Hakuba Now: Friday 14th January 2022
- Jan 14, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 54cm
Snowfall at base this season 300cm
Posted on Friday 14th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Well, it has really kicked off over the last day!
First up, here's new snowfall news from around ski areas (who are to varying degrees struggling to open as normal):
Goryu are reporting a super whopper 100cm of new snowfall! Well, they seem to be on the Valley official site. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! (I don't think I have ever seen a three digit report before).
Cortina is going with 60cm, as is Happo-one at Usagidaira.
Tsugaike come in with an impressive 56cm.
Iwatake are reporting with 30-50cm.
Yes, we have had a lot of snow in the last day.
There's been an avalanche by the Number 4 lift at Hakuba Cortina. They are just open with their Number 1 pair and Number 2 quad lifts this morning as they deal with the situation.
As I mentioned earlier, some lifts are struggling to open this morning including the gondola and top lifts at Hakuba Goryu, the gondola at Happo-one and the top part of Tsugaike.
Super extra care is needed in these conditions.
It's truly great to see loads of snow everywhere. (I'm continuing my 'blacking out the News' thing too, so blissfully just able to take all this beautiful goodness in).
Tomorrow there might be some sun and it goes without saying that conditions should be top notch.
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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: 438cm
Hakuba 47: 425cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 374cm
Hakuba Cortina: 470cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 439cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 100cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 310cm
- Toomi: 150cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 60cm
- Lower: 40cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 300cm
- Base: 165cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: ?cm
- Usagidaira: 60cm
- Nakiyama: ?
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 255cm
- Usagidaira: 225cm
- Nakiyama: 130cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
- Mountain Side: 50cm
- Village Side: 30cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 200cm
- Village Side: 90cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 56cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 337cm
- Lower: 145cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 320cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 60cm
- Lower: 60cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 340cm
- Base: 235cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Friday 14th January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 300cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th January) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 141cm reported on 8 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.