Hakuba Now: Saturday 14th December 2013
- Dec 14, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 72cm
Posted on Saturday 14th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Snow snow snow! Lots of it, oh yes.
Resorts around Hakuba reporting 30-50cm on upper slopes this morning, with base areas getting another 10-15cm or so. And it continues to come down. This really is what we needed to kick things off in style.
Wind doesn't seem to be causing problems in terms of lift operations, but snow is being blown about up there and visibility is poor on the slopes as it continues to snow and heavily at times.
Snow is likely through tomorrow but we should see an easing off as we get into the new week.
Resorts aren't fully open as yet, and are probably coping with the snowfall this morning - I would expect more lifts to be moving very soon now. Some details I have been able to gather include: Skyline is now open at Happo, Toomi opening at Goryu, all of Hakuba 47 now open, and more lifts operating over at Tsugaike Kogen. Hakuba Cortina and Norikura have also both opened this morning.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 40cm of fresh snow this morning on upper slopes and 30cm at Toomi.
Upper - 185cm
Iimori - -cm
Toomi - 90cm
Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3.
Toomi area open from today with the Toomi Ski Four lift running. Milky Four lift at Iimori also being prepared.
Champion Dynamic course, Woody course and the main Toomi run now open.
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 10-20cm at base and 35cm of fresh snow on upper slopes this morning.
Upper - 190cm
Lower - 50cm
Lifts operating: All moving apart from Line D.
All areas basically open apart from Route 4 Snow Park and Tree Riding Zone.
Happo-one:
Reporting up to a whopping 50cm of new snow in places.
Usagidaira - 180cm
Nakiyama - -cm
Sakka - -cm
Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair. The Gondola is just for getting to and from the open slopes.
Upper slopes (excluding top quad lift) area open.
Skyline course open from today.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 207cm
Maruyama - 60cm
Kanenonaruoka - 50cm
Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair, Shirakaba quad, Tsugaike Chuo triple, Kanononaruoka Skyliner II
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 20-30cm of new snowfall
Upper - 140cm
Lower - 60cm
Lifts operating: Number 2 quad, Number 4 pair
Hakuba Norikura:
Part open
Other resorts planned opening dates:
Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December
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Data as of Saturday 14th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 72cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 37cm 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.