Hakuba Now: Wednesday 12th January 2022
- Jan 12, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 245cm
Posted on Wednesday 12th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The good news is that we have fresh snow. Ski areas are reporting 30-50cm (Goryu winning the biggest number prize) across the mountains. Nice.
Problem is that it's windy, so you can't get up to lots of that lovely snow. Right now just base lifts at Happo-one are open and top lifts at 47/Goryu, Iwatake and Tsugaike are also on hold.
The forecasts show more snow across today, tomorrow and Friday. It would seem that the heaviest snow is due later in the day tomorrow, so we're going to be getting lots of snow. Would be good if the wind eased off and let the lifts move...
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In recent days there have been a few cases of ski areas announcing members of staff testing positive for you-know-what. It doesn't seem to have been affecting operations. Let us hope there's not more of that kind of news...
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 388cm
Hakuba 47: 395cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 367cm
Hakuba Cortina: 430cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 391cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 50cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 275cm
- Toomi: 140cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 30cm
- Lower: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 260cm
- Base: 145cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: ?cm
- Usagidaira: 7cm
- Nakiyama: ?cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 200cm
- Usagidaira: 187cm
- Nakiyama: 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
- Mountain Side: 20cm
- Village Side: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 160cm
- Village Side: 70cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: ?cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 294cm
- Lower: 125cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 280cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 40cm
- Lower: 40cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 280cm
- Base: 185cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 12th January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 245cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 86cm 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.