Hakuba Now: Sunday 11th December 2016
- Dec 11, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 29cm
Posted on Sunday 11th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba.
I had some fine turns yesterday at Hakuba 47 - it is great to be able to do that on 10th December. May it be a long and particularly snowy season.
Light snow is falling here this morning in the village with lots of cloud and resorts are reporting up to 20cm of fresh on the slopes this morning with a bit on the ground at base areas.
Tomorrow we are expecting some sunshine and with it being Monday it should be an excellent day to get out there. Snowfall is due back according to the forecasts and the forecast is looking very promising. It's looking like a good chance we will get rained on around Tuesday, but that will be turning into snowfall and especially at higher elevations there might be quite a lot of it falling.
We still have the large four resorts part open this morning along with Kashimayari doing it's 'pre-open' thing before officially opening fully for the season next weekend.
Hopefully by next weekend with fresh snow lined up we'll be seeing much more open. Bring it on, as they say!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is currently part open.
Gondola downloading required.
The resort is reporting 5cm of fresh snow since yesterday evening.
Lift & course info:
The Gondola, Line A.B 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.
Gondola downloading required.
The resort is reporting 5cm of fresh snow on the upper slopes.
Lift & course info:
The Gondola and the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts are operating.
The following courses are open:
- Grand Prix
- Panorama
Official snow depth
Alps: 65cm
Toomi: -cm
Iimori: -cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is currently part open.
Lift & course info:
The Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Panorama pair, Kokusai Number 3 pair and Kurobishi Number 2 quad lifts are operating.
Gondola downloading required.
The following courses are at least part open:
- Kurobishi
- Usagidaira
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 85cm
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 following courses are at least part open:
- Han-no-ki
- Tsuga-no-mori
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 85cm
Han-no-ki: 90cm
Oya-no-hara: 20cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is currently part open.
The resort is reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall.
Lift info:
The Number 2 quad lift and Number 4 pair lifts are operating.
The following courses are at least part open:
- Ikenoda
- Mt Hieda Rinkan
- Mt Hieda 1
- Itadaria
Official snow depth:
Top: 110cm
Base: 40cm
Kashmayari:
Kashimayari will be part open today ('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 Sunday 11th December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 29cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (8th December) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 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.