Hakuba Now: Saturday 2nd December 2017
- Dec 2, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 56cm
Posted on Saturday 2nd December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba everyone.
Snow started falling in the afternoon yesterday and this morning I am measuring 9cm of fresh snowfall.
Once again in my reports this season, I will be telling you how much that I measure near (Happo-one) base, backed up with other numbers and observations I hear from colleagues. I will also report to you the snowfall numbers that the ski resorts themselves report. I'll make the numbers as clear as I possibly can. Do keep in mind of course that there will be more or less snow in every area. If you are by Hakuba Goryu base, you might well experience different numbers than I measure here at Happo-one; and different still if you are up at Hakuba Cortina. What I can promise you is consistency in what I am reporting.
And of course, I have no control over what the resorts report! And when they report it. (Etc!)
Anyway, enough of the disclaimers! Here's the fresh snowfall reported by the resorts this morning:
- Hakuba 47: 15cm
No other numbers I can find just at the moment but it looks like there should be a nice new layer of snow to play in on upper slopes.
The currently cloudy skies are due to clear as the day goes on, and tomorrow we are expecting sunshine from early on. It should be a very fine day.
And we can look forward to potentially decent snowfall in the first part of the coming week.
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Gondola Adam
- Panorama pair lift
- Alpen quad lift
- Kokusai Number 1 pair lift
- Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
- Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Courses open:
- Panorama area
- Usagidaira area
- Kurobishi area
- Skyline area
Official snow depth:
- Usagidaira: 100cm
- Kurobishi: 130cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Goryu Telecabin (gondola)
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lift
Courses open:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
Official snow depth:
- Top: 105cm
- Toomi: 5cm
Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Line 8 Gondola
- Line AB pair lift
- Line C quad lift
- Line E high speed pair lift
Courses open:
- Route 1 (* upper area only)
- Route 2
- Route 3
- Route 4
- Route 5
- Route 6
- Route 8
Official snow depth:
- Top: 95cm
- Base: 10cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts
- EVE Gondola
- Tsuga Number 2 pair lift (*** on hold at time of writing due to weather)
- Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Courses open:
- Tsuga-no-mori
- Han-kou
Official snow depth:
- Top: 85cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Saturday 2nd December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 56cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 9cm reported on 1 day |
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.