白馬八方尾根, Hakuba Happo One ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

白馬八方尾根, Hakuba Happo One is a ski area in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Its 44 mapped downhill runs add up to 30 km, which ranks it #7 of 516 ski areas in Japan and gives it 1.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 691 m long.

Slopes at 白馬八方尾根, Hakuba Happo One

About 48% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 32% intermediate and 19% advanced or expert, which makes 白馬八方尾根, Hakuba Happo One a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 22 lifts: 21 chairlifts, 1 gondola. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 750 m up to 1,826 m, a vertical drop of 1,076 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts.

Getting to 白馬八方尾根, Hakuba Happo One

The nearest airport is Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY), about 57 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 15 min by car; Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) is 60 km away. Nearby ski areas include 白馬白馬岩岳, Hakuba Iwatake, 白馬岩岳 (20.5 km), 白馬47, Hakuba 47 (12.7 km), 白馬五竜, Hakuba Goryu (9.6 km) and 栂池高原, Tsugaike Kogen (34.3 km), which together add 93 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.