Hakuba Now: Tuesday 12th December 2017
- Dec 12, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 107cm
Posted on Tuesday 12th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
There was a bit of wind and light snow falling when I was up at Hakuba Goryu in the afternoon. Had a good few hours up there, though today will be better...!
Hakuba is enjoying some more snowfall. I have 16cm to report from base area. The Hakuba 47 resort was reporting 5cm of snow during the day yesterday and this morning 25-30cm of fresh snow on the slopes with 20cm at base.
Nice. Though with snow falling visibility looks limited in all areas.
It looks like the Iimori courses at Goryu are closed again - not sure why - and the lifts at Tsugaike Kogen are on hold at the time of writing due to 'adverse weather conditions' - perhaps the poor visibility. There doesn't feel like much of a wind down here in the village.
But if you want to check out that fresh snowfall you can take the lifts at Goryu, 47 or Happo-one to get up there.
There should be more snow to report tomorrow morning. Sunday looking good too.
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Gondola Adam
- Panorama pair lift
- Alpen quad lift
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
- Skyline Number 2 pair lift
- Kokusai Number 1 pair lift
- Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
Courses open:
- Panorama area
- Usagidaira area
- Kurobishi area
- Skyline area
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 170cm
- Usagidaira: 120cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Goryu Telecabin (gondola)
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lift
- Toomi Sky Four lift
Courses open:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
- Champion
- Champion Expert
- Woody
- Toomi
Official snow depth:
- Top: 155cm
- Toomi: 60cm
Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Line 8 Gondola
- Line AB pair lift
- Line C quad lift
- Line E high speed pair lift
Courses open:
- All main courses are open
- Tree Riding Zone not open yet
Official snow depth:
- Top: 150cm
- Base: 45cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts
- EVE Gondola (* on hold at the start of the day due to weather conditions)
- Tsuga Number 2 pair lift (* on hold at the start of the day due to weather conditions)
- Han-no-ki high speed pair lift (* on hold at the start of the day due to weather conditions)
Courses open:
- Tsuga-no-mori
- Han-kou
- Han-no-ki (part)
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 150cm
- Han-no-ki: 120cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Tuesday 12th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 107cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 60cm 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.