Hakuba Now: Sunday 11th January 2015
- Jan 11, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 304cm
Posted on Sunday 11th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello on this middle day of the long weekend here in Japan.
And there's fresh snow in Hakuba.
Yesterday rather strong winds prevailed and there was no new cm of snow during the day. Lots of cloud, some snow falling, some blue sky at time and in places. A whole big mixed bag of weather conditions.
As I said though, new cm snow of overnight on the mountains with around 10cm being reported mostly - Hakuba Goryu posting the larged number with 25cm of fresh up on Alps Daira apparently. Sounds good to me. Just a bit down here at base and at village level.
Limited visibility on the upper slopes this morning - snow is falling and it looks pretty fog taking a look at the cams. I'll be up there soon to take a good look myself. Moderate to heavy snow is forecast for today so fingers crossed I'll be bringing in some more decent numbers in the report tomorrow.
From tomorrow less snow is likely with clear weather lined up for Tuesday through Friday. Lots of sun icons on the weather forecasts.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Sunday 11th January 2015. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 25cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 10cm on lower areas.
All lifts moving. All courses open except Adventure Course.
- Alps Daira - 280cm
- Toomi - 155cm
- Iimori - 150cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 15-20cm of fresh snowfall.
Tree Riding Zone is back open. Yey!
- Upper - 250cm
- Lower - 155cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall on mountain, just a dusting at base.
Gondola and Nakiyama lifts open from 7:30am for the long weekend.
- Usagidaira - 260cm
- Nakiyama - 130cm
- Sakka - 120cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 10cm of new snowfall this morning.
All open!
- Upper - 340cm
- Lower - 215cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
All open. Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 300cm
- Maruyama - 190cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 195cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0-5cm of fresh snowfall.
Most of the resort open, some courses in Mountain Side being checked this morning.
- Upper - 230cm
- Lower - 110cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses open.
- 275cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
Night skiing every day until 15th March.
- 190cm
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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:
Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January (and 11th); February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm.
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January 10th (and 11th); February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Sunday 11th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 304cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 28cm reported on 5 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.