Hakuba Now: Friday 6th December 2024
- Dec 6, 2024
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 46cm
Posted on Friday 6th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
It's snowing and there's a few cm on the ground around base areas. I just cleared almost 3cm off the roof of my car.
Ski areas seem to be reporting about 10cm of snow at higher elevations.
Lots of snow is still forecast through Sunday, so this is just a warm up. Hopefully!
Another ski lift (and few top runs) at Goryu are now open and we can expect more to quickly open up once the snow arrives...
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 85cm
Lifts:
Telecabin gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Courses:
Panorama
Grand Prix
Super
Technical
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the ski runs that are open
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 10cm
Base: -
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 85cm
Base: 10cm
Ski lifts:
All lifts operating (apart from Line D which usually only operates when the gondola is closed)
Courses:
Route 1 (upper section)
Route 2
Route 3
Route 4
Route 5
Route 6
Route 8
Notes:
The Hakuba 47 base area is now open, but you can't yet ski/board back to base (take the gondola)
The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 13cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 12cm
Nakiyama (800m): -
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 65cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 62cm
Nakiyama (800m): -cm
Ski lifts:
Adam Gondola
Panorama pair
Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
Courses:
Panorama
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the Panorama ski run that is open
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 91cm
Base: 8cm
Ski lifts:
Eve Gondola
Han-no-ki pair lift
Courses:
Han-no-ki
Notes:
Take the gondola up to (and down from) the ski run that is open
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Other planned opening dates for ski areas around Hakuba. All are subject to change and depend on snowfall.
Friday 13th December 2024:
Jigatake
Saturday 14th December 2024:
Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Kashimayari
Friday 20th December 2024:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Friday 6th December 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 46cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (30th November) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 4cm 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.