Hakuba Now: Sunday 27th December 2015
- Dec 27, 2015
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 55cm
Posted on Sunday 27th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
A fabulously happy morning to you from Hakuba where snow is arriving in style.
About 12cm here outside my place but resorts reporting some very good numbers from the slopes. Here's the numbers (of fresh snowfall) that are available:
Hakuba 47 - 10cm base, 40cm upper areas
Hakuba Goryu - 15cm Toomi, 20cm Iimori, 35cm upper
Hakuba Cortina - 20-30cm of fresh snow
I have updated what seems to be open at resorts in the areas below so please check those details out. The good news is that Hakuba Cortina are able to open today as well as Hakuba Iwatake and there are more lifts and courses at other resorts now opening up.
With the snow continuing to fall and resorts keen to open up as much as possible as quickly as possible, it's a situation that will be changing rapidly.
Happo-one seems to be having a problem with their website (overload?) and somewhat struggling to get clear info out but they planned to have the Skyline Number 2 pair lift and Skyline Course open from this morning. I am also hearing of issues with the Kokusai Number 1 lift this morning but it may be back up and running soon. To get up to the upper area, use either the Kita One quad lift or Gondola.
Apologies for the later report this morning. There's just so much information to check (and not all of it the easiest to find either). I hope that what I'm providing this morning is a fairly clear picture of the situation. Oh for the day when every resort in the area is finally 'FULLY OPEN'! Hopefully that is now not too far off. I'm sure we are all looking forward to it.
(Phew!)
Oh yes, after all that forgot to say: snow forecast for day with limited visibility on the slopes. It's cold this morning, wrap up well and take care.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of new snowfall at base and up to 40cm higher up.
Upper Route 1, Route 2, Route 3, Route 4, Route 5, Route 6 and Route 8 courses are open.
Planned lifts:
Gondola
Line AB
Line C
Line E
Official snow depth
Upper: 120cm
Base: 15cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 15cm of new snowfall at base and 35cm on upper areas.
The upper Panorama Course, Grand Prix and Super courses are open as well as the lower Toomi run and the Soft Cream course in the Iimori area.
The open upper and lower areas are not yet connected - gondola is 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
Milky Four lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 65cm
Iimori: -cm
Toomi: 20cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
The Usagidaira, Panorama and Kurobishi areas are open. Skyline is planned to be open this morning.
Further details are unconfirmed this morning. Possible changes this morning.
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Usagidaira pair lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kokusai Number 1 lift
Kita One quad lift
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 50cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Sakka: -cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina open from this morning, reporting 20-30cm of fresh snow and a snow depth of 50cm higher up.
Courses open - Ikenota, Mt Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda 1 (lower).
Planned lifts:
Number 2 quad lift
Number 4 pair lift
Official snow depth
Top: 50cm
Base: 20cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The upper Tsuga-no-mori area and upper part of the Han-no-ki course areas are open as well as part of the lower Kane-no-naru-oka area.
Planned lifts:
Eve Gondola
Tsuga Number 1 pair lift
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner II lift
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 132cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 35cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
The North and East runs are open.
Planned lifts:
Noah Gondola
3Sen North
4Sen Line East
Line Lift
Official snow depth
Upper: 50cm
Lower: 10cm
Kashimayari:
Course 2 is open
Planned lifts:
Number 2 pair lift
Unconfirmed at time of writing:
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hakuba Sanosaka
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Data as of Sunday 27th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 55cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 45cm reported on 6 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.