Hakuba Now: Saturday 13th December 2014
- Dec 13, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 62cm
Posted on Saturday 13th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Lots to report this morning.
Most importantly, lots of fresh snowfall and some proper winter conditions. Quickly - take care driving and riding.
20cm or so here at base areas and resorts reporting between 20cm and 40cm. Very nice. It's snowing very nicely now as well and should be continuing all of today and tomorrow, then more mid week as well. Exciting times.
More areas of resorts are opening this morning as well, and I have done my best to update all of the information below. Headlines include part of Skyline opening at Happo-one, the Toomi and part of Iimori opening at Hakuba Goryu, and most of Hakuba 47 now open again.
Today sees the opening of 3 more resorts - Hakuba Norikura Onsen, Kashimayari and Hakuba Cortina.
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Happo-one
Part of upper areas open. Skyline opens! 30-40cm of fresh snow reported at Usagidaira.
Official Snow depths:
Base - 35cm
Usagidaira - 115cm
Open lifts:
-Kokusai Number 3
-Panorama
-Alpen Quad
-Kurobishi Number 2 Quad
-Skyline Number 2 pair
-Adam Gondola (to take people up)
-Kokusai Number 1 pair (to take people up)
Open courses:
-Panorama
-Usagidaira
-Kurobishi (part)
-Skyline (part)
-Please note, can't ski back down to base.
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Hakuba 47
Reporting 40cm of fresh snow on the mountain, 30cm at base.
Almost all areas of the resort are now open. Tree Riding Zone not open yet.
Official Snow depths:
Base - 50cm
Upper - 115cm
Open courses:
-Route 1 Upper
-Route 1 Lower
-Route 2
-Route 3
-Route 5
-Route 6
-Route 7
-Route 8
-The Tree Riding Zone is not open yet.
Open lifts:
-Gondola
-Line AB
-Line C
-Line E
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Hakuba Goryu
The Toomi area of Hakuba Goryu is opening this morning for the first time this season, along with part of the Iimori area. Goryu is reporting 20-30cm of fresh snow this morning.
Official Snow depths:
Iimori - 40cm
Toomi - 50cm
Alps Daira - 105cm
Open lifts:
-Alps Number 1 Pair lift
-Alps Number 3 Pair lift
-Gondola
-Toomi Sky Four lift
-Cosmo Four lift
Open courses:
-Alps Daira Panorama
-Alps Daira Grand Prix
-Super Course
-Champion Dynamic Course
-Woody Course
-Toomi
-Soft Cream Course
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Tsugaike Kogen
Top Tsuga Number 2 Pair lift now open
Official Snow depths (as of yesterday):
Base - 30cm
Upper - 100cm
Open lifts:
-Han-no-ki High Speed Pair
-Tsuga Number 2 Pair lift
-Gondola
Open course areas:
-Tsuga no mori
-Upper Han-no-ki
-Lower Han-no-ki
-Part of Maruyama
-Part of Oya-no-hara
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Hakuba Cortina
Official Snow depths:
Base - 90cm
Upper - 130cm
Open lifts:
-Number 2 Quad
-Number 4 Pair
Open course areas:
-Ikenota
-Mt Hieda Forest
-Mt Hieda Ridge
-Mt Hieda 1
-Mt Hieda 2
-Mt Hieda 3
-Itadaira
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Kashimayari
Part open
Official Snow depth:
40cm
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Other planned opening dates:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December
Hakuba Sanosaka - Saturday 20th December
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Data as of Saturday 13th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 62cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (13th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 62cm reported on 8 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.