REPORT

Warm weather has continued since 12/8 (Fri.), but the rain yesterday morning and the night before delivered the final blow, causing the lower trails on the 47 side (the lower portion of Route 1 and Route 7) to close yesterday. Thankfully however, cold temperatures returned last evening, bringing some snow overnight and into this morning. Yet, in order to preserve the base as much as possible, only the top part of Route 8 and Panorama (pictured) were groomed.
[Panorama Course]

I spoke with two snowboarders from Nagano City (pictured), who told me, “We love your site! The snow is pretty hard and the conditions are not very Hakuba-like.” Due to the strong winds late last night, the trees in the Alps-Daira area were covered with rime ice.
The groomed Panorama Course (pictured) had about 1cm of fresh snow on top of a hard packed surface, but I was able to set my edges and link controlled, comfortable turns.
[Panorama Course]

In contrast to the Panorama Course, where most of the visitors gathered, there were few people on the Grand Prix Course (pictured). The snow surface was marked with hard, irregular surface bumps, and it was impressive to see advanced skiers smoothly skiing down the difficult slope while beginners and intermediate skiers carefully skied down turn by turn.
[Grand Prix Course]

I also had a conversation today with a Hakuba47 ski patroller (pictured) who was skiing on his day off. He told me he was a fan of Snownavil, and continued, “Most of the trails are ungroomed with hard surfaces, so please ski carefully. I even fell a little while ago. Actually though, more people get hurt on sunny days.”
[Grand Prix Course]

　
[Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 Availability Information on 12/13 (Wed.)]
*Available Courses … Panorama C, Grand Prix C, Technical C, Super C, Upper Route 1, Route 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Upper Route 8, Lower Route 8
*Available Lifts … Tele-cabin (8:15-), Alps No.1 Pair, Alps No.3 Pair, Gondola Line-8 (8:00-), Line-A, Line-C, Line-E
*Fees … 1 Day Ticket Adult JPY7,500, 13-17 y/o JPY5,400, 6-12 y/o JPY3,800, 60-79 y/o JPY6,700, Under 6 y/o & Over 80 y/o Free *JPY500 deposit will be required.
　
*Good Deal! Advance Ticket (Sales Period 9/19 – 12/15)
Adult 1 Day Ticket JPY7,500 → JPY6,000!
6-12 y/o 1 Day Ticket JPY3,800 → JPY3,000!
The prices on the sale page includes the deposit JPY500 (*The deposit will be given back when you return your IC card).
　
　
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*This season’s Goryu 47 report will be updated 5 times a week from December to March, and 2 to 3 times a week from April onwards.

reported by Snownavi