Hakuba Now: Friday 20th December 2024
- Dec 20, 2024
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 174cm
Posted on Friday 20th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday the snow clouds moved in again and were rewarding us with another mini-delivery.
Today, it is cold and one of those beautiful blue sky mornings with the mountains around Hakuba looking magnificent. They always do, of course, but on mornings like this... I know I have often said this, but I never tire of the totally awesome beauty on display.
Hakuba Iwatake ski area has opened this morning, featuring a shiny new gondola. And with that, all of the ski areas in the 'Hakuba Valley' promotional grouping are now open. (I'll talk about why I worded it like that in a future report).
The Milky Four and Number 6 pair lifts are up and running at Goryu from this morning.
And it looks like a bunch more ski lifts are scheduled to open at Happo-one from tomorrow, though the top quad is scheduled to open on 28th December. No Grat for Santa!
Some serious snowfall looks set to be gracing us starting tomorrow night, and probably continuing through Monday. If that happens, we really all should be set for 'fully open'.
What a great early season we are enjoying. Long may it continue!
By the way, yesterday in the list (below) I had not updated the new snowfall number for Happo-one and it was showing as 30cm. That was, of course, a mistake (and was subsequently fixed). I will apologise and be censed issue! (Some old-timers might recognise that joke). But seriously, I'll do my best to make sure everything is correct each and every morning. Gambarimasu!
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 1cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 200cm
Top: 50cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Toomi Sky quad
Toomi Number 1 pair
Milky Four
Number 6 pair
Scheduled course openings:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Super
Technical
Champion Dynamic
Champion Expert
Woody
Toomi
Soft Cream
Powder Snow
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 0cm
Base: 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 195cm
Base: 85cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
All lifts operating (apart from Line D which usually only operates when the gondola is closed)
Scheduled course openings:
All main courses open
The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
190cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
6 of 16 courses open
2 of 6 lifts operating
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 10cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 10cm
Nakiyama (800m): -
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 190cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 164cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Alpen quad
Adam Gondola
Panorama pair
Kokusai Number 3 pair
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
130cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Gondola
View 2
4th Line East
5th Line South
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
130cm
Scheduled ski lift operations::
2 courses open
2 lifts operating
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Jigatake
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
80cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Number 1 pair
Number 3 pair
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
80cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
3 lifts operating
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 180cm
Base: 63cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair lift
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Han-no-ki Number 3 quad
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
100cm
Scheduled ski lift operations:
2 lifts operating
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Friday 20th December 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 174cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (30th November) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 132cm reported on 12 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.