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Hakuba Now: Monday 23rd December 2019

  • Dec 23, 2019
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 21cm

Posted on Monday 23rd December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Hakuba.


It's very good to see lots of white this morning.


Resorts are reporting up to 10cm of fresh snow on upper areas and there's up to 5cm on lower base areas.


Here's how much fresh snowfall the ski resorts are reporting this morning:


Hakuba 47: 10cm on upper slopes; 5cm on lower area.

Hakuba Goryu: 10cm on upper slopes; 3cm on lower area.

Hakuba Happo-one: 5cm at Usagidaira and Kurobishi. (At the same time, their social media is reporting 10cm at the top of the Gondola)

Hakuba Cortina: 2cm


It looks like the Usagidaira pair lift at Happo-one is operating and the Usagidaira Kids Park is due to open from 10am-3pm.


While there is lots of blue sky early morning, we are expecting more snow tonight and then there's some good snowfall due later Thursday and Friday. This is (hopefully) the week when the gears crank up and I'll be excited to report it to you in the coming days.


Expect a rush of ski lift movement news as soon as there is enough for them to get moving.



Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Monday 23rd December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 21cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (6th December) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days



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