Goryu and Happo are now open for the 2007/2008 season. I missed the opening day for Goryu yesterday but made it to Happo today for their opening day. Although theres only maybe 15cm at the bottom of the mountain the top half is looking very good indead. Probably a metre or so has settled above 1300m in the last week setting up an excellent base for the snow to come.
Not super deep (maybe lower calf deep) but pretty decent powder lay in await at the top of the gondola. By the time we took pics it had already been tracked out but not bad for the first day of the season in November!!
posted by Matt at 3:52 am
The temperature plunged yesterday and dumping rain turned into dumping snow last night..The good news..15cm of fresh snow in the Morino Lodge car park which soon started melting as the day warmed up. Not sure how much fell up top but probably significantly more plus it looks like more snow is on its way by tuesday/wednesday. I’m tempted to break out the rock board and hike up a bit to see how much is rideable. Hopefully we won’t have to wait much longer until we can catch the lifts up instead!!
On the left you can see the Lounge and on the right is Happo with quite a bit of snow. The bottom slopes were melting by afternoon but the upper slopes look like they got a good dump.
Hakuba 47’s slopes looked inviting and Aokiko also got a coating too. Check back on Wednesday for an update on the next snowfall..
posted by Matt at 6:20 am
Last night we had snow down to about 1500m. Hopefully the snow on the top of the resorts will stick around to act as a base for the snow this weekend. Things are definitely starting to gear up for the season!
posted by Matt at 1:13 pm
