Hakuba Now: Wednesday 28th December 2016
- Dec 28, 2016
- 4 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 58cm
Posted on Wednesday 28th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
A good morning to you from Hakuba and thankfully it is a much (much) better one than yesterday.
Yes, there's fresh snowfall on the ground. About 10cm of it in the village and resorts reporting various amounts, but mostly around 20cm on upper areas with Cortina going up to 30cm of fresh. A good foot, I like that.
Hakuba 47: up to 20cm on upper areas
Hakuba Goryu: 10-20cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 20cm
Hakuba Cortina: 30cm
This is what we want to be able to report... every day! (Well, most days would be fine too!)
There was a gusty wind blowing about earlier on but it seems to be less so now and doesn't appear to be affecting lift operations around the resorts. At the moment here in the village it is just cloudy with those snow clouds hanging on.
Some of the lifts and courses that were closed yesterday are back up and running and the biggest change I can see so far this morning is a bigger areas of the Tsugaike Kogen, Cortina and Norikura due to open up. As always see below for more updated details.
The forecast shows clearer conditions possible later on today and tomorrow morning with a return to snowfall later tomorrow.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is now mostly open.
The resort is reporting up to 20cm of fresh snowfall.
Gondola downloading no longer required - you can ski/board to base.
The upper course connection with Goryu is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- Line A.B
- Line C
- Line E
All courses now open apart from Route 7.
The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open.
Official snow depth
Line C Upper: 110cm
Base: 20cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is currently part open.
The resort is reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall.
Gondola downloading required back to base.
The upper course connection with Hakuba 47 is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1
- Alps Number 3
- Toomi Sky Four
- Toomi Number 1 pair
- Milky Four
The following courses are open:
- Grand Prix
- Panorama
- Super
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
Official snow depth
Alps: 110cm
Toomi: 30cm
Iimori: 20cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is currently part open.
The resort is reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall.
Downloading via Gondola or Kokusai Number 1 pair lift required.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- Grat quad (for climbing)
- Alpen quad
- Usagidaira pair
- Panorama pair
- Kokusai Number 1
- Kokusai Number 3
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad
- Kurobishi Number 3 pair
- Skyline Number 2 pair
- Sakka Kita-one quad
The following courses are open:
- Kurobishi
- Usagidaira
- Skyline
- Panorama
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 80cm
Kurobishi: 110cm
Lower: -cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsugaike Kogen is currently part open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Eve Gondola
- Han-no-ki pair
- Tsuga Number 1 pair
- Tsuga Number 2 pair
The following courses are open:
- Han-no-ki
- Tsuga-no-mori
- Lower Han-no-ki (part)
- Maruyama (part)
- Kane-no-naru-oka (part)
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 105cm
Han-no-ki: 80cm
Oya-no-hara: -cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is currently part open.
The resort is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Number 1 pair
- Number 2 quad
- Number 4 pair lift
The following courses are at least part open:
- Ikenoda
- Mt Hieda 1
- Mt Hieda Rinkan
- Itadaria
- Ipponmatsu
- Other courses being checked and likely to open
Official snow depth:
Top: 110cm
Base: 70cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field is currently part open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- 3-sen North lift
- 4-sen East lift
The following courses are at least part open:
- East
- North
Official snow depth:
Top: 50cm
Base: -cm
Kashimayari:
Kashimayari is currently part open.
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 pair
- Number 3 quad
- Number 6 quad
Official snow depth:
Top: 30cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Hakuba Norikura Onsen is currently part open with 4 courses available.
Lift info:
- Alps Number 1
- Alps Number 4
- Alps Number 5
- Alps Number 6
Official snow depth:
Top: 30cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Hakuba Sanosaka planned to open but has delayed opening... maybe tomorrow apparently!
Please note that Yanaba ski hill will not be opening for the 2016-2017 season.
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 28th December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 58cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (8th December) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 57cm reported on 10 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.