Hakuba Now: Monday 17th December 2018
- Dec 17, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 26cm
Posted on Monday 17th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
3cm of fresh snowfall on the ground. Happo-one are reporting 10-15cm on the mountain and Cortina are reporting 3cm.
It is keeping mild but hopefully that ends during the daytime today and we can get stuck into some fresh snowfall from tonight through into the middle of the week. (I'm trying hard to ignore the warmer temps and rain looming on the forecast for late week and Saturday. Go away!!)
For the moment there is a lot of cloud around but a fair amount of blue sky on show too. I imagine the clouds to gradually increase and win the day, rewarding us with snow by tonight.
OK, so the only resort operation change that I can confirm this morning is that Hakuba Goryu have got their Toomi pair lift moving in addition to the quad lift. That's not opening up any new terrain though.
I'm really hoping to bring you a snowy report tomorrow.
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Ski resort information on Monday 17th December 2018:
The below info is checked manually each morning and believed to be correct at time of report
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Adam Gondola
- Riesen quad
Available courses:
- Riesen Slalom course
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 40cm
- Usagidaira: 40cm
- Lower: 10cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Toomi Sky Four quad lift
- Toomi Number 1 pair lift
- Gondola (* but only for sightseeing, not skiing/boarding)
Available courses:
- Toomi
Official snow depth:
- Top: 30cm
- Toomi: 30cm
- Iimori: -cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Gondola (for transportation to and from open area)
- Line AB pairs
Available courses:
- Route 4
Official snow depth:
- Top: 30cm
- Base: 5cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Eve Gondola
- Han-no-ki high speed lift
Available courses:
- Han-kou
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 50cm
- Han-no-ki: 50cm
- 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
Available courses:
- 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: 15cm
- Base: 15cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
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Official snow depth:
- -cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 pair lift
- Number 6 quad lift (for transportation)
Available courses:
- Course 2
Official snow depth:
- 30cm
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 17th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 26cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (14th December) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 26cm reported on 4 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.