26th and 27th are still showing big snowmen and we really need two solid days of snow to get our base on.
TEMPERATURE IN THE VILLAGE:
-2 degrees C.
TEMPERATURE AT TOP OF MOUNTAIN:
-2 degrees C.
WIND:
Light
VISIBILITY:
Poor above 1600m
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Goryu:
BASE DEPTH: 70 cm (at 1500m)
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LIFT OPERATION:
Hakuba Goryu, Hakuba 47, Happo-One, Tsugaike Kogen (all limited operation)
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BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL ADVISORY AS AT DECEMBER 22:
Snow is expected to continue falling above the freezing level through tuesday.
Due caution is needed if traveling in the back country today as the new wieght of rain and low density snow has added rapid load to the snow pack and developed cornices. This new snow will not be bonding quickly to the sun crust and wind deposited snow below. expect natural and human triggered avalanches with in the new storm snow and at the past snow surface and new storm snow interface.
Recent high winds in the Alpine have created large wind deposits of snow on NE lee slopes. With the change in wind direction this morning wind loading of West slopes will also begin with present moderate winds out of the East. Caution around cornices as new wieght on the cornices may cause them to colaps and trigger avalanches on the slopes below. Lee slope has changed with the new change in wind direction.
– Cornice fall
– Development of cornices in lee slopes
– Lee side loading
– Due caution on cross loaded slopes
– Poor bonding at or around buried crust
– Stay away from steep and convex terrain