Hakuba Now: Saturday 10th December 2016
- Dec 10, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 23cm
Posted on Saturday 10th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba. There's a lot happening this morning with more snow to report, more resorts opening, more lifts starting up for the season and more courses opening up.
I have updated all of the information available below and will continue to do that in my reports every day, so do keep an eye on that for the latest. With snow falling from the skies, things can change during a day with the resorts wanting to get as much open as possible as quickly as possible... as you would, of course!
Anyway, yes, it has been snowing again and I measure 6cm on the ground at base and resorts are reporting 20cm of fresh on higher elevations.
The forecast has more snow on and off today and tomorrow, perhaps some sun on Monday and then back to snow by mid-week.
I'm off out to check out that fresh snow.
All information as available and subject to change during the day due to weather and snow conditions
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is open from this morning.
The resort is reporting 10-20cm of fresh snow.
Lift & course info:
The Gondola, Line A and Line C lifts are operating.
The following courses are open:
- Route 1 Upper
- Route 2
- Route 3
- Route 5
- Route 6
- Route 8 (Lower)
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is currently part open.
The resort is reporting 15cm of fresh snow on the upper slopes.
Lift & course info:
The Gondola open from 8:15am until 4:00pm and the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts are operating.
The upper Grand Prix and Panorama courses are open.
Official snow depth
Alps: 60cm
Toomi: -cm
Iimori: -cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is currently part open.
Lift & course info:
The Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kokusai Number 3 pair lift, Panorama pair lift and Kurobishi Number 2 quad lifts are operating.
The following courses are at least part open:
- Kurobishi
- Usagidaira
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 80cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Sakka: -cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsugaike Kogen is currently part open.
Lift info:
The Eve Gondola and the top Han-no-ki and Tsuga Number 2 pair lifts are operating.
The Han-no-ki and Tsuga-no-mori courses are open.
Official snow depth:
Han-no-ki: 68cm
Maruyama: -cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is currently part open.
Lift info:
The Number 2 quad lift and Number 4 pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth:
Kashmayari:
Kashimayari will be part open today and Sunday 11th December ('pre-open') before the official opening on Saturday 17th December.
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field plans to open from Friday 16th December.
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Hakuba Norikura Onsen plans to open from Saturday 17th December.
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Hakuba Sanosaka plans to open from Saturday 17th December.
Please note that Yanaba ski hill will not be opening for the 2016-2017 season
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Data as of Saturday 10th December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 23cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (8th December) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 22cm reported on 3 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.