Hakuba Now: Friday 23rd December 2022
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 107cm
Posted on Friday 23rd December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Ski areas this morning generally reporting 5-10cm of fresh snow, with Cortina coming in with 15-20cm.
Forecasts are looking very good for potentially heavy snow. It might not sound ideal (to some) for the Christmas weekend, but it should help let ski areas further open up and let us approach that ideal 'fully open' status.
Sanosaka did a 'pre-open' yesterday, I hear, and Kashimayari is opening from tomorrow. That means that from tomorrow all of the ski areas in the region should be open.
By the way, my reports might need to be be a little later than usual over the coming few days. My apologies in advance for 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 1 high speed pair
- Number 6 pair
Courses:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
- Champion Dynamic
- Woody
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
- Merry Land
- Powder Snow
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 160cm
- Toomi: 65cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
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: 160cm
- Base: 75cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
Mostly open
Lifts:
- Alpen quad
- Happo Riesen quad
- Nakiyama Number 3 triple
- Adam Gondola
- Shirakaba Number 1 pair
- Panorama pair
- Kokusai Number 1 pair
- Kokusai Number 3 pair
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Skyline Number 2 pair
- Sakka Kitaone quad
- Sakka Number 2 pair
Courses:
- Most runs are now open
- Top Riesen Grad quad not available yet
Official snow depth:
- Kurobushi (1680m): 170cm
- Usagidaira (1400m): 134cm
- Nakiyama (800m): 50cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Part open (Mountain Side)
Lifts:
- Noah Gondola
- View 2
- 4 Sen East
- 5 Sen South
Courses:
- East
- South / Five Side (part)
- Iwatake Back Bowl (part)
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 90cm
- Base: 20cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Part open
Lifts:
- Number 1 pair
- Number 2 quad
- Number 4 pair
Courses:
- Ikenoda
- Ipponmatsu
- Hiedayama 1
- Hiedayama Rinkan
- Itabira
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 115cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Part open
Lifts:
- Eve Gondola
- Tsuga Number 2 pair
- Han-no-ki pair lift
- Han-no-ki Number 3 quad
- Maruyama Number 1 quad
- Tsugaike Chuo triple lift
Courses:
- Han-no-ki
- Courses down to gondola base
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 143cm
- Base: 52cm
Hakuba Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as Friday 23rd December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 107cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (15th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 107cm reported on 11 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.