Hakuba Now: Friday 10th January 2020
- Jan 10, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 64cm
Posted on Friday 10th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Yesterday wind was causing problems with some lifts but fine weather for the most part especially in the morning with more cloud appearing in the afternoon.
I have some decent snow news for you this morning, with resorts reporting up to 20cm of snowfall on upper slopes and up to 10cm on lower areas.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from the lifts noted below are normally operating:
- Kurobishi Number 3 pair
- Nakiyama Number 2 pair
- Shirakaba Number 1 pair
- Shirakaba Number 2 pair
- Central pair
- Sakka Number 2 pair
- Sakka Number 3 triple
Courses open:
- Panorama
- Usagidaira
- Kurobishi
- Skyline
- Riesen Slalom
- Kita-one 3
- Nakiyama South also part open so you can ski/board back to base over there side area
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 145cm
- Usagidaira: 105cm
- Nakiyama: 25cm
Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Line A B pair lift
- Line C quad lift
- Line E pair lift
Courses open:
- All main courses now open
- Tree Riding Zones not yet available
Official snow depth:
- Top: 115cm
- Base: 35cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 3 pair
- Toomi Sky Four quad
- Toomi Number 1 pair
- Milky Four quad
- Number 1 pair
Courses open:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
- Champion Dynamic
- Champion Expert
- Woody
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
- Merry Land
Official snow depth:
- Alps: 115cm
- Toomi: 60cm
- Iimori: 50cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Han-no-ki Number 3 quad
- Shirakaba quad
- Maruyama Number 1 quad
- Champion quad
- Tsugaike Number 1 pair
- Tsugaike Central Triple
- Karamatsu high speed pair
- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyline II
- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyline III
- Kane-no-naru-oka romance
Courses open:
- Most course areas are now at least part open
- Not open: Uma-no-se and Kane-no-naru-oka 2
- DBD not available yet
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 115cm
- Maruyama: 40cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 15cm
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
- All lifts are operating
Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 6
Operating courses:
- Most lifts open though some restrictions
Official snow depth:
- Top: 100cm
- Base: 50cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 3, 7 and 10 are operating
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- 4sen East
- 4sen North
Hakuba Sanosaka
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 5 pair are operating
Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 10th January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 64cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 32cm reported on 6 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.