Hakuba Now: Thursday 5th December 2019
- Dec 5, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 10cm
Posted on Thursday 5th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
UPDATE
Excellent news this afternoon - some ski lifts will be moving from tomorrow morning. This is what I can confirm this afternoon at the time of writing:
Hakuba Happo-one will be open from 8:30am. The Gondola, Kokusai Number 3 pair lift and Panorama pair lifts will be operating, with the Panorama course area open. They are reporting 60cm of snowfall.
Hakuba 47 will open upper area from 10:00am. Line E, Route 8 open. Access via Hakuba Goryu gondola...
Hakuba Goryu will also be open from 8:15am, with the top area of the resort open.
No confirmation of anything yet from Tsugaike.
I will bring you as many details as I can tomorrow morning - the report might be a bit later as information is gathered....
ORIGINAL MORNING REPORT
Good morning from Hakuba.
Some snow on (and off sometimes down to base) during the day yesterday and more overnight.
Hakuba Happo-one appears to be reporting a snow depth of 55-60cm on the upper areas of the resort and 5cm down at base Nakiyama... as well as 5-30cm (base to top) of fresh snow.
The only other number I can see from resorts just at the moment is 5cm on the upper slopes from Hakuba 47. That seem rather different from the Happo-one numbers, but I think we can take it that there's been a nice layer of snow on the mountain.
There's some snow on the ground around base too - about 4-5cm of it. And of course that observed number is the one that I record and report to you every morning. Hopefully there will be more to report tomorrow.
Once more snow falls and ski resorts get to open bit by bit, whenever that is there'll be a flurry of news. I'll try to keep up with it!
Planned ski resort opening dates:
As soon as there is enough snow
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Data as of Thursday 5th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 10cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 4cm (30th November and 5th December) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 6cm 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.