Hakuba Now: Tuesday 30th December 2014
- Dec 30, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 256cm
Posted on Tuesday 30th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Snow falling and generally poor visibility out on the mountains yesterday, though not a huge amount in terms of cm.
Heavy snow falling at the moment in Hakuba - it's really coming down with purpose! That's what we like to see. :)
Just a few cm on the ground in the village overnight but if it carries on falling like this it will soon be piling up. Resorts around the valley generally reporting around 5cm of snow, bit more bit less depending - check the numbers that are available below.
It's not actually that cold this morning with the thermometer outside telling me that it's currently +1C. Not much of a wind either. Just snow coming down.
Poor visibility out on the slopes with all this snow falling this morning and foggy conditions. Expecting slightly milder conditions tomorrow with clearer skies during the day, with a return to snow in the evening. Going to get quite a bit colder as well as we go into 2015 and the year should start off with a heavy snow in the region.
A number of 'Countdown' events planned for tomorrow night, as well as some healthy nightlife activities around the village I'm sure! Hopefully the weather won't prevent the fireworks from going up.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 30th December 2014. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 3cm at Toomi.
All lifts operating. All courses open except Adventure Course.
Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March.
Early morning skiing from 6:30am until 4th January (and then on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).
- Alps Daira - 270cm
- Toomi - 170cm
- Iimori - 160cm
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Hakuba 47:
No numbers in yet at the time of writing.
All courses open.
Tree Riding Zone open.
- Upper - 265cm
- Lower - 140cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 6cm of fresh snowfall at Riesen.
Good news in that the Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift is back running from this morning.
Night skiing at Nakiyama every day until mid March.
Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open.
- Usagidaira - 240cm
- Nakiyama - 110cm
- Sakka - 120cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 2-5cm of new snowfall.
Night skiing every day until 31st March.
- Upper - 280cm
- Lower - 185cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Next night skiing through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 265cm
- Maruyama - 145cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
Most of Iwatake is now open.
- Upper - 210cm
- Lower - 125cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reporting 2cm of fresh snowfall.
Resort is mostly open.
- 220cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
Night skiing every day until 15th March.
- 170cm
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Tuesday 30th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 256cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 256cm reported on 22 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.