It's a cloudy morning in Hakuba, with some very light snow trying it's hardest since early morning, after that clear and beautiful day that we had yesterday.

No new snowfall in terms of cm though at both base and upper elevations.

It is relatively mild this morning though, and according to the local forecast there is a chance of some rain in the village, though at higher elevations I would expect that to be snow if anything. A look at the webcams shows snow is actually falling on those upper slopes at the moment.

Yesterday, Hakuba 47 actually opened up more of it's slopes and has done so again today. The upper part of Route 1 and Route 2,5 and 6 are now open - basically the top and upper middle chunk of the resort area. The Gondola at 47 is not yet moving though, so access is still via Hakuba Goryu.

Hakuba Goryu have their Panorama and Grand Prix courses open.

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Official snow depth numbers and operations (as of 30th November 2013):

Hakuba Goryu
Upper - 80cm
Iimori - 0cm
Toomi - 0cm
Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3.

Hakuba 47:
Upper - 80cm
Lower - 15cm
Lifts operating: Line C, Line E

Happo-one:
Usagidaira - 90cm
Nakiyama - 0cm
Sakka - 0cm
Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair, Kokusai Number 1 pair. The Gondola and Kokusai Number 1 are just for 'getting there'.

Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 105cm
Maruyama - 30cm
Kanenonaruoka - 30cm
Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair lift

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Other resorts planned opening dates:
Hakuba Norikura - mid December
Cortina - 14th December
Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December