Hakuba Now: Friday 19th April 2019
- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 420cm
Posted on Friday 19th April 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
After a sunny and very spring like warm day yesterday, it seems we got some rain overnight/very early morning but it is now just mostly cloudy. And some angry looking clouds too, making some areas look rather dark and dull this morning. But they're due to get less scary looking as the day goes on and in fact the sun is already trying to break through some of the clouds. It is noticeably not as warm this morning.
Come tomorrow we will be back to clearer skies and sunshine.
It looks like the top lifts at Happo-one are on hold at the start of the day and the official Tsugaike Kogen site doesn't show any lifts moving. No other info available as I put this report together. Windy?
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth (as reported by resort):
- Kurobishi: 280cm
- Usagidaira: 160cm
- Nakiyama: 20cm
Notes:
- Riesen Grat, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Riesen Slalom and Nakiyama South Side areas remain open
- Base areas are closed apart from Nakiyama South Side
- Hakuba Happo-one plans to be open until Monday 6th May
Operating lifts (planned):
- Grat quad
- Alpen quad
- Riesen quad
- Nakiyama Number 3 triple
- ADAM Gondola
- Panorama pair
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Skyline Number 2 pair
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Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth (as reported by resort):
- Top: 245cm (I cannot explain why that has increased since yesterday!?! No need to dwell on it)
- Toomi: -cm
- Iimori: -cm
Notes:
- Top areas remain open
- You can still ride back down to Toomi base
- Iimori and Toomi base area lifts are now closed
- Alps Number 2/4 should be operating for Golden Week (27th Apr - 6th May)
- Hakuba Goryu plans to be open until Monday 6th May
Operating lifts (planned):
- Goryu Telecabin (Gondola)
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 2 pair lift
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Hakuba 47
Official snow depth (as reported by resort):
- Top: 220cm
- Base: 65cm
Notes:
- All courses remain open
- Hakuba 47 plans to be open until Monday 6th May
Operating lifts (planned):
- Gondola
- Line AB pair lift
- Line C quad lift
- Line E high speed pair lift
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Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth (as reported by resort):
- Tsuga-no-mori: 250cm
- Han-no-ki: 220cm
- Oya-no-hara: 30cm
- Others: -cm
Notes:
- Tsuga-no-mori, Han-kou and Han-no-ki course areas remain open
- You can still ride down to the lower part of Han-no-ki course
- All base courses are now closed - ride the Gondola back down to base
- Other course areas are now closed
- Tsugaike Kogen plans to be open until Monday 6th May
Operating lifts (planned):
- EVE Gondola
- Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
- Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
- Tsugaike Ropeway (* a separate ticket is required)
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 19th April 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 420cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 33cm (29th January) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 112cm reported on 12 days January 2019 snowfall 207cm reported on 19 days February 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 11 days March 2019 snowfall 47cm reported on 8 days April 2019 snowfall 21cm reported on 6 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.