Hakuba Now: Friday 26th December 2014
- Dec 26, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 241cm
Posted on Friday 26th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The snow clouds remain over Hakuba this morning.
It's a cold start to the day with light snow lazily falling from the skies as I sit here writing this report. A thin layer of snow at base with ski-jo generally reporting around 10cm of fresh on the slopes this morning.
Hakuba Cortina coming up with the most goods and apparently 25cm on the upper areas over there.
We are expecting milder weather patterns to move in by tomorrow and perhaps even the weekend will see sunny conditions in the region. Bring a camera!
The 'Nighta' situation
This information is mentioned in the area below for each of the resorts but I thought I would mention the options available for 'night skiing'. Great fun when the conditions are right - a bit like an ice-skating rink when they're not. Time it well though and it can be fantastic.
Hakuba Goryu and Hakuba Cortina are open for floodlit nighta every day until 31st March.
The night skiing at Happo-one will begin from tomorrow and then be open every day until the middle of March.
Nighta at Kashiyamari is every day until 15th March (*sorry, I had that down as until 31st March in the report until today - my mistake).
At Tsugaike Kogen there is night skiing from tomorrow until 1st January and then mainly on Saturdays.
There is no nighta at the Hakuba 47, Hakuba Norikura Onsen and Hakuba Iwatake resort areas.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 26th December 2014. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 20cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 5cm 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 5cm of fresh this morning.
All courses open.
Tree Riding Zone not open yet.
- Upper - 250cm
- 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.
Nakiyama night skiing will start from tomorrow (27th December) from 5pm until 9pm.
Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open.
- Usagidaira - 240cm
- Nakiyama - 120cm
- Sakka - 120cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 25cm of new snowfall on upper areas and 15cm on lower areas.
Resort now mostly open.
Night skiing every day until 31st March.
- Upper - 320cm
- Lower - 210cm
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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; after that mostly Saturdays.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 275cm
- Maruyama - 145cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
Resort is mostly open, still a number of runs yet to open though.
- Upper - 210cm
- Lower - 120cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Resort is mostly open.
- 230cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
Night skiing every day until 15th March.
- 160cm
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 26th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 241cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 241cm reported on 19 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.