayed at AquaAlpine again. Since our last trip it has established a shuttle bus that runs you to the chair lifts and ski school every morning. It also provides daily trips to all the resorts in the Hakuba Valley. You can now access five resorts; all within 40 mins. Hukuba Cortina was the pick of the resorts with easily accessed back country skiing. Any criticism for off-piste restrictions in Goryu/47 are overcome with such easy access to Cortina.
February 25, 2012
Lisa Fox from
Japan - Nagano
Lisa Fox from
Japan - Nagano
We were up in Goryu last weekend and conditions were perfect, light snow on Saturday and chilly, but then pure sunshine on Sunday and Monday and gorgeous conditions. Will be up again in a week's time.
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October 11, 2011
John-Paul
John-Paul
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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