Hakuba Now: Saturday 5th December 2015
- Dec 5, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 31cm
Posted on Saturday 5th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba and there's more snow to report - generally resorts are reporting 15-30cm of snow from lower to upper areas, less than that since my last report at base here.
With this new snowfall there is more terrain and lifts opening up from this morning. I have added the details below under each resort. It's great to see more opening up. Remember - early season things can change quickly so for the very latest if you are going best to check the official resort websites.
We might get more snow down to village today though with temperatures heading to around 5 degrees it might be rain - but probably snow on the mountains. At this moment though there is even a bit of sunshine breaking through the cloud in places.
Unfortunately beyond today we are looking at more settled and fine weather. 'Fine' as in a good chance of sun and clear skies, and that is due to last for most of the week by the looks of things.
Still the season is going and there is snow to play in. Hopefully we'll get winter settle in good and proper soon.
Resorts that are currently at least part open - subject to change
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 15-30cm of fresh snow this morning.
Planned lifts:
Gondola
Line AB
Line C
Line E
Official snow depth
Upper: 90cm
Base: 30cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu reporting 30cm of snow on upper slopes.
The upper Panorama Course and Grand Prix courses at Hakuba Goryu are now open.
Planned lifts:
Telecabin Gondola (to get to the open area)
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 50cm
Iimori: -cm
Toomi: -cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
More of Happo-one is open from this morning with the Kurobishi, Usagidaira and Panorama areas now skiable.
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 90cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Sakka: -cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The upper part of the Han-no-ki course area is open
Planned lifts:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 97cm
Maruyama: -cm
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 Saturday 5th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 31cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 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.