Hakuba Now: Wednesday 10th January 2018
- Jan 10, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 259cm
Posted on Wednesday 10th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The wet feel to proceedings yesterday made way to proper snow I'm happy to report.
Here's the fresh snowfall headlines as reported by the ski resorts:
Hakuba Cortina: 15-20cm at base; 20-25cm on upper areas
Hakuba Happo: 20cm (top gondola station)
Hakuba Goryu: 15-30cm
Hakuba 47: up to 30cm
Less so down here at base, but a nice new layer up on the slopes then. Should be good though visibility looks very poor in some places early on.
A few lifts affected early on by the weather conditions this morning at Happo-one and Tsugaike but hopefully they'll get going.
The forecast for the next few days is looking very positive with some potentially heavy snow and some good numbers to report tomorrow (and beyond).
Take care out there and have fun.
Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Some top lifts look like they are on hold at the start of the day
Courses open:
- All course are now open (as long as the lifts are moving!)
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 310cm
- Usagidaira: 170cm
- Lower: 90cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned (Alps Number 2 and 4 lifts usually operate on weekends only)
Courses open:
- All courses are open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 295cm
- Toomi: 115cm
- Iimori: 65cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned (Line D usually operates only when the Gondola is closed)
Courses open:
- All courses available
Official snow depth:
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 95cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- A number of lifts not operating due to weather conditions; Gondola operating
Courses open:
- All course areas are open apart from some parts of Sawa-one and Kane-no-naru-oka Number 2
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 270cm
- Han-no-ki: 265cm
- Maruyama: 90cm
- Shirakaba: 240cm
- Champion: 120cm
- Oya-no-hara: 130cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 110cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 4 and 5 are operating
Courses open:
- Ikenota Forest, Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda, Itadaira amongst others closed or confirming safety at the start of the day
Official snow depth:
- Top: 240cm
- Base: 160cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are operating with most courses open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 160cm
- Base: 80cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 1 and 7 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 165cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 8 and 10 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 140cm
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Operating lifts:
- All three lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 100cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 10th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (3rd January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 54cm reported on 7 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.