Hakuba Now: Sunday 17th December 2017
- Dec 17, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 138cm
Posted on Sunday 17th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
A very good morning to you from Hakuba.
Quickly forgetting the bit of rain we got before it turned into the good stuff, I have good snow news this morning!
My headline is 18cm of fresh here at base, and here is how much fresh snow the resorts are reporting this morning (* information that I can find):
Hakuba Goryu: 10-35cm
Hakuba 47: 20-50cm
Hakuba Cortina: 20-30cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 17cm (base)
There's some good numbers there - top areas in particular should be in very good shape this morning.
More of the Happo-one resort is open now with further lower runs opening up. Note that the top quad is not yet operating. Oh, and it seems that the Skyline Number 2 pair lift has some issues early on.
We're expecting the snow to clear up sometime today and might get to see some sunshine later on and tomorrow morning -- before more snow comes by the end of tomorrow into Tuesday.
Enjoy!
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Gondola Adam
- Alpen quad lift
- Hakuba Riesen quad lift
- Nakiyama Number 3 triple lift
- Panorama pair lift
- Kokusai Number 1 pair lift
- Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
- Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
- Skyline Number 2 pair lift (** early morning technical issues)
- Sakka Kita-one quad lift
Courses open:
- Majority of course areas are now at least part open
- Areas still closed: Riesen Grat, Kurobishi off-piste, Nakiyama Wall, Nakiyama North, Central, Shirakaba North, Kitaone 3
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 190cm
- Usagidaira: 140cm
- Lower: 55cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Goryu Telecabin (gondola)
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lift
- Toomi Sky Four lift
- Toomi Number 1 pair lift
- Milky Four lift
- Number 1 high speed pair lift
- Number 6 pair lift
- Cosmo Four lift
Courses open:
- All courses apart from Straight Whisky, Snow Diving and Adventure are now open at Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
- Top: 200cm
- Toomi: 70cm
- Iimori: 40cm
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: 175cm
- Base: 50cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts
- Most lifts now operating
Courses open:
- Most courses are now available (Uma-no-se, Champion, Kane-no-naru-oka 2 still closed)
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 190cm
- Han-no-ki: 190cm
- Maruyama: 30cm
- Oya-no-hara: 30cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 40cm
Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts
- Number 1 pair lift
- Number 2 quad lift
- Number 5 pair lift
- Number 6 pair lift
Official snow depth:
- Top: 150cm
- Base: 90cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts
- Gondola
- View 2
- 4 East
- 5 South
Courses open:
- East
- South
Official snow depth:
- Top: 70cm
- Base: 20cm
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts
- Number 2 pair lift
- Number 4 quad lift
Official snow depth:
- 30cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Two courses are scheduled to be open from today.
Official snow depth:
- 80cm
Hakuba Sanosaka
Number 6 pair lift plans to be operating today.
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 17th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 138cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 91cm 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.