Hakuba Now: Sunday 14th January 2018
- Jan 14, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 300cm
Posted on Sunday 14th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It is another very cold morning. There is a lot of grey cloud hanging over the village at the moment but clearer blue skies above that. So some very varied scenery early on depending on where you are. I recommend a trip up as high as you can to see over the clouds.
Hakuba Cortina: 30-50cm
Hakuba 47: 10cm
Happo-one: 5cm (top of Gondola)
Interesting to see Cortina reporting so much fresh; and Happo-one only 5cm.
Hmmm.
The resorts curiously don't seem to be reporting as much as we are seeing. I usually check four different location numbers in a morning as a kind of check, and obviously there are areas that get more or less snow than others. This morning the numbers around base areas are 5cm, 9cm, 13cm (the place we usually measure) and 15cm since yesterday. You can see the problem we face with this Nature thing!
Whatever, the headline numbers aside, I think it's fair to say there's a layer of fresh snow out there with more of it to the north at Cortina and Norikura.
Sun is expected today so these clouds are probably going to be moving on this morning. It should be a very good day.
Sun is forecast for tomorrow too, when it should also be a little milder.
The forecasts are looking.... interesting for mid-week. Heavy rain or heavy snow? I know which I prefer.
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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: 360cm
- Usagidaira: 190cm
- 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: 100cm
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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: 285cm
- Han-no-ki: 275cm
- Maruyama: 120cm
- Shirakaba: 245cm
- Champion: 150cm
- Oya-no-hara: 130cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 135cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts are operating
Courses open:
- All courses apart from Itadaira Forecast opening at time of report
Official snow depth:
- Top: 300cm
- Base: 200cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are operating with most courses open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 100cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 7 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 210cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- All lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 150cm
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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 Sunday 14th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 300cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 95cm 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.