REPORT

I spoke with a member of the resort staff this morning, who told me, “Even though it’s been snowing continuously since yesterday afternoon, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot, but there’s a lot more new snow this morning than I imagined.” Heavy snow was falling and being blown around by a strong north wind, and I started to get very excited as I looked down upon the silky smooth slopes of the self-responsibility area (pictured) under the No. 4 Pair Lift line.
[No. Pair 4]

Going from the Hiedayama Rinkan Course, where there was around 2 cm of fresh snow topping off the moderately firm, groomed powder snow surface, I was stoked to discover around 25 to 30 cm of new snow as I entered the Hiedayama Course 1 (pictured)! I did bottom out from time to time on the soft, uneven base below, but I enjoyed every second of floating on fresh powder. It was the first real powder day since 2/2 (Thurs.), and I overheard a number of people vocalizing their excitement at they dropped in.
[Hiedayama Course 1]

By 9:30 a.m., the intensity of the falling snow had died down. The widely-groomed Ikenota Slope (pictured, center) had a moderately firm, powder snow surface with about 1 cm of fresh snow on top. The start of the No. 3 Quad was delayed until 9:40 due to a late course check, and I was able to snag a spot on the first chair as it started operation, heading towards the Kamoshika Course (pictured, foreground).
[Kamoshika Course]

The Rabbit Course, which had been affected by the wind, was groomed with a well-packed powder snow surface covered in between 1 and 10 cm of fluffy new snow depending on the spot. On the Kamoshika Course, I found exactly what I was looking for: 20 to 25 cm of fresh snow! The new snow combined with the firm, relatively even underlying base combined for an excellent powder run that I fully enjoyed!
[Kamoshika Course]
　　
＊「Japan Freeride Open（JFO）」 will be held on Feb. 11(Sat) & Feb. 12 (Sun) at the tree area of upper part of Warabidaira Slope。

　 　
[Hakuba Cortina Available Information on 2/9 (Thu.)]
*All courses are available (Itadaira-one C)
*Available Lifts … No.2 Lift (8:30-) and totally 6 lifts.
*Lift Fees … Adult JPY5,000, 6-12 y/o JPY3,500, Over 60 y/o JPY4,500 (Until 3/19)
*Night Skiing … Saturday in January & February, 17:00-21:00, Ikenota G, Adult JPY1,500, 6-12 y/o JPY1,000
　
*Printable Rental Discount Coupons!
Adult One-Day Lift Ticket Pack with Lunch or Shop Voucher JPY1,200 coupon = JPY7,200 → JPY6,000
Child One-Day Lift Ticket Pack with Lunch or Shop Voucher JPY1,000 coupon = JPY5,000 → JPY4,300

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reported by Snownavi