Hakuba Now: Tuesday 10th January 2017
- Jan 10, 2017
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 80cm
Posted on Tuesday 10th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
While we were treated to some more wet conditions in the village, the upper slopes were getting more fresh snow and overnight up to 30cm of fresh snowfall is being reported by Happo-one, 20cm being reported by Hakuba Goryu and 15cm reported by Hakuba 47. Remember these are numbers that the ski resorts themselves are putting out there... I'm just reporting them on to you. Great to see those numbers though and it means conditions on upper areas of resorts should be good this morning.
Less so on lower areas, many of which are still struggling which very meagre amounts of snow.
This morning there is lots of cloud around jostling for position but there's some blue sky on show too and the sun showing through at times. Hopefully before long the snow clouds will take over and show some leadership!
The forecasts are still totally promising lots of snow this week, through at least into early next week. Let's see it!
We want that snow storm. Now!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall on the upper slopes.
The top connection with Hakuba Goryu is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- All lifts are operating.
- All courses now open apart from Route 7.
- The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open.
Official snow depth
Upper: 140cm
Base: 35cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm-20cm of fresh snowfall (lower > upper areas).
The top connection with Hakuba 47 is open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- All lifts apart from the Alps 2/4 and Cosmo quad lift are operating.
The following courses are open:
- Grand Prix
- Panorama
- Super
- Champion Dynamic
- Woody
- Toomi
- Soft Cream
- Merry Land
- Powder Snow
Official snow depth
Alps: 135cm
Toomi: 35cm
Iimori: 25cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting up to 30cm of fresh snowfall on the slopes; presumably upper ones!
You can ski or board back down to base via the Riesen Slalom and Nakiyama South course. Downloading via Gondola or lift required in the other areas.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Most lifts are now operating with just a number of base area lifts still to get moving.
The following courses are open:
- Kurobishi
- Usagidaira
- Skyline
- Riesen (part)
- Panorama
- Nakiyama South
- Kita-one 3
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 100cm
Kurobishi: 130cm
Lower: 25cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsugaike Kogen is mostly open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Most lifts are now operating.
The following courses are open:
- Kane-no-naru-oka areas are part open.
- All other course areas are available.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 128cm
Han-no-ki: 120cm
Maruyama: 45cm
Oya-no-hara: 30cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 25cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is now mostly open.
The resort is reporting 5-15cm of fresh snowfall.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Number 6 and 7 lifts are not operating yet.
- Itadaira One and Warabidaira courses closed.
- Connection to Hakuba Norikura from top area only.
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Base: 90cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field is part open.
Operating lifts and course info:
- Gondola
- Paradise triple
- 3-sen North lift
- 4-sen East lift
- 5-sen South lift
The following courses are at least part open:
- East
- North
- South (part)
- Gezan (part)
- Sunny Valley (part)
- Paradise (part)
- by1
Official snow depth:
Top: 70cm
Base: 40cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Hakuba Norikura Onsen is mostly open.
Lift info:
- All but one lift are now operating with most courses planned to be open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 80cm
Kashimayari:
Kashimayari is part open with all but two lifts operating today.
Official snow depth:
Top: 35cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Hakuba Sanosaka is part open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 40cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 10th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 80cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (8th December) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 15cm reported on 6 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.