Hakuba Now: Tuesday 21st November 2017
- Nov 21, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this season 29cm
Posted on Tuesday 21st November 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Update at 10:30am
Season In!
Happo-one were reporting 60cm of snowfall on the mountain this morning and they opened at 9:30am with the Kokusai Number 1 and 3 lifts operating. A special lift ticket price of 2600 yen for adults and 1000 yen for children is available.
Hakuba 47 were reporting 40-50cm of snowfall on the mountain with up to 60cm up top. (Apologies for my excited mistaken comment earlier one - the Alps Number 1 lift is of course a Hakuba Goryu lift, not a Hakuba 47 lift. I have edited that below). So the Hakuba Goryu gondola and Alps Number 1 pair lift are operating this morning with the Panorama course available to slide down.
I'm not hearing anything from Tsugaike yet.
Original morning report
What a beautiful morning it is.
The sun is out, there is a mix of blue sky and cloud and most importantly there is a lovely layer of fresh snow on the ground down to village. Our few measuring points tell us 23cm to add to the report with of course more than that higher up.
And there's more... Happo-one are actually going to open today (Kokusai Number 1 and 3 lifts) at a still undetermined time but perhaps before lunch.
And there's more... Hakuba Goryu are going to open today (top Alps Number 1 lift) at 10:30am.
I want to get this report out quickly so I will be checking information again a little later this morning and updating this report, so do come back!
Official planned ski resort opening dates:
Today
Hakuba Happo-one
Hakuba 47
Thursday 23rd November 2017
Hakuba Happo-one
Tsugaike Kogen
Late November 2017
Hakuba Goryu
Friday 15th December 2017
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Saturday 16th December 2017
Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Mid December 2017
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hakuba Sanosaka
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Tuesday 21st November 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 29cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 29cm reported on 3 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.