Hakuba Now: Monday 25th December 2017
- Dec 25, 2017
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 145cm
Posted on Monday 25th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Merry Christmas and good morning from Hakuba.
It would have been nice to be able to report fine clear skies after 30cm of fresh snow overnight but unfortunately it's a much less appealing set of things to report this morning. It's a mix of rain/sleet down below and snow and wind up top.
And actually as I am about to post this report the rain is turning into snow in some base areas which is good to see and hopefully we'll be getting snowed on properly down here too sooner than later today. And I am pleased to see that the forecast is still looking good for decent snow for most of this week.
Fresh snow to report from the upper areas this morning is 5cm by Happo-one, 1-3cm by Hakuba Cortina, and 47/Goryu are also reporting up to 10cm of snow.
Early on this morning strong winds are affecting the top Line E lift at Hakuba 47 and it looks like many lifts are on hold at Tsugaike Kogen and the top lifts at Happo-one are also affected.
That's about it for today. Hope to bring you news of fresh snow on the ground tomorrow morning.
I hope you have a good day wherever in the world you are!
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts (apart from a few lower lifts) are now operating
- Wind affecting top lifts at the start of the day
Courses open:
- The majority of course areas are now (at least part) open
- Areas still closed: Kurobishi off-piste, Nakiyama Wall, Nakiyama North, Central, Shirakaba North
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 165cm
- Usagidaira: 115cm
- Lower: 45cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 2 & 4 are operating
Courses open:
- All courses apart from Cosmo River, Straight Whisky, Snow Diving and Adventure are open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 205cm
- Toomi: 70cm
- Iimori: 35cm
Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Line D are operating
- Top lift affected by wind at the start of the day
Courses open:
- All main courses are open
- The Tree Riding Zone is now open (Gate 3 closed)
Official snow depth:
- Top: 165cm
- Base: 50cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are now operating
- Wind is affecting many lifts at the start of the day
Courses open:
- All courses areas apart from Kane-no-naru-oka 2 are open
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 175cm
- Han-no-ki: 175cm
- Maruyama: 45cm
- Shirakaba: 60cm
- Oya-no-hara: 45cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm
Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 5 are operating
Courses open:
- Ikenota
- Hieda Forest
- Mt Hieda 1
- Mt Hieda 2
- Mt Hieda 3
- Itadaira
- Ipponmatsu
- Rabbit
- Kamoshika
Official snow depth:
- Top: 155cm
- Base: 85cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- View 2
- 4 East
- 5 South
- Paradise triple
- Line
Courses open:
- View C
- View D
- East
- South
- Gezan
- Sunny Valley (part)
- Paradise (part)
- by1 (part)
Official snow depth:
- Top: 100cm
- Base: 30cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 3, Alps Number 7 and Alps Number 10 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 80cm
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- Number 1, 2, 3 and 6 lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 60cm
Hakuba Sanosaka
Operating lifts:
- All three lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 60cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 25th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 145cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 98cm 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.