The Skiers' Guide to Happo One

The resort is well connected to Nagano station via bus. You can easily reach daily also other resorts. There are many accommodations which are walking distance from the Gondola lift. Quality of powder is superb. Skipass for the all valley are available at competitive prices. Overall services (accommodation, eating out, equipment rentail, onsen ) are great and available at different price ranges. Local people are always helpful and available. English information are widely available. The cons: the ski schools, most of the English speaking instructors are first season, not used to Japanese powder and not really helpful to teach in that setting.

Hakuba Happone is a great resort! If you want to experience amazing powder this is definitely what Id recommend, on top of that it has close proximity to all the resort in Hakuba which have great variety of terrain, off pirate and touring if you enjoy that. The lifts are slightly old but still runs very smoothly even with the lack of foot rests.

Spent a Season here. Local Ski School are amazing highly recommended. When the conditions are right the off piste is perfect. Also good mogul options to work on technique. Lift could do with an upgrade when its busy the queues can be pretty long. Food if you go into hakiba can find some very very nice places to eat.

The Ski Resort at Hakuba was amazing. The hotel we stayed at was a little bit of a walk but overall the whore town as well as the slopes were great. Everyone was very kind and friendly. The town had many restaurants with a wide range of cuisines and there were also restaurants near the bottom of the slopes. All in all, if was a great experience.

Worked there as a ski instructor last season. Had a great time, with the yen as weak as it is its a fantastic budget town that isnt quite as populated as niseko. Fantastic powder and the atmosphere at first tracks after a big overnight powder dump is amazing.

Fun resort with lots of groomed runs. Good food options. Although you leave hoping for more variety in terrain (tree, park, powder zones), there are so many resorts in the hakuba valley that you are accessibly close by to hitting something fun.