Hakuba Now: Friday 12th January 2018
- Jan 12, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 287cm
Posted on Friday 12th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski resorts this morning:
Hakuba Happo-one: 8cm
Hakuba 47: 5cm
Hakuba Cortina: 1cm
Not as much to report this morning - more that I am measuring actually... with conditions keeping very cold it should be great out there this morning again.
Earlier on snow was falling but now it is generally cloudy but I can see some snow actually breaking through in places (see Iwatake webcam image below). Might we see clearer conditions later on? Though the forecasts I like have snow through today and tomorrow.
With clearer weather beyond that, I'd prefer more fresh myself. Bring it on.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned
Courses open:
- All course are now open
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 380cm
- Usagidaira: 205cm
- Lower: 105cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned (Alps Number 2 and 4 lifts usually operate on weekends only)
Courses open:
- All courses are open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 305cm
- Toomi: 120cm
- Iimori: 70cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned (Line D usually operates only when the Gondola is closed)
Courses open:
- All courses available
Official snow depth:
- Top: 295cm
- Base: 105cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are operating as planned
Courses open:
- All course areas are open apart from some parts of Sawa-one and Kane-no-naru-oka Number 2
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 280cm
- Han-no-ki: 270cm
- Maruyama: 110cm
- Shirakaba: 240cm
- Champion: 140cm
- Oya-no-hara: 130cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 130cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts are operating
Courses open:
- All courses should be opening
Official snow depth:
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 180cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are operating with most courses open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 170cm
- Base: 80cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 1 and 7 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 210cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 8 and 10 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 145cm
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Operating lifts:
- All three lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 110cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 12th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 287cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (3rd January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 82cm reported on 9 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.