Hakuba Now: Saturday 6th December 2014
- Dec 6, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 28cm
Posted on Saturday 6th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Well, well, it's all very exciting this morning.
More snow this morning - though not a huge amount - and for the moment as I write this it's cloudy but snow is forecast to continue on and off through the day today, maybe easing off by tomorrow.
With the continued snow there's lots to report this morning, so let's get right to it.
Happo-one
Happo has 4 lifts moving this morning and more runs opening, as noted below. The resort is reporting snow depth of 15cm at base and 85cm at Usagidaira, with 15cm of fresh snow at Usagidaira this morning.
Open lifts:
-Kokusai Number 3
-Panorama
-Alpen Quad
-Kurobishi Number 2 Quad
-Adam Gondola and Kokusai Number 1 lifts open to take people up to the open area
Open courses:
-Panorama
-Usagidaira
-Kurobishi (part)
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Hakuba 47
Hakuba 47 is almost all open this morning from 8am.
Open courses:
-Upper part of Route 1
-Route 2
-Route 3
-Route 5
-Route 6
-Route 8.
-The lower part of Route 1 and Route 7 are skiable 'at your own risk' which I think is the best way to translate 'jiko sekinin'.
-Route 4 is the only one closed as they deal with the snow, apparently.
Open lifts:
-Gondola
-Line A
-Line C
-Line E
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Hakuba Goryu
The top area of Hakuba Goryu is open this morning.
Open lifts:
-Alps Number 1 Pair lift
-Alps Number 3 Pair lift
-Gondola is open to take people up to the open area
Open courses:
-Alps Daira Panorama
-Alps Daira Grand Prix
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Tsugaike Kogen
Part of the upper slopes of Tsugaike Kogen is open.
Open lifts:
-Han-no-ki High Speed Pair
-Gondola is open to take people up to the open area
Open courses:
-Upper part of Han-no-ki
Other planned opening dates:
Hakuba Sanosaka - mid December
Hakuba Norikura Onsen - mid December
Kashimayari Sports Village - Saturday 13th December
Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December
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Data as of Saturday 6th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 28cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (4th and 5th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 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.