Hakuba Now: Sunday 7th December 2014
- Dec 7, 2014
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 38cm
Posted on Sunday 7th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
There has been another 5-10cm or so of fresh snow in the village and base areas this morning. More higher up - Happo-one telling us there was 15cm of fresh up on the Usagidaira area of the resort.
It was snowing good last night though it must have eased off overnight. Still, daily top-ups at are certainly a good thing.
It doesn't look like there's much change on the open lift/courses front this morning with operations pretty much as they were yesterday.
The forecast tells us that it might actually clear up a bit today and for the next significant snow to be arriving at the end of the coming week. Before then we might get a mix of sometime snow showers, sun and rain.
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Happo-one
Happo has 4 lifts moving again morning, same as yesterday. The resort is reporting snow depth of 20cm at base and 95cm at Usagidaira, with another 15cm of fresh snow at Usagidaira.
Official Snow depths:
Base - 20cm
Usagidaira - 95cm
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)
-Please note, can't yet ski back down to base.
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Hakuba 47
Hakuba 47 is almost all open.
Official Snow depths:
Base - 45cm
Upper - 95cm
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.
-The Tree Riding Zone is not open yet.
Open lifts:
-Gondola
-Line A
-Line C
-Line E
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Hakuba Goryu
The top area of Hakuba Goryu is open. Looks like they have opened the Super Course as well.
Official Snow depths:
Base - n/a
Alps Daira - 90cm
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
-Super Course
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Tsugaike Kogen
Part of the upper slopes of Tsugaike Kogen is open.
Official Snow depths:
Base - n/a
Upper - 133cm
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
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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 Sunday 7th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 38cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (4th, 5th and 7th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 38cm reported on 5 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.