Hakuba Now: Saturday 15th December 2018
- Dec 15, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 23cm
Posted on Saturday 15th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Phew. There's so much to cover this morning. But I'm not complaining!
First up - at last, the season in Hakuba has started!
It's rather limited, but great that we can get going and there are lots of people itching to get on the snow - including myself!
To try and keep things simple on a morning with lots and lots going on and things possibly changing during the day:
Goryu, Happo-one, Cortina and Tsugaike are all part open with 47 opening from tomorrow.
At Goryu, it's just the lower Toomi course that is available.
At Happo, the Riesen Slalom course is open.
At Tsugaike, the upper Han-kou course is open.
At Kashimayari, the Number 2 pair lift (and Number 6 quad for transport to open area) are operating.
At Cortina, the Number 2 and 4 lifts are operating with four courses open.
Not huge snow numbers as yet, the only firm 'fresh snowfall' report I can find this morning is from Cortina who are reporting 10-15cm top and 5-10cm at base.
Weather wise, there has been just a bit of snow overnight to add to what we got during the day yesterday and there is actually some blue sky this morning - though still a lot of cloud hanging around.
Sun is expected tomorrow.
The next snowfall looks set to be over Hakuba later on Monday.
Another good dump will go a long way to getting more open.
Anyway, I will be checking the below details every morning and updating as I have them. Gambarimasu!
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Adam Gondola
- Riesen quad
Courses open:
- Riesen Slalom course
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 45cm
- Usagidaira: 40cm
- Lower: 15cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Toomi Sky Four quad lift
- Gondola (* but only for sightseeing, not skiing/boarding)
Courses open:
- Toomi
Official snow depth:
- Top: 30cm
- Toomi: 30cm
- Iimori: -cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Opening from tomorrow (Sunday)
Official snow depth:
- Top: -cm
- Base: -cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Eve Gondola
- Han-no-ki high speed lift
Courses open:
- Han-kou
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 65cm
- Han-no-ki: 60cm
- Maruyama: -cm
- Shirakaba: -cm
- Champion: -cm
- Oya-no-hara: -cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 quad lift
- Number 4 pair lift
Courses open:
- Ikenota
- Hieda Forest
- Mt Hieda 1
- Itadaira
Official snow depth:
- Top: 80cm
- Base: 40cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Gondola --- but it's for sightseeing, not skiing/boarding
Official snow depth:
- Top: -cm
- Base: -cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
-
Official snow depth:
- -cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 pair lift
- Number 6 quad lift (for transportation)
Official snow depth:
- -cm
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 15th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 23cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (14th December) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 23cm reported on 3 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.