Merry Christmas and good morning from Hakuba.

It would have been nice to be able to report fine clear skies after 30cm of fresh snow overnight but unfortunately it's a much less appealing set of things to report this morning. It's a mix of rain/sleet down below and snow and wind up top.

And actually as I am about to post this report the rain is turning into snow in some base areas which is good to see and hopefully we'll be getting snowed on properly down here too sooner than later today. And I am pleased to see that the forecast is still looking good for decent snow for most of this week.

Fresh snow to report from the upper areas this morning is 5cm by Happo-one, 1-3cm by Hakuba Cortina, and 47/Goryu are also reporting up to 10cm of snow.

Early on this morning strong winds are affecting the top Line E lift at Hakuba 47 and it looks like many lifts are on hold at Tsugaike Kogen and the top lifts at Happo-one are also affected.

That's about it for today. Hope to bring you news of fresh snow on the ground tomorrow morning.

I hope you have a good day wherever in the world you are!

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Ski resort opening status on Monday 25th December 2017:

Hakuba Happo-one

Operating lifts:
- Most lifts (apart from a few lower lifts) are now operating
- Wind affecting top lifts at the start of the day

Courses open:
- The majority of course areas are now (at least part) open
- Areas still closed: Kurobishi off-piste, Nakiyama Wall, Nakiyama North, Central, Shirakaba North

Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 165cm
- Usagidaira: 115cm
- Lower: 45cm

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Hakuba Goryu

Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 2 & 4 are operating

Courses open:
- All courses apart from Cosmo River, Straight Whisky, Snow Diving and Adventure are open

Official snow depth:
- Top: 205cm
- Toomi: 70cm
- Iimori: 35cm

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Hakuba 47

Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Line D are operating
- Top lift affected by wind at the start of the day

Courses open:
- All main courses are open
- The Tree Riding Zone is now open (Gate 3 closed)

Official snow depth:
- Top: 165cm
- Base: 50cm

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Tsugaike Kogen

Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are now operating
- Wind is affecting many lifts at the start of the day

Courses open:
- All courses areas apart from Kane-no-naru-oka 2 are open

Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 175cm
- Han-no-ki: 175cm
- Maruyama: 45cm
- Shirakaba: 60cm
- Oya-no-hara: 45cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm

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Hakuba Cortina

Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 5 are operating

Courses open:
- Ikenota
- Hieda Forest
- Mt Hieda 1
- Mt Hieda 2
- Mt Hieda 3
- Itadaira
- Ipponmatsu
- Rabbit
- Kamoshika

Official snow depth:
- Top: 155cm
- Base: 85cm

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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field

Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- View 2
- 4 East
- 5 South
- Paradise triple
- Line

Courses open:
- View C
- View D
- East
- South
- Gezan
- Sunny Valley (part)
- Paradise (part)
- by1 (part)

Official snow depth:
- Top: 100cm
- Base: 30cm

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Hakuba Norikura Onsen

Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 3, Alps Number 7 and Alps Number 10 are operating

Official snow depth:
- 80cm

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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari

Operating lifts:
- Number 1, 2, 3 and 6 lifts are operating

Official snow depth:
- 60cm

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Hakuba Sanosaka

Operating lifts:
- All three lifts are operating

Official snow depth:
- 60cm