Hakuba Now: Saturday 19th December 2015
- Dec 19, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 37cm
Posted on Saturday 19th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Light snow has been falling this morning in the valley and more no doubt up there on the mountains too where I am hearing conditions are quite windy too with poor visibility in places. The resorts that are already open though seem to be unaffected and open as planned with a few more lifts running this morning at Hakuba Goryu, Hakuba Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen.
Please keep an eye on the resort specific information below as it is being updated every day. Apologies if the reports are a little later than usual at the moment - there is such a lot of information to check every morning. It will be a big help and relief to everyone once all of the resorts can be 'fully open'!
Back to the snow and there has been around 5cm of fresh around base areas and resorts are reporting around 10-15cm of new snowfall this morning.
The forecast tells us to expect clouds to clear by this afternoon and before it gets dark we might get some sun but it should remain cold for the day. Tomorrow should be clear and sunny with a high temperature perhaps around 5 degrees.
Looking ahead a bit further, is that rain on Monday? It might well be down at base anyway as it gets slightly warmer again but as we approach Christmas it looks as if there's promise of some fresh snow.
It has been a difficult start to the season for sure. Seasons are long though so a late start doesn't write the story of the whole season.
Hopefully Santa might have something big up his sleeve for us!
In the meantime we just need to enjoy what we have. Hope you have a good weekend wherever you are.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 3-5cm of new snowfall at base and 10-15cm higher up.
Upper area of Route 1, Route 2, Route 3, Route 4, Route 5, Route 6 and Route 8 courses are open.
Planned lifts:
Gondola
Line AB
Line C
Line E
Official snow depth
Upper: 70cm
Base: 10cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 10cm of new snowfall on upper areas.
The upper Panorama Course and Grand Prix courses at Hakuba Goryu are open.
Planned lifts:
Telecabin Gondola (to get to the upper area that is currently open)
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 2/4 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 65cm
Iimori: -cm
Toomi: -cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
The Usagidaira, Panorama and Kurobishi areas are open.
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kokusai Number 1 lift
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 50cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Sakka: -cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The upper Tsuga-no-mori area and upper part of the Han-no-ki course areas are open.
Planned lifts:
Eve Gondola
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 69cm
Maruyama: -cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on upper areas.
The East course area in the Mountain Side of the resort is open.
Planned lifts:
Gondola Noah (to get to the area that is open)
4Sen East
Official snow depth
Mountain Side: 30cm
Village Side: 5cm
Kashimayari:
Course 2 is open
Planned lifts:
Number 2 pair lift
Other planned resort opening dates
As soon as there is enough snow:
Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hakuba Sanosaka
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Data as of Saturday 19th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 37cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 27cm 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.