Hakuba Now: Thursday 25th December 2014
- Dec 25, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 236cm
Posted on Thursday 25th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Merry Christmas to all Hakuba Now and SnowJapan readers.
It's a white Christmas here in Hakuba. Most new snowfall being reported by Hakuba Cortina resort who say there's been up to 40cm of fresh on the upper slopes over there. Goryu reporting 25cm, 47 reporting 30cm higher up and 10-15cm at base, Happo-one reporting 10cm.
And my eyes report about 5-10cm or so on the ground in the village. It's not as fluffy and dry as it has been; a bit heavier and wet earlier on, but some good looking flakes coming down outside the window just now. Fresh snow is fresh snow, I'm sure it will be fine conditions out on the mountain this morning.
Looks like it's really coming down out there now looking at the webcams from around the resorts - very poor visibility with nothing to see other than a sheet of grey/white.
Snowfall is forecast on and off for the day today and tomorrow along with the continued cold conditions. Come Saturday the forecast is saying clearer skies and milder conditions through into at least early week.
Have a fun Christmas day folk and take care on the slopes.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 25th December 2014. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 25cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 15cm on Toomi.
All lifts operating except Alps Daira 2&4 and Toomi Number 2 Pair lift.
All courses open except Adventure Course.
Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March.
- Alps Daira - 275cm
- Toomi - 180cm
- Iimori - 150cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 10-15cm at base this morning and up to 30cm higher up.
All courses open.
Tree Riding Zone not open yet.
- Upper - 245cm
- Lower - 135cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning.
Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift still out of action due to damage to the snow nets - they hope to have it fixed up before the end of the year.
Almost all areas of Happo-one are now open. The top Grad Quad lift is now open.
Snow Chao Kids Park open; Happo Banks The Snow Park not yet open.
- Usagidaira - 240cm
- Nakiyama - 120cm
- Sakka - 120cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 40cm of new snowfall on upper areas and 30cm on lower areas.
Lifts 5 and 7 not open - resort now mostly open. Heavy snow so Lift 5 closed due to Avalanche danger.
Night skiing every day until 31st March.
- Upper - 290cm
- Lower - 200cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open.
Next night skiing is from 27th December through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 275cm
- Maruyama - 150cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall.
Resort is part/mostly open.
- Upper - 200cm
- Lower - 110cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Resort is mostly open.
- 200cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
Night skiing every day until 31st March.
- 130cm
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 236cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 236cm reported on 18 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.