Freestyle

This is a great park located on the Kita-One section of the mountain above Sakka. With its own dedicated lift and High Cascade cafe, the atmosphere is great and the views are the best on Happo. The park prides itself on its safety record. The features on offer include a UFO box, two 12-meter kickers, two 15-meter kickers, a few 6-meter kickers, and a hip. There are also a selection of boxes and rails, including a battleship rail and a variety of straight rails.

The 47 pipe is quite nice and gets better every year, but the range of jumps is superb. It usually includes a 12m kicker, a couple of 8m kickers, a spine, some tabletops, and an assortment of smaller jumps for learners. And for the jibbers, you’re well catered to with a variety of rails and boxes (straight, kinked, rainbow, s-shaped—you name it!).

This is the highest park in Hakuba at over 1600m. This ensures you can ride it until Golden Week in May. There are 12m, 7m, 6m, and 5m kickers, as well as a rainbow box, 6m narrow box, 6m straight rail, front-side bank, backside bank, and a knoll. The views of the Northern Alps are stunning from up here!

Yanaba is down at the south end of the Hakuba Valley overlooking Aokiko lake and the Northern Alps. The whole ski resort is one big park, and they have the widest selection of jumps, hits, and rails in the valley, including two 8m kickers, a front-side hip, back-side hip, big spine, small spine, loads of boxes, loads of rails, and two halfpipes.

One of the best things about it is the price—1,000 yen for a day pass! The night session is also only 1,000 yen, and it's a great evening out if you’re not sated by a day of skiing!