Hakuba Now: Saturday 14th December 2024
- Dec 14, 2024
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 127cm
Posted on Saturday 14th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
And it's another very fine and snowy morning. What a treat this early season is proving to be in this region. A special thanks to the Snow Gods! (Please keep it coming, we'll be good boys and girls, honest).
OK, so Tsugaike has increased its snow depth by about 40cm this morning and Hakuba 47 is boasting of, appropriately enough, '47cm' of new snowfall in some places. Jigatake down to the south of Hakuba is reporting 20cm of fresh snow. Cortina is reporting 35cm of fresh snowfall.
From this morning, 9 of the 10 ski areas in the 'Hakuba Valley' promotional grouping (of ski areas in Hakuba Village, Otari Village and Omachi City) are now at least part open.
Only Hakuba Iwatake remains closed and it plans to open on Friday 20th.
I have made changes to the listings and information presented below. Ski areas are listed in alphabetical order and I am going to try and keep track of what is open each morning. In this early season period, and as ski areas go from being part open to mostly open to fully open, I'll gradually make changes. Think of it as an early season work in progress!
Phew. It's always a hectic period but thankfully this time around we are being blessed with the snow. OK, it is now time for me to get out there and enjoy it all.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 25cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 150cm
Top: 40cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Toomi Sky quad
Scheduled course openings:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Super
Technical
Champion Dynamic
Woody
Toomi
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 30cm
Base: 20cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 160cm
Base: 70cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
All lifts operating (apart from Line D which usually only operates when the gondola is closed)
Scheduled course openings:
All main courses open
The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
150cm
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
35cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
6 of 16 courses open
2 of 6 lifts operating
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 22cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 24cm
Nakiyama (800m): -
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 180cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 147cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Alpen quad
Adam Gondola
Panorama pair
Kokusai Number 1 pair
Kokusai Number 3 pair
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field plans to open from Friday 20th December
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
70cm
Scheduled ski lift operations::
2 courses open
2 lifts operating
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Jigatake
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
70cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Number 1 pair
Number 3 pair
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
40cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
3 lifts operating
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 160cm
Base: 48cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair lift
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Han-no-ki Number 3 quad
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
?cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
2 lifts operating
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Saturday 14th December 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 127cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (30th November) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 85cm 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.