Awesome freeriding, stacks of fresh powder, fantastic night riding, lots of runs, decent lift system, Good parks & pipes. Quite a combination!
Good backcountry and lots of pow
Selection of terrain parks
Lots of options
A must visit, as much for the traditional town as for the mountain which offers a lot for everyone
Limited area but some decent trees to shred
Nice long park and a reasonable pipe
Good sized area by Japan standards
Some nice wide areas perfect for learning
Very traditional town, some good bars
Something for almost every type of rider
Many options including Cat and Heli
A well-maintained park and pipe
Some nice cruisers
Hakuba's most dramatic destination; bigger, steeper and more varied then your average Japanese resort. No park at present but management are currently discussing future plans to build one, watch this space.
Pillows and Pow!
Just natural baby
Good but confusing layout
A little known gem, getting some major investment at the moment
Great snow but limited access to steeps
A perfect progression park and huge pipe
Perfect for beginners and intermediates.
Its good to be back, and some of Japan’s best in-bounds freeriding!
Fun, challenging & good offpiste policy
atural hits only
Reasonable intermediate groomers
Huge amounts of snow
Some good trees
A basic park
A nice selection of runs
Great snow, but off-piste is not really allowed!
Great trees if you duck the ropes
Good pipe but a crappy park
Nicely groomed selection of runs
Excellent parks & halfpipes makes this one of the best resorts in Japan for freestylers. Good number of long runs will please those who like to stick to the pistes
Very little on offer
4 Parks & 2 good halfpipes
Long & good variety
Popular with with the local Sapporo snowboarders
Regular powder days
A good park
Some okay options