Hakuba Now: Tuesday 26th December 2017
- Dec 26, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 147cm
Posted on Tuesday 26th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Lots of strong wind yesterday which ended up affecting lifts. It was one of those days that is probably best reserved for a soak in the onsen.
This morning it has started snowing again and the webcams show some poor visibility out on the slopes.
Here's the fresh snowfall that resorts are reporting this morning:
- Hakuba Cortina 5-10cm
- Hakuba Goryu 1-5cm
- Hakuba 47 0-5cm
- Hakuba Happo-one 2cm
So just a bit of fresh snow out there for the moment, but the promised heavy snow still seems to be imminent and I should be reporting some good numbers over the next few days. :)
It looks like most areas are able to open as normal this morning though I notice that the Skyline Number 2 pair lift at Happo-one will be delayed due to maintenance.
See you tomorrow.
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts (apart from a few lower lifts) are operating
Courses open:
- The majority of course areas are (at least part) open
- Areas still closed: Kurobishi off-piste, Nakiyama Wall, Nakiyama North, Central, Shirakaba North
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 185cm
- Usagidaira: 110cm
- Lower: 50cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 2 & 4 are operating
- Scheduled to be open for nighta until 9:30pm, daily in the Toomi area
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
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
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: 35cm
Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 5 are operating
Courses open:
- Ikenota
- Ikenota Forest
- Hieda Forest
- Mt Hieda 1
- Mt Hieda 2
- Mt Hieda 3
- Itadaira
- Ipponmatsu
- Rabbit
- Snake
- Kamoshika
Official snow depth:
- Top: 161cm
- 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 (part)
- Sunny Valley (part)
- Paradise (part)
- by1 (part)
- by2 (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:
- 70cm
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 Tuesday 26th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 147cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 100cm reported on 12 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.