REPORT

The season’s strongest and longest cold wave brought heavy snowfall starting on 2/4 (Tue.), pushing the official snow depth past the 400 cm mark on 2/5 (Wed.)! But the snowfall didn’t let up there, and the base reached an incredible 460 cm this morning. Eager to chase powder, I decided to head for the upper areas, only to hear an announcement that snow-clearing operations were taking longer than expected, causing a significant delay for Line-C…
[Route 6]

So I made my way to the lower part of Route 1 (pictured), where the well-packed groomed powder surface was topped with 25 to 30 cm of slightly wind-pressed fluffy new snow. Even with some light fog, which luckily didn’t hinder visibility too much, skiers carving their way down couldn’t help but shout, “Awesome!” and “Wow!!”
[Lower Portion of Route 1]

Route 7 had a moderately firm groomed powder surface with a soft, easy-to-ride texture, topped with 2 to 3 cm of light new snow. On the Line-8 gondola ride back up, a snowboarder from Matsumoto shared, “The bottom part of Route 1 was absolutely amazing! Must be tough covering reports in all this heavy snow, huh?”
[Lower Portion of Route 1]

Route 5 and Route 6 also had excellent conditions with a nice, firm groomed powder surfaces topped with 15 to 20 cm of light, simply fantastic new snow! Meanwhile, just like yesterday morning, Route 3 (pictured) was fully reset, with an impressive 50 to 60 cm of light new snow piled up towards the end. Line-C began operating at 10:30 a.m. today.
[Route 3]

　　
＊Today, due to heavy snowfall, safety measures, and snow removal operations, the closing time for the 47 Gondola and lifts was moved up to 3:00 p.m.
　
[Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 Details on 2/7 (Fri.)]
*All courses are available (Except for Adventure, Snow Diving)
*Available Lifts … Tele-cabin (8:15-), Line-8（8:00～）,Milky four（8:00～） and totally 15 lifts.
*Fees … 1 Day Ticket Adult JPY8,000, 13-17 y/o JPY6,000, 6-12 y/o JPY4,000, 65-79 y/o JPY7,500, Under 6 y/o & Over 80 Free *JPY500 deposit will be required
*Night Skiing … 12/21 – 3/9, 6pm – 9:30 pm at Toomi Adult JPY5,000 → JPY4,500, 6-17 y/o JPY2,000 → JPY1,800 (*3/10 to late March, Spring Night Skiing Adults JPY2,000, 6-12 y/o JPY1,000)
*Sunrise Skiing … Weekend & Holiday of 12/18 (Sat.) – 3/30 (Sun.), 7 a.m.- at Toomi, Available with 1Day pass
　
*Print and get a great deal! Discount Coupon!
Toomi Night Skiing Discount Coupon Adult JPY5,000 → JPY4,500, 6-17 y/o JPY2,000 → JPY1,800
*A separate IC card guarantee fee of JPY500 is required when using the IC card. The guarantee fee will be refunded when the IC card is returned.
　
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reported by Snownavi