Hakuba Now: Friday 11th January 2019
- Jan 11, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 169cm
Posted on Friday 11th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning everyone.
It was a cloudy start to the day but clearing up now.
Let's rewind a little. It was a mix of cloud and blue skies yesterday. Very cold but not much of a wind.
This morning is milder and there's a bit of snow on the ground; the ski resorts are reporting 5-10cm of fresh as follows:
Hakuba 47: 5cm
Hakuba Goryu: 5cm
Hakuba Cortina: 8cm (base); 10cm (top)
Hakuba Happo-one: 5cm (top of Riesen quad)
A bit windy this morning on the mountain it seems with a few lifts affected at the start of the day - top part of the gondola at Tsugaike and top lifts at Happo-one.
Visibility is varied this morning depending on where you are - some mountain areas are still shrouded in cloud, but mostly there is blue sky over the village.
Monday (14th) is a holiday in Japan (Coming of Age Day) and so it's one of the big peak weekends of the winter season. A lot of people will be here for the weekend and we can expect places to be busy. Perhaps a good time to check out less popular places? Wherever you are aiming to hit, I would recommend trying to get an early start.
The weather looks set to be generally fine over the weekend. Calm and sunny/cloudy.
We'll be wanting more fresh snow once the busy weekend sees snow tracked out - forecasts show the next delivery due perhaps Tuesday.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 205cm
- Usagidaira: 120cm
- Nakiyama: 80cm
Notes:
- All course areas open apart from Riesen Grat
- Urakuro and Omusubi off-piste areas not yet open
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Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
- Top: 200cm
- Toomi: 100cm
- Iimori: 60cm
Notes:
- All course areas open apart from Adventure
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Hakuba 47
Official snow depth:
- Top: 195cm
- Base: 80cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
- Tree Riding Zones open
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Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 170cm
- Han-no-ki: 165cm
- Maruyama: 80cm
- Shirakaba: 120cm
- Champion: 110cm
- Oya-no-hara: 80cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth:
- Top: 205cm
- Base: 125cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 120cm
- Village Side: 50cm
Notes:
- Both the Mountain Side and Village Side are part open
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 180cm
Notes:
- Most course areas are open
- All lifts apart from Number 1 and 7 are operating
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 100cm
Notes:
- All courses areas are open
- All lifts apart from Number 8 and 10 are operating
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 110cm
- Base: 60cm
Notes:
- All lifts are operating
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 11th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 169cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 112cm reported on 12 days January 2019 snowfall 57cm 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.