Best Hakuba Ski Resorts
Can’t decide where to go skiing in Hakuba? Here are our picks for the best Hakuba ski resorts.
Best Ski Resorts in Hakuba for Powder Hounds*: Norikura,
Tsugaike,
Cortina
Best Hakuba Ski Resorts Overall**: Tsugaike,
Happo One,
Goryu
* the award for the top skiing in Hakuba for powder hounds incorporates our ratings for advanced terrain and up, snow quality and quantity, likelihood of scoring freshies and crowds.
** best overall ski resorts in Hakuba award incorporates all categories of our ratings
Top Hakuba Skiing and Snowboarding
- Best beginner terrain: Tsugaike, Goryu
- Best intermediate terrain: Happo One, Iwatake
- Best advanced on-piste terrain: Happo One, Hakuba 47
- Best expert terrain: Norikura, Cortina
- Off-piste and tree skiing: Cortina, Tsugaike, Norikura
- Best sidecountry (easily accessed backcountry): Norikura, Cortina, Tsugaike
- Uncrowded slopes: Kashimayari, Sanosaka, Norikura
- Best lift infrastructure: Tsugaike, Goryu
- Best terrain park: Hakuba 47
Hakuba Snow
Other Awards for the Best Hakuba Ski Resorts & Villages
- Top family friendly Hakuba ski resort: Goryu, Happo One ***
- Daytime restaurants: Iwatake for the views
- Evening restaurants: Echoland, Happo
- Best Hakuba nightlife: Echoland, Happo
- Best overall village in Hakuba: Tsugaike, Happo, Echoland
- Most ski-in ski-out accommodation: Tsugaike, Cortina/Norikura
- Best value: Tsugaike, Norikura, Iwatake
- Japanese culture: Sanosaka, Tsugaike, Norikura
*** Tsugaike, Norikura and Cortina are also top Hakuba family friendly ski resorts and have better beginner terrain than Happo One & have ski-in ski-out accommodation. The international ski school provides kids lessons at Cortina and Tsugaike, but only in a private format which attracts a premium.
Also see our Japan ski resorts ratings to see how the main Hakuba ski resorts compare on various factors including the terrain, powder, après and family-friendliness.