Hakuba Sanosaka saw 339cm of snow across the 2025/26 season, down 49% on last winter, with 11 fewer powder days than last year. That puts it 14th snowiest of the last 15 winters.
4
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
20cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 5 Dec 2025.
50cm
deepest basemeasured on 25 Jan 2026.
155cm
snowiest monthJanuary 2026 stole the show.
50cm
best weekseven days from 21 Jan 2026.
69%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A leaner year than usual.
Snow reliability
93/100
ExcellentTypically about 142 ski days a season, declining by 1 days per decade.
Snowfall by season
The 14th snowiest of the last 15 winters.
Snowfall by month
January was the mid-winter peak, with 46% of the season's snow.
Modelled base-altitude snowfall from the Open-Meteo ERA5 archive. The grid sits near resort base, not the summit, so treat totals as a valley-level estimate. Source: open-meteo.com.