Hakuba Now: Friday 4th December 2015
- Dec 4, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 25cm
Posted on Friday 4th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It's snowing!
Yes, it's coming down nicely at the moment. I was just up by the base of Hakuba 47 and there was around 20cm of fresh underfoot. Less of that in the central village areas but 15cm outside my place.
The snow started last night but has really turned into decent snowfall from early this morning. If it keeps on snowing like this then we can expect more lifts and courses to be open for the weekend... if it's not too windy. Snow is forecast through today and tomorrow as well with clearer skies due on Sunday.
Strong winds on mountain are actually preventing Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen to open their lifts as planned at the time of writing this report, though it looks like Hakuba Goryu are going ahead as planned. All subject to change of course.
Post weekend clearer weather conditions will prevail so we want as much as possible over the next two days.
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Resorts that are currently at least part open
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 reporting 15-20cm at base and higher up - surely more up there!
The base area of Hakuba 47 base is not yet open but the top area of Goryu/47 is open. Get up there via the Hakuba Goryu gondola.
2500 yen for adults, 1350 yen for children.
Planned lifts:
Line E will be closed today as the resort supplements the real snow with artificial snow (hopefully that won't actually be needed!)
Official snow depth
Upper: 60cm
Base: 15cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu reporting 15-20cm of snow on upper slopes.
The upper area of Hakuba Goryu is open along with one of the Hakuba 47 lifts.
2500 yen for adults; 1350 yen for children
Planned lifts:
Telecabin Gondola (to get to the open area)
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 50cm
Iimori: -cm
Toomi: -cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
The Panorama course of Happo-one is planned to be open but strong winds preventing that at time of writing report.
2600 yen for adults; 1600 yen for children
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola (to get to the open area)
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 30cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Sakka: -cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Part of the upper area of Tsugaike Kogen are planned to be open but poor weather conditions are preventing the lifts from moving at the time of this report.
3500 yen for adults; 2000 yen for children
Planned lifts:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 44cm
Maruyama: 0cm
Other planned resort opening dates
12th December:
Kashimayari
Hakuba Cortina
18th December
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Mid December until late March
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hakuba Sanosaka
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Data as of Friday 4th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 15cm 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.