Light rainfall this morning here in Hakuba with lots of cloud up there. A temperature of around 14C as of 9am in village. Unfortunately it looks like it's going to be rain for the day and probably tomorrow as well. But we can expect the skies to clear up around Friday and hopefully it will be clear and sunny for the last weekend of the season.

Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 2nd May 2012 AM:

Hakuba Goryu:
Gondola and Alps daira No 1-4 lifts are all operating. The Toomi lifts are now closed but you can still ski down the course to the Gondola.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 140cm;
Toomi - 30cm

Hakuba 47:
Top areas open - you need to get the Gondola back down to base - lower Route 1 and Route 7 now closed. All lifts apart from Line D operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 85cm
Lower - 10m

Happo-one:
Top areas open (lower slopes now all closed) - you need to get the Gondola back down to base.
Lifts normally operating daily until 6th May are:
Gondola
Grat quad
Alpen quad
Panorama pair
Skyline No2 pair
Kurobishi No2 quad
Kokusai No3 pair
Usagidaira pair
Kurobishi No3
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 110cm

Tsugaike Kogen:
Planned lifts operating are Ropeway, Gondola, Tsuga No2 pair lift and the Hannoki pair.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 180cm

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Hakuba Goryu, Hakuba 47, Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen all plan to remain open until Sunday 6th May.

The Hakuba Cortina, Norikura, Iwatake, Sanosaka and Minekata resorts are all now closed for the season.