Hakuba Now: Wednesday 15th January 2025
- Jan 15, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 33cm
Snowfall at base this season 472cm
Posted on Wednesday 15th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Once again, I have snowfall numbers reported by ski areas of around 30-40cm this morning.
The Happo-one numbers of 5cm at Kurobishi, 59cm at Usagidaira and 15cm at base are a bit funky and perhaps involve typos (and the total accumulated snowfall for the season at Tsugaike remains unchanged at 140cm according to the official Hakuba Valley website).
Nerdy numbers aside, we again have some impressive snowfall with it likely to continue through today.
Interesting to note that it's not particularly cold. It could do with being colder. But it feels odd to think of things to complain about when we are being snowed on so much.
I must take a look back at my reporting from previous seasons, but I can't recall a season quite like this. (I will do that one day). The weather patterns this season are just delivering the goods for Hakuba. Yey!
Today's automated Facebook translation corner (from Hakuba 47):
"A little forecast (?!) in a lot of snow! It's still pouring cancer!"
OK, well that doesn't sound very good.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 40cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 380cm
Top: 165cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 40cm
Base: 30cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 380cm
Base: 190cm
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Hakuba Cortina
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
30cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
320cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 5cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 59cm
Nakiyama (800m): 15cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 305cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 306cm
Nakiyama (800m): 150cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 40cm
Village Side: 30cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 280cm
Village Side: 160cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
355cm
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Jigatake
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
20cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
210cm
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
235cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
About 30cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 320cm
Base: 110cm
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
230cm
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Wednesday 15th January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 472cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 278cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 152cm reported on 12 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.