REPORT

Hotel Green Plaza Hakuba will be open every day until 4/2 (Sun.), regardless of whether or not the Hakuba Cortina Ski Resort is operating. The hotel will thing close for a period of two weeks, before re-opening for the summer season on 4/14 (Fri.)! Now is a great time to book summer accommodation with excellent deals available on some summer packages through special early bird discounts, including a 1-night package with 2 all-you-can-eat meals feauturing locally-grown Shinshu food products and the mineral rich waters of the hotel’s hot spring!
[Hotel Green Plaza Hakuba]

Today marks the second consecutive day of rain. The Ikenota Slope was still skiable, with no areas of exposed bushes or thinning snow on the groomed area, which had a moderately soft, granular snow surface. Yesterday turned out to be the last day of the season for the Hiedayama Course 3, Hiedayama One Course, and Hiedayama Course 2, which I skies yesterday without realizing it was the last opportunity to do so.
[Ikenota Slope]

My skis slid well on the Hiedayama Rinkan Course where the groomed, granular snow surface was moderately packed. The Itadaira and Hiedayama Course 1 were ungroomed with similarly firm granular snow. Although there were some small branches and leaves scattered on all three of those runs, they didn’t affect the skiing, and there was sufficient snow cover on each.
[Hiedayama Rinkan Course]

The snow is a concern, however, on the Ikenota Slope. The officially announced base of 100cm was measured at the top of the mountain, but Ikenota is Cortina’s most-skied slope, and the resort’s main concern is whether or not, and for how long, it remains skiable. Running out of snow is most likely to occur in front of the No. 5 Pair Lift (pictured), so today around 10:00, snow was being added to that location.
[Ikenota Slope]

*Opening information pertaining to the resort tomorrow 3/27 (Mon.), and beyond, will be announced on the resort’s official Facebook account.

　　
[Hakuba Cortina Availability Information on 3/26 (Sun.)]
*Available Courses … Ikenota, Mt. Hieda Rinkan, Mt. Hieda 1, Itadaira
*Available Lifts … No.2 Quad (8:30-) and No.4 Pair
*Lift Fees … From 3/20 Spring Discount Adult JPY3,500, 6-12 y/o JPY2,000

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reported by Snownavi