Hakuba Now: Saturday 25th December 2021
- Dec 25, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 89cm
Posted on Saturday 25th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba and Happy Christmas.
For this weekend there's not much fresh snow to report - just yet (some being reported on the mountains this morning) - but ski areas are doing their best to open up as much as possible.
One notable opening is the top Grat quad at Happo-one. And I can see that the Tree Riding Zones at Hakuba 47 are also now available.
A few days of good consistent snowfall would really get places open fully and if the forecasts are correct then the next few days should deliver. It's fairly mild for now but should be getting gradually colder during the day.
See you tomorrow with news of snow :)
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 183cm
Hakuba 47: 195cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 174cm
Hakuba Cortina: 114cm (I think they only started counting late...)
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 190cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 160cm
- Toomi: 85cm
Lift operations (planned):
- Telecabin gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lift
- Toomi quad
- Milky four
- Number 6 pair
Course openings (planned):
- All top area open
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
- Powder Snow
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 5cm
- Lower: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 155cm
- Base: 45cm
Planned lift & course openings:
- All scheduled lifts open (Line D usually only opens when the gondola is not operating)
- All but one small areas of official runs now open
- Tree Riding Zones also open
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 5cm
- Usagidaira: 11cm
- Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 110cm
- Usagidaira: 103cm
- Nakiyama: 35cm
Planned lift operations:
- Adam Gondola
- Grat quad
- Panorama pair lift
- Kokusai Number 1 pair lift
- Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
- Alpen quad lift
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
- Skyline Number 2 pair lift
- Kita one quad
- Riesen quad
- Nakayama Number 3 triple
Planned course openings:
- Panorama course
- Usagidaira course
- Kurobishi course
- Skyline
- Tenbo
- Usuba Cat
- Riesen Slalom
- Nakiyama South
- Shirakaba South
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 85cm
- Village Side: 20cm
Lift operations (planned):
- View 2
- 4 Sen East
- 5 Sen South
- Gondola
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 163cm
- Lower: 50cm
Lift operations:
- Most lifts now open
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 80cm
Lift operations (planned):
- Alps Number 4 pair lift
- Alps Number 5 lift
- Alps Number 6 lift
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 2cm
- Lower: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 110cm
- Base: 65cm
Lift operations:
- All lifts apart from Number 5 pair open
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Saturday 25th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 89cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 60cm reported on 7 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.