Hakuba Now: Wednesday 17th February 2021
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 385cm
Posted on Wednesday 17th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was a windy one. But since then there are some really good fresh snowfall numbers to report to you this morning. Tsugaike reporting 50cm of snowfall; Happo-one reporting 40-46cm and other numbers around 30-40cm on upper areas of the mountains.
There's a good 20cm down at base too.
Excellent.
It's snowing now and more snow due through tomorrow. Yey!
Hakuba Iwatake seem to be updating new snowfall numbers from their Mountain Side. I will check those and report on them each morning. (Added to the list below from today).
The Hakuba Happo-one Fire Festival is going ahead this year, from Friday through Sunday. There's going to be torchlit skiing and bonfire over on the Nakiyama area as well as fireworks from 8pm on Saturday. The poster says 'Happo Heats Up - 3 Days! Hot! Red! Chilli!'.
Personally I'd much prefer if things remain rather cold and chilly through next month, rather than be hot and chilli.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 40cm
- Usagidaira: 46cm
- Nakiyama: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 330cm
- Usagidaira: 275cm
- Nakiyama: 100cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 40cm
- Base: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 330cm
- Base: 130cm
Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 35cm
- Iimori: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 320cm
- Iimori: 115cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 30cm
- Base: 25cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 287cm
- Base: 195cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 50cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 327cm
- Base: 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake
Reported snowfall:
- Mountain Side: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 210cm
- Base: 60cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 200cm
Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 160cm
- Base: 90cm
Hakuba Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 17th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 385cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 150cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 165cm reported on 19 days February 2021 snowfall 70cm 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.