Hakuba Now: Friday 30th December 2016
- Dec 30, 2016
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 65cm
Posted on Friday 30th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba and more snow to report.
As noted in the details below resorts are reporting generally around 20cm of snow on upper slopes, with Cortina coming in and reporting an impressive 40-50cm up there. (Less here at base levels, as is often the case of course, so keep an eye on all of these numbers).
At the moment it is mostly cloudy but there's a bit of blue sky to be seen in places too. Local forecasts do say we can expect clearer skies this afternoon so perhaps it's going to gradually clear up.
There's a bit of a wind causing issues over at Hakuba Goryu and 47 early on by the looks of things - at the time of writing top lifts were on standby waiting for the wind to ease off.
Good to see Hakuba Sanosaka opening up as well, at last.
Enjoy the day.
Hakuba 47:
The resort is reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall.
The upper course connection with Goryu is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- All lifts operating
- 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 1cm (?, Toomi), 5cm (Iimori) and 25cm (top) of fresh snowfall.
The upper course connection with Hakuba 47 is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1
- Alps Number 3
- Alps Number 2/4
- Toomi Sky Four
- Toomi Number 1 pair
- Toomi Number 2 pair
- Milky Four
The following courses are open:
- Grand Prix
- Panorama
- Super
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
Official snow depth
Alps: 125cm
Toomi: 35cm
Iimori: 20cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is currently part open but more opening up now.
You can now ski or board back down to base via the Riesen Slalom and Nakiyama courses.
Downloading via Gondola or lift required in the other areas.
The resort is reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- Grat quad (for climbing)
- Alpen quad
- Riesen quad
- Usagidaira pair
- Nakiyama 3 triple
- 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
- Riesen (part)
- Panorama
- Nakiyama South (part)
- Kita-one 3
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 90cm
Kurobishi: 110cm
Lower: 25cm
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
- Shirakaba quad
- Maruyama Number 1 quad
- Tsugaike Number 1 pair
- Tsugaike central triple
- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner II
- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner III
The following courses are open:
- Upper Han-no-ki
- Lower Han-no-ki
- Tsuga-no-mori
- Forest course (part)
- Shirakaba
- Champion (part)
- Maruyama
- Kane-no-naru-oka
- Oya-no-hara (part)
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 125cm
Han-no-ki: 105cm
Oya-no-hara: 40cm
Maruyama: 40cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is currently part open.
The resort is reporting up to 30cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 40-50cm on upper areas. (Note to self: worth investigating!)
Operating lifts and course info:
- Number 1 pair
- Number 2 quad
- Number 3 quad
- Number 4 pair
- Number 5 pair
The following courses are at least part open:
- Ikenota
- Hieda Rinkan
- Mt Hieda 1
- Itadaira
- Ipponmatsu
- Rabbit
- Snake
- Kamoshika
- Itadaira Rinkan
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Base: 100cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field is currently part open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- View 2
- 3-sen North lift
- 4-sen East lift
The following courses are at least part open:
- View C (part)
- East
- North
- Paradise (part)
Official snow depth:
Top: 55cm
Base: -cm
Kashimayari:
Kashimayari is currently part open.
Operating lifts:
- Number 1 quad
- Number 2 pair
- Number 3 quad
- Number 6 quad
- Number 7 pair
Official snow depth:
Top: 35cm
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: 70cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Hakuba Sanosaka is opening at last from today!
Official snow depth:
Top: 25cm
Please note that Yanaba ski hill will not be opening for the 2016-2017 season.
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Data as of Friday 30th December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 65cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (8th December) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 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.