Hakuba Now: Friday 1st January 2016
- Jan 1, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 76cm
Posted on Friday 1st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning to everyone reading and a very Happy New Year.
We are starting the new year with some nice new snowfall to enjoy. Around 10-15cm in base areas, and up to 20-30cm in some higher areas, conditions should be pretty good this morning higher up.
The clouds have started clearing and there's quite a bit of blue sky to be seen now. Still a lot of cloud around but we can expect increasingly clear skies as the day goes on.
Hakuba 47 are declaring themselves fully open this morning but other areas aren't able to say that yet with lower areas in particular still struggling.
Temperatures are going to be rising a bit over the weekend with the freezing level going up to over 1500m and highs of around 6 degrees in the village. We might get some rain but hopefully temps will dip again by the evening and if anything is falling - we hope - it will be snow. There's not a whole lot lined up on the forecast though and we might need to wait until around Tuesday for the colder conditions to return.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20-25cm on upper areas.
All courses now officially open.
Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season.
Official snow depth
Upper: 115cm
Base: 20cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 10cm of new snowfall on lower areas and 15cm on upper areas.
Upper areas, the main Toomi course and the Soft Cream course in the Iimori area are open.
Nighta on Toomi until 3rd January.
Planned lifts:
Telecabin Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 2/4 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Toomi Sky Four lift
Toomi Number 1 pair lift
Milky Four lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 125cm
Toomi: 45cm
Iimori: 35cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Kita One and Riesen Slalom areas are now open - lower course areas are still closed.
Get the Nakiyama, Gondola, Kokusai and Sakka lifts up and down from open area.
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Usagidaira pair lift
Happo Riesen quad
Nakiyama Number 3 triple
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Kokusai Number 1 lift
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Kita One quad lift
Kita One Number 3 pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 80cm
Nakiyama: 30cm
Sakka: 30cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina reporting 20-30cm of fresh snow.
Courses open - Ikenota, Ikenota Forest (upper), Mt Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda 1 (lower), Itadaira, Itadaira Forest, Ipponmatsu.
Planned lifts:
Number 1 pair lift
Number 2 quad lift
Number 4 pair lift
Number 5 pair lift
Official snow depth
Top: 75cm
Base: 40cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Large sections of Tsugaike Kogen are now at least part open.
Planned lifts:
Most lifts now operating at Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 134cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 40cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Limited areas of the Mountain Side are currently open.
Planned lifts:
Noah Gondola
View2
3Sen North
4Sen Line East
5Sen South
Line Lift
Official snow depth
Upper: 80cm
Lower: 20cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Most of the lifts are operating and 7 courses are now open.
Kashimayari:
Planned lifts:
Kashimayari is part open.
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Part open with the Number 1 triple lift operating
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 1st January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 76cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day |
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.