Hakuba Now: Tuesday 20th December 2022
- Dec 20, 2022
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 99cm
Posted on Tuesday 20th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from snowy Hakuba.
Well, while it was snowing lightly earlier on, it's not actually snowing at the moment (and there's a lot of it around!)
5+cm or so around base areas since yesterday, with Happo-one reporting up to 20cm higher.
- Happo-one: 20cm at Kurobishi; 5cm at Nakmiyama; 5cm at the top of Riesen quad
- Hakuba 47: 10cm at top, 5cm at base
- Hakuba Iwatake: 10cm
- Hakuba Cortina: 5cm
There is a lot of cloud about now, but some blue sky too. It seems it's a bit windy, too, in higher areas, with a few lifts at Happo-one (Alpen, Kuribishi 2 and Skyline) affected at the start of the day.
But more of Happo-one is now open, and you can ride back down to base areas. The top quad is not scheduled to move yet. Wind conditions aside, pretty much all of the main areas at Happo-one are now open.
Two lifts in the Iimori part of Hakuba Goryu are also opening this morning, along with a few runs.
I think that's all the main headlines for the morning. Potentially heavy snow is due from Thursday. Hopefully, if we get that, it won't be long before we can settle down in 'all open' mode. (I always really look forward to that).
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Mostly open
Lifts:
- Telecabin gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 3 pair
- Toomi quad
- Milky Four
- Number 6 pair
Courses:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
- Champion Dynamic
- Woody
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
- Powder Snow
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 160cm
- Toomi: 65cm
Notes:
Two lifts in the Iimori section of the ski area are now open along with the delicious-sounding Soft Cream and Powder Snow courses.
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Mostly open
Lifts:
- All lifts (* Line D usually only opens when the Gondola is closed)
Courses:
- All main courses
- Tree Riding Zones will open at a later date
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 150cm
- Base: 70cm
Notes:
All of the regular ski runs are now available.
Tree Run Zones will open at a later date.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Mostly open
Lifts:
- Alpen quad
- Happo Riesen quad
- Nakiyama Number 3 triple
- Adam Gondola
- Panorama pair
- Kokusai Number 1 pair
- Kokusai Number 3 pair
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Skyline Number 2 pair
Courses:
- Kurobishi
- Usagidaira
- Skyline
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
- Kurobushi (1680m): 160cm
- Usagidaira (1400m): 135cm
- Nakiyama (800m): 60cm
Notes:
Most of the main runs at Happo-one are now open and you can ride back down to base areas.
The top lift and Riesen Grat Course arenot yet open.
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Part open
Lifts:
- Noah Gondola
- View 2
- 3 Sen North
- 4 Sen East
Courses:
- View C
- North
- East
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 90cm
- Base: 20cm
Notes:
Part of the Mountain Side is open. Access to and from the open area is via the Gondola.
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Hakuba Cortina
Part open
Lifts:
- Number 2 quad
- Number 4 pair
Courses:
- Ikenoda
- Hiedayama 1
- Hiedayama Rinkan
- Itabira
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 130cm
- Base: ?cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Part open
Lifts:
- Eve Gondola
- Tsuga Number 2 pair
- Han-no-ki pair lift
Courses:
- Han-no-ki
- Course down to gondola base
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 145cm
- Base: 55cm
Notes:
You can now ride back down to base without taking the gondola down.
Hakuba Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as Tuesday 20th December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 99cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (15th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 99cm reported on 9 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.