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Hakuba Now: Saturday 4th January 2020

  • Jan 4, 2020
  • 3 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 44cm

Posted on Saturday 4th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Cortina are reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall, Tsugaike appear to be reporting 40cm and Hakuba Goryu are reporting 30cm. These numbers are more like it!


Less so down in the base areas of course, which is where I report from, but a bunch of new cm. Head up to the mountains though and conditions should be very nice this morning.


The Kitaone 3 pair lift at Happo-one is open this morning and it seems the Kitaone course is now available.


I'll leave it at that for today. Oh yes, we should be on for more snowfall tonight.


Hope you have a fine day.


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Hakuba Happo-one


Operating lifts:

- Happo Gondola Adam

- Kokusai Number 1 pair lift

- Kokusai Number 3 pair lift

- Panorama pair lift

- Alpen lift

- Kurobishi Number 2 lift

- Usagidaira pair lift

- Skyline Number 1 lift

- Skyline Number 2 lift

- Nakiyama Number 3 lift

- Riesen quad lift

- Sakka Kita One quad lift

- Kita One 3 pair

- Grat quad (*sightseeing only)


Courses open:

- Panorama

- Usagidaira

- Kurobishi

- Skyline

- Riesen (some restrictions)

- Kitaone

- Base areas not yet open - get lifts back down to base


Official snow depth:

- Kurobishi: 130cm

- Usagidaira: 100cm

- Nakiyama: 15cm


Hakuba 47


Operating lifts:

- Gondola

- Line A B pair lift

- Line C quad lift

- Line E pair lift


Courses open:

- All main courses now open

- Tree Riding Zones not yet available


Official snow depth:

- Top: 110cm

- Base: 35cm


Hakuba Goryu


Operating lifts:

- Gondola (need to take the gondola back to base from the open upper area)

- Alps Number 1 pair

- Alps Number 3 pair

- Alps Number 2/4 pair

- Toomi Sky Four quad

- Toomi Number 1 pair

- Milky Four quad


Courses open:

- Panorama

- Grand Prix

- Technical

- Super

- Toomi (part)

- Soft Cream


Official snow depth:

- Alps: 95cm

- Toomi: ?cm

- Iimori: 50cm


Tsugaike Kogen


Operating lifts:

- Gondola

- Han-no-ki pair

- Tsuga Number 2 pair

- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner II

- Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner III

- Maruyama Number 1 quad

- Tsugaike Central Triple


Courses open:

- Han-kou

- Tsuga-no-mori

- Forest (upper)

- Maruyama (part)

- Kane-no-naru-oka (part)

- Oya-no-hara (part)


Official snow depth:

- Tsuga-no-mori: 105cm

- Maruyama: 20cm

- Kane-no-naru-oka: 10cm


Hakuba Valley Kashimayari

- Number 2 pair lift

- Number 3 quad lift

- Number 5 pair lift

- Number 6 quad lift

- Course 2, 3 and 5A are open


Hakuba Cortina


Operating lifts:

- Number 1 lift

- Number 2 lift

- Number 4 lift

- Number 5 lift


Operating courses:

- Ikenota

- Ipponmatsu

- Hieda Forest

- Hieda

- Itadaira Forest

- Itadaira


Official snow depth:

- Top: 105cm

- Base: 65cm


Hakuba Norikura Onsen


Operating lifts:

- Alps Number 1 pair

- Alps Number 4 pair

- Alps Number 6 pair


Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field


Operating lifts:

- Gondola

- 4sen East

- 4sen North


Hakuba Sanosaka


Operating lifts:

- Number 2 quad lift



Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Saturday 4th January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 44cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (6th December and 4th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 12cm reported on 4 days



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