Hakuba Now: Thursday 11th February 2021
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 360cm
Posted on Thursday 11th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Clouds are clearing this morning and even over the last 30 minutes or so as I have been putting this report together there is more blue sky opening up and the sun is breaking through more and more. It's going to be getting rather mild over the next few days and there's a good amount of sunshine on the forecasts. Just how mild/warm it gets remains to be seen but it looks like the whole of Japan is on for an unseasonably warm run of days. A return to more winter like conditions and fresh snow is due to arrive early week.
Some interesting numbers this morning. Happo-one reports 10cm at lower Nakiyama and upper Kurobishi areas... and 42cm at Usagidaira. That last number seems somewhat out of step with other numbers both from Happo and other ski areas, but I'm curious to explore! As you can see below ski areas are 15-25cm on their upper area this morning. I have 9cm to report to you from base.
Wind is unfortunately affecting top lifts at Happo at the time of writing, though the gondola is moving.
Should be a fine day.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 10cm
- Usagidaira: 42cm
- Nakiyama: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 305cm
- Usagidaira: 243cm
- Nakiyama: 90cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
- Base: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 315cm
- Base: 140cm
Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 25cm
- Iimori: ?cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 325cm
- Iimori: 130cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 15cm
- Base: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 320cm
- Base: 185cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 309cm
- Base: 90cm
Hakuba Iwatake
Official snow depth:
- Top: 220cm
- Base: 70cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 230cm
Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 190cm
- Base: 110cm
Hakuba Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Thursday 11th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 360cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 150cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 165cm reported on 19 days February 2021 snowfall 45cm 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.