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🇯🇵 Hakuba Happo-one
Snowlist score ⓘ6.8
Snow /10 ⓘ5.7
Terrain /10 ⓘ5.3
Queues /10 ⓘ6.3
Value /10 ⓘ9.1
Altitude760–1831 m
Vertical1071 m
Mapped pistes109.2 km
Advertised37 km
Avg snowfall8.4 m
Powder days20
Lifts mapped60
Modern lifts35%
Typical wait2.9 min
Day pass¥8,500 (€52)
PassEpic
Ski-in/out places1
Bars6
AirportNRT · 270 min
SeasonNov 29 to May 5
What the scores mean

Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.

  • Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
  • Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
  • Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
  • Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.

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