Hakuba Now: Friday 24th November 2017
- Nov 24, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 41cm
Posted on Friday 24th November 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello from Hakuba and it's a snowy morning here.
I am measuring 12cm of fresh snow on the ground and I noticed that Hakuba 47 are reporting up to 20cm in their base area.
Unfortunately, due to the weather conditions this morning the Happo-one resort - reporting over 20cm of snowfall on upper slopes - will remain closed today.
And this morning I also have some updates from Tsugaike Kogen. They planned on opening yesterday but that rain we had didn't help with the snow base and so they postponed opening. There's no word yet early this morning, but I expect they will get some lifts moving as soon as they can.
The forecast is good for snow through the day today and hopefully tonight too, so I should have more fresh numbers to report tomorrow morning.
Clearer weather is forecast into early next week and perhaps some sunshine too.
Already started their season:
Hakuba Happo-one
Closed today due to weather and snow conditions.
Hakuba Goryu
The Hakuba Goryu gondola and Alps Number 1 pair lift are operating.
The top Panorama course is open.
Hakuba 47
Line E is available to ski and board, but access is via the Hakuba Goryu gondola - no access via the Hakuba 47 base.
Official planned ski resort opening dates:
As soon as possible
Tsugaike Kogen
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 Friday 24th November 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 41cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 41cm 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.