Ski Information
Plan Your Ski Experience
Rental Gear
It’s essential to book your ski rental gear prior to arrival.
This will save you a huge amount of time in advance and guarantees you’ll receive the exact equipment you need. Final fitting or adjustments can be made at the time of collection.
Upon arrival in Hakuba, you will collect your gear before making the trip up to Canopy. That way you can be ready to hit the slopes first thing the following morning.
Central Snowsports (recommended) carry a wide selection of the newest equipment, including premium and specialised lines.
By pre-booking your gear, Central Snowsports provides a discounted rate and pick-up service upon your arrival to Hakuba. Please arrange this pick-up with Central Snowsports to streamline your arrival to Canopy from the store after final fitting.
BONUS:
Central Snowsports will collect your gear from Canopy at the end of your stay, so you won’t need to return your gear.
How to Book:
- Follow this link: https://hakuba.centralsnowsports.com.au/hire
- Select to collect from the HAPPO Store
- Under the ‘Accommodation’ field, list Canopy
- Call Central Snowsports to arrange your pick-up on arrival to Hakuba (Landline or via WhatsApp): 0261 85 0506
- This service is only available to customers that have pre-booked their rental gear.
Important considerations:
Guests collected from the 11:45am train from Shinjuku will be charged for the current day, as fitting is occurring before their free start time of 1pm.
The Rhythm Wadano store has a fully stocked retail shop filled with the latest snow gear: clothing and equipment. What’s awesome is they have a coffee corner too! Grab a latte while you finalise your new snow purchases.
Rhythm also provides discounted rates when pre-booking your rentals.
By pre-booking, Rhythm also provides a pick-up service upon your arrival to Hakuba. Please arrange this pick-up with Rhythm directly. This will help streamline your transfer to Canopy, allowing us to pick you up from the store after final fitting.
Rhythm will not collect your gear from Canopy. Please ensure that you have returned your rental gear before check-out.
How to Book:
Follow this link: Exclusive Canopy Guest Link
Spicy has multiple locations in the Hakuba Valley, however the most convenient is to rent from the Tsugaike store when staying at Canopy.
We recommend choosing Spicy if you plan to arrive to Canopy via Tsugaike by bus.
Please note that Spicy will not collect your gear at the end of your stay, so please ensure to return this before your departure.
Book here: SPICY
Booking your Ski Lessons
For beginners we strongly recommend starting off with a lesson (even if it’s just half a day), as it will make your time on the mountain more enjoyable and lessen the chance of injury.
When booking lessons, there are options to book into private or group lessons. Depending on how many people in your skiing party, if you have 3-4 people or more, a private lesson will work out to be more economical and you can choose to meet at whichever mountain you please.
If booking into a group lesson, you’ll be generally matched with other people within your age group & skill level.
The most popular ski-schools amongst Canopy guests, and we highly recommend: Hakuba Ski Concierge or Frontier Ski School
1. Hakuba Ski Concierge
Offering top-tier quality service, and customised private ski or snowboard lessons.
Hakuba Ski Concierge Signature Lessons & Guided Experiences are completely customized and include door-to-door transport and a choice of resorts. Nadine & her team also offer great lessons for kids.
Book now, this boutique ski school fills up fast!
2. Frontier Ski School
Based at Hakuba Norikura Resort, Frontier Ski School is on our doorstep. Great option for group or private lessons. Frontier also offers off-piste guiding.
Options to book at other resorts depending on the weather conditions. Martin will guide you through this at the time of booking. The team will collect you from Canopy to get you straight to the slopes!
Lift Tickets
Purchase a Hakuba Valley All-Mountain Pass ahead of your stay, and charge it for the total amount of days you wish to ski.
Collect from Cortina Ticket Office.
A more cost effective choice is to purchase lift passes directly from each resort.
See fares below for comparison, and links to book.
Cortina & Norikura Ski Resort
- Adult: ¥6,200 (¥5,400 yen when purchased online in advance + ¥5,200 yen for online re-charges on your card from the second day onwards)
- Child: ¥3,500
Tsugaike
- Adult ¥8,200
- Children ¥4,900
Iwatake Resort
- Adult: ¥7,000 (¥6,300 with advance online purchase)
- Children: ¥4,200 (¥3,900 with advance online purchase)
Happo Resort
- Adult: ¥8,700
- Children: ¥4,350
Check the link below for information on pricing for off-peak and 2-day tickets for Happo-One ski resort: https://www.happo-one.jp/en/ticket