Hakuba Now: Wednesday 19th December 2018
- Dec 19, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 49cm
Posted on Wednesday 19th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
We're looking nicely frosted this morning.
First up, fresh snow headlines from the resorts:
Hakuba Goryu: 10cm (Toomi)
Hakuba 47: 5-10cm (base-top)
Hakuba Cortina: 10-20cm (base-top)
Hakuba Happo-one: 15cm (Gondola top station)
Hakuba Iwatake: 10cm
47 are reporting 5-10cm on official website but they are also saying 20cm overnight and that much again during the day yesterday too. So I'm a bit confused with their information this morning. Still, larger numbers are more exciting than smaller ones and perhaps I need to investigate!
More terrain is opening up too which is great to hear and I'll try to keep up with developments every morning.
More of 47 and Goryu is opening up - the top area is now open and a large part of 47 is now available.
Happo-one also have the Panorama, Usagidaira and Riesen areas now available.
Norikura is also now open with two lifts operating.
There doesn't seem to be any changes yet at Tsugaike and Cortina.
Lots of blue sky right now, but snow is due tonight.
Come on!!!!!! :)
-----
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Adam Gondola
- Riesen quad
Available courses:
- Usagidaira
- Panorama
- Riesen Slalom course
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: -cm
- Usagidaira: 80cm
- Lower: 10cm
-----
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Toomi Sky Four quad lift
- Toomi Number 1 pair lift
Available courses:
- Panorama
- Toomi
Official snow depth:
- Top: 40cm
- Toomi: 30cm
- Iimori: -cm
-----
Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Line AB
- Line C
- Line E
Available courses:
- Route 1 upper area
- Route 2
- Route 3
- Route 4
- Route 5
- Route 6
- Route 8
Official snow depth:
- Top: 65cm
- Base: 20cm
-----
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Eve Gondola
- Han-no-ki high speed lift
Available courses:
- Han-kou
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 86cm
- Han-no-ki: 86cm
- Maruyama: -cm
- Shirakaba: -cm
- Champion: -cm
- Oya-no-hara: -cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
-----
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: 100cm
- Base: 55cm
-----
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Gondola --- but it's for sightseeing, not skiing/boarding
Official snow depth:
- Top: 15cm
- Base: 15cm
-----
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 4 pair
Official snow depth:
- 90cm
-----
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 pair lift
- Number 6 quad lift (for transportation)
Available courses:
- Course 2
Official snow depth:
- 35cm
-----
Hakuba Sanosaka
- Plans to open on 21st December
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 49cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (14th and 19th December) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 49cm 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.