Hakuba Now: Friday 25th December 2015
- Dec 25, 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 Friday 25th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello and Happy Christmas and best wishes to everyone reading SnowJapan.
The weather this Christmas morning in Hakuba is --- cloud and light rain.
Now to the good news. Higher up, snow is falling and temps are forecast to drop this morning and into tonight and it should soon be snowing down here at base too.
The forecast is still looking promising for the weekend with the promise of decent snowfall along with really cold conditions particularly on Sunday.
Bring it on, I say!
Once decent snowfall does come, expect sudden changes to which lifts and courses are open - quick changes very likely. I'll try to keep you updated as best I can each morning with the latest...
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of new snowfall at base and a few cm higher up.
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: 65cm
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: 69cm
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 Friday 25th 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.