Hakuba Now: Thursday 16th January 2025
- Jan 16, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 487cm
Posted on Thursday 16th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hakuba greetings to you all. There's more snow.
Cortina, the most northerly ski area in 'the valley' is reporting the most new snowfall this morning, 50cm. Others are showing more modest - but still respectable - numbers, as you can see below in the list.
There has surely got to be a typo going on with the Happo-one snowfall numbers this morning. An incredible 105cm at Kurobishi and only 5cm at Usagidaira? That's what it says. Just noticed that the time stamp on the 105cm is from yesterday. Please bring your own salt.
My own measurement is 15cm.
At 8:45am we have a mix of visibility, ranging from very poor in places to good in others.
Some blue sky is starting to appear in places and it feels like we might get to see more of that later in the day, though we do expect some more snow before tomorrow morning.
Beyond tomorrow, weekend visitors might be pleased to see sunshine forecast for Sunday. There's actually not much snowfall forecast through at least the middle of the week so from the weekend we might have to make so with what we have for several days.
But we have plenty, and conditions are excite and fab.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 395cm
Top: 165cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall' by the ski area):
Top: 10cm
Base: 5cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 395cm
Base: 200cm
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Hakuba Cortina
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
50cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
380cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 105cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 5cm
Nakiyama (800m): 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 415cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 302cm
Nakiyama (800m): 155cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 20cm
Village Side: 20cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 300cm
Village Side: 160cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
390cm
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Jigatake
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
10cm
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):
0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 329cm
Base: 111cm
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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 Thursday 16th January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 487cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 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 167cm reported on 13 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.