Hakuba Now: Friday 10th January 2025
- Jan 10, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 431cm
Posted on Friday 10th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
As I said yesterday, we really shouldn't get complacent by all this snow being delivered to Hakuba this season, so attention please.
The ski areas around the valley are reporting yet another 30-40cm on upper areas.
And it is nice and cold... and still snowing! Wow.
We might get some sunshine tomorrow (we might even get some later today) and that would make a very pleasing start to the long three-day weekend. Usually it is one of the busiest weekends of the ski season, so expect a lot of people to be around. With all the snow we have had, conditions will be excellent and there is enough for everyone.
I had another look at the Hakuba Valley official website for total accumulated snowfall statistics. It still has the season accumulated snowfall at Tsugaike at 140cm! That ski area has probably had that much snowfall on upper areas over the last week alone, never mind the whole season. On the very same page, right next to the 140cm number, it says the current snow depth is 309cm. Somehow, that does not seem possible.
Wouldn't it be nice to have good, reliable information put out there by official sources?
(Obvious note: everyone of course makes mistakes. And I am not questioning snowfall measurements. But this lack of updating is an ongoing and, to me, pretty major thing).
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 40cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 380cm
Top: 145cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 40cm
Base: 30cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 385cm
Base: 190cm
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Hakuba Cortina
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
30cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
370cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 10cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 40cm
Nakiyama (800m): 10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 350cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 300cm
Nakiyama (800m): 160cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 15cm
Village Side: 10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 230cm
Village Side: 130cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
360cm
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Jigatake
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
200cm
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
225cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 333cm
Base: 131cm
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
250cm
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Friday 10th January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 431cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 278cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 111cm reported on 8 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.