Hakuba Now: Friday 12th April 2024
- Apr 12, 2024
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 561cm
Posted on Friday 12th April 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba.
Fine and warm weather again this morning.
OK, so I have been keeping my special eye (the left one) on the official Goryu website every morning. Right now, 8:10am on Friday, they show the Toomi run as being available on the map on the 'current conditions' page. But on their news page, they announced that the Toomi run closed on the 8th April. I haven't been there to look myself for a few days, but it looks like what that means is the Toomi ski lift is closed (100%), but you can still ski/board back down to base via Toomi. While I feel sorry for the confusion over this particular point in recent days, there is a limit to how much I should be trying to 'interpret' what sometimes seems like conflicting information being published by official sources. (As you can tell, stuff like this really frustrates me!)
Hakuba 47 are, thankfully, clearer with their information. It's winding Route 7 down to base is now closed. That means you can still ski back down to base via Route 1, but beginners are recommended to take the gondola to base.
All runs back to base at Tsugaike are now closed so you need to get the gondola back down. (Well, according to their 'current conditions' map this morning, anyway!)
Fine, sunny and warm weather is forecast for the weekend.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
Upper: 225cm
Toomi: 75cm
Lifts operating:
Goryu Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1
Alps Number 3
Courses available:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Technical
Super
Champion Dynamic
Woody
Toomi (* used just to get back to base, I think)
Notes:
You can ski/board back to base if you want (probably)
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Official snow depth:
Top: 225cm
Base: 45cm
Lifts operating:
Gondola
Line A-B pair
Line C quad
Line E pair
Courses available:
All open apart from Route 7 and the Tree Riding Zones
You can still ski/board back to base via Route 1, but beginners are advised to take the gondola back down
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 225cm
Usagidaira: 102cm
Lifts operating:
Adam Gondola
Grat quad
Alpen quad
Panorama pair
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Skyline Number 2 pair
Courses available:
Riesen Grat
Kurobishi
Usagidaira
Skyline
Urakuro
Panorama
Notes:
All base areas are now closed
You need to get the gondola back down to base
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 197cm
Lower: 12cm
Lifts operating:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Notes:
You need to get the gondola back down to base
The Ropeway is open on Fridays, weekends and 26th April through 6th May; separate ticket and climbing notification required
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Friday 12th April 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 561cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 61 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 187cm reported on 16 days February 2024 snowfall 72cm reported on 13 days March 2024 snowfall 181cm reported on 15 days April 2024 snowfall 0cm |
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.