Hakuba Now: Friday 8th December 2017
- Dec 8, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 87cm
Posted on Friday 8th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was a really beautiful day to be outside and on the mountain.
Increasing clouds moved in later in the day and this morning the snow clouds are back over Hakuba and there's some fresh snow on the ground. Some really nice snow flakes were coming down when I got up earlier on, and while the flakes are smaller it is still snowing and should be (at least on and off) through the day today. Expecting more cm into early tomorrow but finer skies again over the weekend... to be followed by some potentially heavy snow early in the week. Looking good!
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning, and there is 5-10cm on the ground around base areas.
In complete contrast to the fine lovely blue skies of yesterday, this morning visibility on the slopes looks set to be limited - early on at least.
Should be a fine upcoming weekend if you can get here.
Apologies in advance if my report is a little later tomorrow. It's my local community 'end of year party' tonight!
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Gondola Adam
- Panorama pair lift
- Alpen quad lift
- Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
- Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Courses open:
- Panorama area
- Usagidaira area
- Kurobishi area
- Skyline area
Official snow depth:
- Usagidaira: 130cm
- Kurobishi: 165cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Goryu Telecabin (gondola)
- Alps Number 1 pair lift
- Alps Number 3 pair lift
Courses open:
- Panorama
- Grand Prix
- Technical
- Super
Official snow depth:
- Top: 135cm
- Toomi: 50cm
Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Line 8 Gondola
- Line AB pair lift
- Line C quad lift
- Line E high speed pair lift
Courses open:
- Route 1 (* upper area only)
- Route 2
- Route 3
- Route 5
- Route 6
- Route 8
Official snow depth:
- Top: 140cm
- Base: 30cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts
- EVE Gondola
- Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
- Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Courses open:
- Tsuga-no-mori
- Han-kou
Official snow depth:
- Top: 120cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 8th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 87cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 40cm 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.