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Hakuba Now: Friday 20th December 2019

  • Dec 20, 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 17cm

Posted on Friday 20th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Here is what the ski resorts are putting out there this morning:


- Happo-one are officially reporting 10cm of snowfall on the upper Kurobishi area. They are at the same time reporting 2cm at the top of the Gondola on social media, but officially none at Usagidaira. Don't shout at me, I'm only reporting what I see.


- Hakuba Goryu are reporting 1cm on their upper slopes.


- Hakuba 47 are reporting no new snowfall, but they are reporting snow falling as of 8am on the mountain.


OK, good news in that the top run at Goryu/47 is back open from this morning - the Panorama course and the Hakuba 47 Line E lift and upper R8 are now once again available.


47 are reporting snow falling nicely up there as of 8am this morning which is good to hear. Get the Gondola back to base at both Goryu and 47. Looks like limited visibility up there early on.


If the forecast is correct, tomorrow will probably start with some sunshine.


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Hakuba Happo-one


Operating lifts:

- Happo Gondola Adam

- Kokusai Number 1 pair lift

- Kokusai Number 3 pair lift

- Panorama pair lift

- Alpen lift

- Kurobishi Number 2 lift

- Grat quad (sightseeing only)


Courses open:

- Panorama

- Usagidaira

- Kurobishi

- Base areas closed - take the Gondola or Kokusai Number 1 pair lift back down to base


Official snow depth:

- Kurobishi: 30cm

- Usagidaira: 30cm

- Lower: 0cm


New snowfall (**reported by the ski resort**):

- Kurobishi: 10cm

- Usagidaira: 0cm

- Lower: 0cm


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Hakuba 47


Operating lifts:

- Gondola (need to take the gondola back to base from the open upper area).

- Line A B pair lifts

- Line C quad lift

- Line E pair lift


Courses open:

- R1 (upper part), R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 open

- R7 not open

- Tree Riding Zones not open


Official snow depth:

- Top: 40cm

- Base: 0cm


New snowfall (**reported by the ski resort**):

- Top: 0cm

- Base: 0cm


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Hakuba Goryu


Operating lifts:

- Gondola (need to take the gondola back to base from the open upper area)

- Alps Number 1 pair

- Toomi quad


Courses open:

- Toomi (part)


Official snow depth:

- Top: 50cm

- Toomi: 25cm

- Iimori: 0cm


New snowfall (**reported by the ski resort**):

- Top: 1cm

- Base: 0cm


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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari


- Closed



Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Friday 20th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 17cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (6th December) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 13cm reported on 4 days



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