Hakuba Now: Wednesday 13th December 2017
- Dec 13, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 115cm
Posted on Wednesday 13th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Snow was falling through the day yesterday on the mountains and quite heavily at times too. As you can see the official 'snow depths' at the resorts are all gradually increasing with upper levels now approaching 2m. The Hakuba 47 resort were reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall on their slopes. In short, lots of fresh snow and with things being really cold as well - great quality snow too.
Really excellent early conditions to enjoy. (And let me say, not bad for mid-season conditions either!)
This morning Hakuba 47 are reporting another 10cm of snowfall on their upper slopes.
So it should be another excellent morning up top.
(Less snowfall down at base, but that is what I am able to measure myself of course).
More snow is expected today with the snow clouds drying up by tomorrow morning and maybe a bit of sun before snow comes back later on Saturday into Sunday.
It's curious that I'm not being able to cull as much information from the other resorts in the mornings yet this season. Hopefully that will change once they all get into routine more. I will of course keep on checking and bringing you all of the numbers that I can find in these reports.
Soft Cream and Powder Snow now available once more at Goryu.
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: 185cm
- Usagidaira: 130cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Goryu Telecabin (gondola)
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lift
- Toomi Sky Four lift
- Milky Four lift
- Number 6 pair lift
Courses open:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
- Champion
- Champion Expert
- Woody
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
- Powder Snow
Official snow depth:
- Top: 170cm
- 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: 185cm
- Base: 50cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts
- EVE Gondola
- Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
- 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: 163cm
- Han-no-ki: 163cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 13th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 115cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 68cm reported on 7 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.