Hakuba Now: Saturday 14th January 2017
- Jan 14, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 31cm
Snowfall at base this season 184cm
Posted on Saturday 14th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Snow and more snow!
It's great to be able to say that.
The snow has continued falling and this morning the reports are reporting this much fresh snow:
Hakuba Goryu: 30-40cm
Hakuba 47: 30cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 50cm
Hakuba Cortina: 20-30cm
Interesting to see Hakuba Cortina not 'winning' the new snow biggest number award in the past few days... it's often been the case that they report the most.
It's really great to see pretty much all of Hakuba Happo-one now open and also they are going to be starting night skiing in the Nakiyama area from tonight.
But anyway, wherever you choose to ski or snowboard this morning there will be lots of fresh snow. And that is exactly what we want. This is the Hakuba I love so much. I love Hakuba whenever, of course, it's just best to see it like this!
I'm getting all emotional... (笑)
Not much more to say other than please enjoy it - wrap up well and please do take extra (extra) care. Best to stick to the runs today, there's enough fresh for everyone.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All planned lifts are operating.
- The Tree Riding Zones are not yet open, but hopefully soon.
Official snow depth
Upper: 270cm
Base: 110cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 30cm-40cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All lifts plan to be operating.
- Nighta from 6pm until 9:30pm on the Toomi area.
Official snow depth
Alps: 230cm
Toomi: 105cm
Iimori: 90cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All courses apart from the top Riesen Grat are now open!
- Kurobishi off-piste area not open yet.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 170cm
Kurobishi: 195cm
Lower: 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Info:
- Uma-no-se course closed.
- Kane-no-naru-oka and Forest areas are only part open.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 235cm
Han-no-ki: 200cm
Maruyama: 100cm
Oya-no-hara: 80cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 110cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- Number 7 lift is not operating yet.
- Nighta (Number 2 pair lift) from 5pm until 9pm.
Official snow depth:
Top: 230cm
Base: 160cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Info:
Hakuba Iwatake is part open with about half of the courses currently available.
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Base: 70cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Info:
Hakuba Norikura is mostly open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Kashimayari:
Kashimayari is mostly open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 110cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Hakuba Sanosaka is fully open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 90cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 14th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 184cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (13th January) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 119cm reported on 10 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.