Hakuba Now: Thursday 17th February 2022
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 503cm
Posted on Thursday 17th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It was snowing through the day yesterday and I reckon about 10-15cm on upper areas during the day. This morning there's more snow and ski areas are reporting the numbers in the list below. A good 15-20cm in lower areas and more than that higher up with Happo-one reporting 37cm at Usagidaira. Conditions should be really good out there.
This morning there's still (light) snow falling (at the time of writing) but also some signs that the sun might be able to break through the clouds in places. But then again the forecast is for snow during the day today... so maybe not! (I'm thinking... not. I expect snow).
The forecasts are looking good for more snow over the coming week too. Snow today into tomorrow morning and then quite a lot later Saturday onwards. If they are right it looks like we should be in for a very fine second half of February. Obviously that is great to report... long may it continue!
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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: 760cm
Hakuba 47: 720cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 629cm
Hakuba Cortina: 852cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 712cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Upper: 25cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 380cm
- Toomi: 180cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Summit: 20cm
- Lower: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 380cm
- Base: 185cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Kurobishi: 25cm
- Riesen: 20cm
- Usagidaira: 37cm
- Nakiyama: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 390cm
- Usagidaira: 267cm
- Nakiyama: 140cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Mountain Side: 20cm
- Village Side: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 230cm
- Village Side: 100cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Upper: 25cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 377cm
- Lower: 145cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 365cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall (12 hours):
- Summit: 23cm
- Lower: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 385cm
- Base: 272cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as Thursday 17th February 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 503cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 228cm reported on 20 days February 2022 snowfall 116cm reported on 11 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.