Hakuba Now: Saturday 26th December 2015
- Dec 26, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 43cm
Posted on Saturday 26th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba where it is snowing, I am very happy to report.
Resorts around the area seem to be generally reporting up to 10cm of fresh.
As usual Hakuba 47 seem to be juggling what is open over there and reacting to the snowfall, but for the moment it looks like the other resorts that are open remain open with the same lifts and courses. For now. If this snow continues we can of course expect more openings very soon.
Hakuba Cortina are this morning reporting 10cm which of course isn't enough to get open, but the forecast for the region is for continued snow today and tomorrow. Cortina is of course well known for being a place that often enjoys huge amounts of snow dumpage during a storm, so let's hope that tonight and tomorrow delivers.
I hope to bring exciting news in my report tomorrow. Wrap up warm if you plan to be here, it's going to get very cold.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of new snowfall this morning.
Upper Route 1, Route 2, Route 4, Route 5, Route 6 and upper Route 8 courses are open.
Planned lifts:
Gondola
Line AB
Line C
Line E
Official snow depth
Upper: 80cm
Base: 3cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of new snowfall, but there was definitely some!
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: 20cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Happo-one is reporting 10cm of new snowfall this morning.
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: 79cm
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 Saturday 26th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 43cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 33cm reported on 5 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.