Hakuba Now: Monday 11th January 2016
- Jan 11, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 89cm
Posted on Monday 11th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
After the gusty early conditions yesterday, Happo-one managed to get open from around noon which was good to hear.
Clouds moved in around the mountains and it started snowing up there.
And this morning there is some fresh snow on the ground. Just a bit here at village/base (2cm) but resorts are reporting 10-20cm of fresh - check the individual resort details below for news from each of the ski-jo.
Let's take a look at the forecasts. Still looking promising with a bit more snow today into early tomorrow and then around Thursday and Friday. It should be keeping fairly cold as well which is good; if it keeps cold conditions should keep well.
And it should be pretty decent up there this morning. I'm going to go and check!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top.
All courses apart from Route 7 officially open.
Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season.
Official snow depth
Upper: 145cm
Base: 25cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 2-3cm of fresh snowfall at base and 15cm on upper areas.
Panorama, Grand Prix, Super Course, Champion Dynamic and Woody Courses in upper area; the main Toomi course and the Soft Cream course in the Iimori area are planned to be open today.
Planned lifts:
Telecabin Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 2/4 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Toomi Sky Four lift
Toomi Number 1 pair lift
Toomi Number 2 pair lift
Milky Four lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 150cm
Toomi: 45cm
Iimori: 40cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 20cm of new snowfall on upper areas.
Grat (part), Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Kita One and Riesen Slalom areas are planned to be open, lower course areas still closed.
Take one of the Gondola, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Sakka Kita-one quad or Nakiyama Number 3 triple lifts to get back down to base.
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola
Grat quad lift
Alpen quad lift
Usagidaira pair lift
Happo Riesen quad
Nakiyama Number 3 triple
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Kokusai Number 1 lift
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Kita One quad lift
Kita One Number 3 pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 100cm
Nakiyama: 30cm
Sakka: 15cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina reporting 10-15cm of fresh snow.
The courses at Cortina that remain closed are: Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2 and 3, Itadaria Ridge and Giant.
All other courses are now open.
Planned lifts:
All lifts apart from Number 7 pair lift now operating
Official snow depth
Top: 125cm
Base: 65cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now at least part open.
Planned lifts:
Almost all of the lifts at Tsugaike Kogen are now operating.
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 130cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Only a limited area of the Mountain Side (North and East courses) is currently open.
Planned lifts:
Noah Gondola
3Sen Line North
4Sen Line East
Line Lift
Official snow depth
Upper: 60cm
Lower: 15cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth
40cm
7 lifts are operating and 7 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen.
Kashimayari:
Planned lifts:
Kashimayari is part open.
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Part open with the Number 1 triple lift operating (Number 2 quad used for connection).
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 11th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 89cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 25cm reported on 5 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.