Hakuba Now: Monday 12th January 2015
- Jan 12, 2015
- 4 min read
Updated: Nov 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this season 339cm
Posted on Monday 12th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Loads of snow. Oh yes.
It's a very good morning from here in Hakuba, with a good 35-40cm or so piled up outside my place this morning.
Resorts around the valley are reporting nice deep fresh layers of snow as well. I've added the numbers where available by the notes for each resort below. Special mention to that 60cm recorded by Hakuba Cortina. No doubt there's more than a few excited folk experiencing that powder right now as I sit here typing this. I'd prefer to be sat here, of course! ;)
Happo-one clocking in 50cm at Usagidaira.
Kashiyamari reporting 50cm.
40cm at Goryu.
They're all good numbers this morning. Must admit, I wasn't expecting them but I'm certainly not complaining as we should be back to full on conditions this morning. Poor visibility in places as well.
Unfortunately stronger winds on mountain are affecting some lifts and I've also added that to the notes below. It goes without saying, that situation may (hopefully) change of course during the day.
Today is the last day of this long 3 day weekend in Japan course, with things settling back to normal once again from tomorrow.
There's a good chance of sunshine as well tomorrow with the clearer weather and milder temperatures forecast to continue through until the end of the week.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Monday 12th January 2015. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 40cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and Toomi.
Alps Daira Number 1 lift affected by wind.
All courses open except Panorama Course and Adventure Course.
- Alps Daira - 305cm
- Toomi - 160cm
- Iimori - 150cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 15cm of snow yesterday on mountain, 20-30cm of fresh snowfall at base this morning, rumoured over 50cm on R4.
Looks like resort is all open.
Tree Riding Zone is open.
- Upper - 290cm
- Lower - 170cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall at Usagidaira, 30cm at Riesen.
Top lifts affected by conditions this morning - Grat Quad, Alpen Quad, Kuroboshi Number 3 Pair, Usagidaira, Kurobishi Number 2 Quad, Skyline Number 2 Pair.
- Usagidaira - 290cm
- Nakiyama - 160cm
- Sakka - 180cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 60cm of new snowfall this morning.
Most open, some areas confirming safety at time of writing report.
- Upper - 380cm
- Lower - 260cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Forest course and Uma-no-se course closed due.
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 355cm
- Maruyama - 200cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 195cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 35cm-50cm of fresh snowfall.
Most of the resort open, some courses closed.
- Upper - 270cm
- Lower - 160cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses open.
- 285cm
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Kashimayari:
Reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall.
All areas now open.
Night skiing every day until 15th March.
- 210cm
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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 Monday 12th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 339cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 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 63cm reported on 6 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.