Hakuba Goryu / ○170cm / Cloudy & Snowy2022.Mar.17

Temperatures today rose more slowly than those over the last several days, and a strong, cool breeze was blowing in from the northwest. In fact, the strong winds that began yesterday and continued overnight caused small branches and leaves to settle onto the slopes in some areas, though not enough to affect skiing. Once again today, the morning hours were quiet, with customers taking their time to arrive.
[Route 7]
I found moderately-firm, groomed, granular-snow conditions across the upper portion of Route 1 (pictured). I noticed an advanced snowboarder taking advantage of the conditions, and setting his edges hard while leaning his body deep into his turns. The snow surfaces of Routes 5, 6 and 7 (1st photo) had similar granular snow, but were groomed slightly firmer.
[Upper Portion of Route 1]
I spoke briefly to 3 snowboarders from Yamanashi Prefecture (pictured), who told me, “We love your reports, and we’re excited to finally run into someone from Snownavi! It’s starting to fog up, so we’re having a hard time deciding where to go next.” Around 8:30, clouds settled over the mid-section of the resort, with the fog rolling in and out at the top of Route 1.
[Upper Portion of Route 1]
As I hopped on Line-C to head back up to the top of the resort, I caught sight of a sea of clouds spreading off into the northeastern sky. I also enjoyed the comfortable, nicely-firm groomed granular snow on Route 8 (pictured). By the way, the Dynamic and Woody courses, which were closed down yesterday due to a full-depth avalanche, were able to reopen today!
[Route 8]

[Availability Information for Mar. 17 (Thu.)]
*All courses are available. (*Except for Adventure)
*Available Lifts … Tele-cabin (8:15-), Line-8 (8:00-) and totally 15 lifts.
*Lift Fees … 1 Day Ticket Adult JPY5,500, 6-12 y/o JPY2,900, 13-17 y/o JPY4,000, 60-79 y/o JPY4,500 (Spring Discount from Mar. 13, Adult JPY4,500, 6-12 y/o JPY2,300)
*Night Skiing … 6:00-9:30 p.m. until Mar. 27 (Sun), Toomi, Adult Weekday  → JPY2,200, Weekend & Holiday  → JPY2,500, Child Weekday  → JPY1,100, Weekend & Holiday  → JPY1,200
*Sunrise Operation … Weekends & Holidays during 1/8 (Sat)-3/27 (Sun), 7:00 a.m.-, Toomi, 1 Day Lift Ticket required

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