Hakuba Now: Tuesday 25th December 2018
- Dec 25, 2018
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 72cm
Posted on Tuesday 25th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning and Happy Christmas to everyone from Hakuba.
It's good to feel much colder this morning and it really is a beautiful morning.
The sun is out and there are clear blue skies over Hakuba.
Resorts are continuing to do their best with the snow we got - Cortina seem to gradually be opening more (with Rabbit and Kamoshika runs now available), as do Tsugaike Kogen, though I notice that the low-lying Hakuba Sanosaka ski hill in the southern area of Hakuba has closed again this morning. It was partly open over the weekend, but there's not enough snow for them to keep going today.
So we wait for some good snowfall to arrive. The forecasts are still looking very promising from Thursday onwards with lots of snow forecast for the entire region.
I am going to enjoy being out on the mountain this morning just keeping an expectant eye on those forecasts, hoping that it all happens...
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Hakuba Happo-one
- The lower courses at Happo-one are not open yet - use the Adam Gondola, Kokusai Number 1 pair or Sakka Kitaone quad lift to get back to base.
Operating lifts:
- Adam Gondola (get the gondola back down to base
- Alpen quad
- Usagidaira pair
- Riesen quad
- Panorama pair
- Kokusai number 1 pair
- Kokusai number 3 pair
- Kurobishi number 2 quad
- Skyline number 2 pair
- Sakka Kita One quad
- Kitaone Number 3 pair
Available courses:
- Usagidaira
- Kurobishi
- Panorama
- Skyline
- Riesen Slalom
- Kita-one 3
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 100cm
- Usagidaira: 80cm
- Lower: -cm
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Hakuba Goryu
- All top area open, other areas part open
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 3 pair
- Toomi Sky Four quad lift
- Toomi Number 1 pair lift
- Milky Four
Available courses:
- All top area (apart from Champion Expert)
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
Official snow depth:
- Top: 95cm
- Toomi: 50cm
- Iimori: 40cm
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Hakuba 47
- Mostly open
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Line AB
- Line C
- Line E
Available courses:
- All courses now available
Official snow depth:
- Top: 95cm
- Base: 25cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
- Part open
Operating lifts:
- Eve Gondola
- Han-no-ki high speed
- Tsuga Number 2 pair
- Shirakaba quad
- Maruyama Number 1 quad
- Tsugaike Chuo triple
- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner II
- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner III
- Kane-no-naru-oka Romance
Available courses:
- Tsuga-no-mori
- Han-kou
- Han-no-ki
- Shirakaba
- Upper Forest
- Lower Forest
- Maruyama (part)
- Kane-no-naru-oka (part)
- Oya-no-hara (part)
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 78cm
- Han-no-ki: 78cm
- Maruyama: 35cm
- Shirakaba: 30cm
- Champion: -cm
- Oya-no-hara: 25cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 20cm
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Hakuba Cortina
- Part open
Operating lifts:
- Number 1
- Number 2
- Number 3
- Number 4
- Number 5
Available courses:
- Ikenota
- Hieda Forest
- Mt Hieda 1
- Itadaira
- Ipponmatsu
- Itadaira Forest
- Rabbit
- Kamoshika
Official snow depth:
- Top: 93cm
- Base: 55cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- 3 Sen North
- 4 Sen East
- View 2
Available courses:
- North
- East
- View C
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 60cm
- Village Side: 10cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
- Part open
Operating lifts:
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 4 pair
- Alps Number 5 pair
- Alps Number 6 pair
Official snow depth:
- 80cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
- Part open
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 pair
- Number 3 quad
- Number 6 quad
Available courses:
- Course 3
- Course 2
Official snow depth:
- 50cm
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Hakuba Sanosaka
- Closed
b>Operating lifts:
- None today
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Tuesday 25th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 72cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (20th December) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 72cm reported on 8 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.