Hello and good morning from Hakuba.

Beautiful weather in the region yesterday with clear blue skies in the morning and just some thin cloud developing in the afternoon, but it remained fine and sunny through the day.

This morning there's lots more cloud around from the start of the day. It's going to be mild during the daytime but some local forecasts also say that we might have snow falling by the end of the day.

Check out the weekly forecast (top tab on this page)! Excellent. If that happens, we're going to be having a very good week and by next weekend we'll be looking at a very different and improved situation overall. Might I soon be able to replace the daily 'what's open today' info (below) to a much more simpler and happier 'everywhere is fully open'? :)

Bring on that heavy snow please.

Today is the second day of the long weekend and so it will be busy on the slopes.

Until tomorrow when hopefully that forecast won't have changed.

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Resort news as of 8:40am on Sunday 8th January 2017:

All information as available and subject to change during the day due to weather and snow conditions.

Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
The top connection with Hakuba Goryu is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- All lifts are operating.
- All courses now open apart from Route 7.
- The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open.
Official snow depth
Upper: 125cm
Base: 20cm

Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
The top connection with Hakuba 47 is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- All lifts apart from the Cosmo quad lift are operating.
The following courses are open:
- Grand Prix
- Panorama
- Super
- Champion Dynamic
- Woody
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
- Merry Land
- Powder Snow
Official snow depth
Alps: 130cm
Toomi: 30cm
Iimori: 20cm

Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
You can ski or board back down to base via the Riesen Slalom and Nakiyama South course.Downloading via Gondola or lift required in the other areas.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Most lifts are now operating with just a number of base area lifts still to get moving.
The following courses are open:
- Kurobishi
- Usagidaira
- Skyline
- Riesen (part)
- Panorama
- Nakiyama South (part)
- Kita-one 3
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 90cm
Kurobishi: 120cm
Lower: 25cm

Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsugaike Kogen is mostly open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Most lifts are now operating.
The following courses are open:
- Kane-no-naru-oka areas are part open.
- All other course areas are available.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 125cm
Han-no-ki: 120cm
Maruyama: 40cm
Oya-no-hara: 25cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 25cm

Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is now mostly open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Number 6 and 7 lifts are not operating yet.
- Itadaira One course closed.
- Connection to Hakuba Norikura from top area only.
Official snow depth:
Top: 135cm
Base: 75cm

Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field is part open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- Paradise triple
- 3-sen North lift
- 4-sen East lift
- 5-sen South lift
The following courses are at least part open:
- East
- North
- South (part)
- Gezan (part)
- Sunny Valley (part)
- Paradise (part)
- by1
Official snow depth:
Top: 65cm
Base: 30cm

Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Hakuba Norikura Onsen is mostly open.
Lift info:
- All but one lift are now operating with most courses planned to be open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 85cm

Kashimayari:
Kashimayari is part open.
Operating lifts:
- Number 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 lifts.
Official snow depth:
Top: 30cm

Hakuba Sanosaka:
Hakuba Sanosaka is part open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 30cm

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Please note that Yanaba ski hill will not be opening for the 2016-2017 season