Hakuba Now: Thursday 24th December 2015
- Dec 24, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 37cm
Posted on Thursday 24th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba and.... ho ho ho, it's Christmas Eve. Can you believe that, already? Soon it'll be New Year and then we'll be getting on for approaching what should be peak season. The mind boggles.
Generally it was a fairly cloudy day yesterday. Mostly cloudy with a few very small patches of blue sky to see here and there from time to time. But mostly cloudy. And then some rain later on. :(
I've just about had my fill of writing about rain and mild conditions this season already. PLEASE start snowing! Sorry, let me regain my composure...
It's cloudy this morning again, and mild again. There are some pretty cool looking low clouds hanging over the village and surrounding mountains as well early on. It looks like higher up on the slopes there are areas of poor visibility.
Hakuba 47 are having to cut back a bit again today due to the lack of fresh snow and uncooperative weather conditions. As far as I can tell other resort operations are as they were this morning.
So, the snowfall that we are all waiting for. It is still due to start tonight (higher up) and tomorrow, and as we get into the weekend snow and a real proper winter-like drop in temperatures is expected.
Friday to Sunday are going to be really important days. Let's hope that they deliver!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of new snowfall.
Upper Route 1, Route 2, Route 4, Route 5, and upper Route 8 courses are open.
Planned lifts:
Gondola
Line AB
Line C
Line E
Official snow depth
Upper: 70cm
Base: 0cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of new snowfall.
The upper Panorama Course, Grand Prix and Super courses at Hakuba Goryu are open, as well as the lower Toomi run.
Upper and lower areas not connected - gondola needed to get down from upper area.
Planned lifts:
Telecabin Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 2/4 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Toomi Sky Four lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 70cm
Iimori: -cm
Toomi: 15cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
The Usagidaira, Panorama and Kurobishi areas are open.
The Gondola is operating to take skiers and boarders there and back.
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Usagidaira pair lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kokusai Number 1 lift
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 50cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Sakka: -cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The upper Tsuga-no-mori area and upper part of the Han-no-ki course areas are open.
Planned lifts:
Eve Gondola
Tsuga Number 1 pair lift
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 77cm
Maruyama: -cm
Kashimayari:
Course 2 is open
Planned lifts:
Number 2 pair lift
Other planned resort opening dates
As soon as there is enough snow:
Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hakuba Sanosaka
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Data as of Thursday 24th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 37cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 27cm reported on 4 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.