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Good luck to you all!

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And to todays report...

A few cm or so of fresh snow perhaps on the mountain during the day yesterday and there were some good conditions to be enjoyed up there. It felt something like a mid-winter day, which is what most days should feel like right now of course. A good thing!

Slopes and lifts were less busy as well, certainly over at 47 where I was in the afternoon, as lots of people started making their way back home after the long weekend. It should be much quieter from today.

This morning it is pretty cold here in the village with a dusting of new snow around base areas and light snow falling early. It's mostly cloudy right now with some blue sky to be seen in places and even the sun trying to break through as well.

Snow remains on the forecast over the coming week - hopefully decent amounts and regular as well, obviously. The colder conditions are should stay with us as well.

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6 day forecast for Happo-one:

6 day snow and weather forecast for Happo-one

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Resort news as of 8:45am on Tuesday 12th January 2015 (all subject to change due to weather conditions)

Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall at base and 3cm up top.
All courses apart from Route 7 officially open.
Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season.
Official snow depth
Upper: 145cm
Base: 25cm

Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 1-3cm of fresh snowfall at base and 3cm on upper areas.
Panorama, Grand Prix, Super Course, Champion Dynamic and Woody Courses in upper area; the main Toomi course and the Soft Cream course in the Iimori area are planned to be open today.
Planned lifts:
Telecabin Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Toomi Sky Four lift
Toomi Number 1 pair lift
Toomi Number 2 pair lift
Milky Four lift
Official snow depth
Alps: 150cm
Toomi: 45cm
Iimori: 40cm

Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of new snowfall on upper areas.
Grat (part), Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Kita One and Riesen Slalom areas are planned to be open, lower course areas still closed.
Take one of the Gondola, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Sakka Kita-one quad or Nakiyama Number 3 triple lifts to get back down to base.
Planned lifts:
Adam Gondola
Grat quad lift
Alpen quad lift
Usagidaira pair lift
Happo Riesen quad
Nakiyama Number 3 triple
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Kokusai Number 1 lift
Kokusai Number 3 lift
Panorama pair lift
Kita One quad lift
Kita One Number 3 pair lift
Official snow depth
Usagidaira: 100cm
Nakiyama: 35cm
Sakka: 15cm

Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina reporting 2cm of fresh snow at base and 8cm on upper areas.
The courses at Cortina that remain closed are: Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2 and 3, Itadaria Ridge and Giant.
All other courses are now open.
Planned lifts:
All lifts apart from Number 7 pair lift now operating
Official snow depth
Top: 130cm
Base: 75cm

Tsugaike Kogen:
Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now at least part open.
Planned lifts:
Almost all of the lifts at Tsugaike Kogen are now operating.
Official snow depth
Tsuga-no-mori: 131cm
Maruyama: 40cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 35cm

Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
The North and East courses on Mountain Side are currently open.
Planned lifts:
Noah Gondola
3Sen Line North
4Sen Line East
Line Lift
Official snow depth
Upper: 60cm
Lower: 20cm

Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth
40cm
7 lifts are operating and 7 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen.

Kashimayari:
Planned lifts:
Kashimayari is part open.

Hakuba Sanosaka:
Part open with the Number 1 triple lift, Number 2 quad and Number 5 pair lifts operating.