Hakuba Now: Sunday 14th December 2014
- Dec 14, 2014
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 40cm
Snowfall at base this season 102cm
Posted on Sunday 14th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
There's a slight bit of sun out at the moment over parts of the valley as I start writing this report, but that's definitely not the story of the last 24 hours.
Loads of snow!
Happo-one reporting 60cm. Cortina reporting 50cm.
Hakuba 47 reported 30cm of fresh snowfall up by Line C during the day yesterday, and I can confirm there was that much to move off the top of the car at the end of the day. And the rest.
Goryu is this morning reporting 40cm on the upper slopes and 20cm at the lower Iimori area.
15cm more snow overnight, and it is still snowing now. Less so than it has been and as I said a bit of sunlight down by the village though the mountains are still covered with cloud and getting snowed on.
Snowfall is forecast for the day today and through into tomorrow morning, but it should clear up tomorrow. Bit of a rest on Tuesday maybe before another snow storm arrives by Wednesday which will bring with it more copious amounts of snow (hopefully).
I have updated the information below. Happily it will not be long now before they are all just 'open'. :)
Have fun if you can make it out. Get wrapped up well and take care. Visibility is limited and with all of the new snowfall, do remember the dangers.
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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 - 50cm
Usagidaira - 150cm
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
Hakuba 47 is now declaring itself fully open (well, apart from the Tree Riding Zone!)
Official Snow depths:
Base - 80cm
Upper - 170cm
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
Iimori Number 6 Pair joins in the fun, with the resort reporting 40cm of fresh snow on upper slopes this morning.
Official Snow depths:
Iimori - 60cm
Toomi - 110cm
Alps Daira - 155cm
Open lifts:
-Alps Number 1 Pair lift
-Alps Number 3 Pair lift
-Gondola
-Toomi Sky Four lift
-Cosmo Four lift
-Iimori Number 6 Pair lift
Open courses:
-Alps Daira Panorama
-Alps Daira Grand Prix
-Super Course
-Champion Dynamic Course
-Champion Expert Course
-Woody Course
-Toomi
-Soft Cream Course
-Powder Snow Course
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Tsugaike Kogen
Lots of new snow with the upper slopes now reporting snow depth of 190cm. More lifts and courses open.
Official Snow depths (as of yesterday):
Maruyama - 50cm
Oya-no-hara - 90cm
Tsuga-no-mori (upper) - 190cm
Planned open lifts:
-Han-no-ki High Speed Pair
-Tsuga Number 2 Pair lift (weather preventing opening early on)
-Shirakaba Quad
-Maruyama Number 1 Quad
-Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner I
-Gondola
Open course areas:
-Tsuga no mori
-Upper Han-no-ki
-Lower Han-no-ki
-Part of Shirakaba
-Maruyama
-Part of Oya-no-hara
-Part of Kane-no-naru-oka
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Hakuba Cortina
Cortina reporting 50cm of fresh snow this morning.
Official Snow depths:
Base - 150cm
Upper - 190cm
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:
85cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Part open
Official Snow depth:
120cm
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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 Sunday 14th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 102cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 102cm reported on 9 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.