Hakuba Now: Tuesday 17th January 2017
- Jan 17, 2017
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 231cm
Posted on Tuesday 17th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello from Hakuba where the good news continues.
This snow storm doesn't seem to want to let up yet.
Here's the headlines (new snowfall reported by the resorts):
Hakuba Goryu: 40+cm
Hakuba Goryu: 15-40cm
Hakuba 47: 30-40cm
Happo-one: 15cm
The last week has been spectacular in terms of snowfall. As you can see in the reports on upper resort areas there's probably been 2m of snowfall - and the rest. Lower areas have also had a good amount of snow too meaning that places are pretty much open as normal now and enjoying peak season conditions. It's great to see official snow depth numbers from Goryu and Tsugaike breaking through the 3m level too.
With all of this snow and continued limited visibility with snow still falling this morning, do take care out there. Stick with friends and there's plenty of untouched powder within resort areas. There have been a number of stories on the news of people missing at different resorts around Japan in these current conditions - we don't want to have any further such sad news. Everyone come back safe at the end of the day.
Tomorrow might start with clearer skies, which will be a change and a treat for everyone lucky to be here at the moment.
There's more heavy snow promised on the forecast as we enter the weekend though, so it looks like the excellent conditions should be continuing.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 30-40cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All planned lifts are operating.
- Tree Riding Zones scheduled to be open.
Official snow depth
Upper: 295cm
Base: 150cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 15cm-40cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All scheduled lifts plan to be operating.
- Nighta from 6pm until 9:30pm on the Toomi area.
Official snow depth
Alps: 315cm
Toomi: 140cm
Iimori: 120cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All courses apart from the top Riesen Grat are open.
- Kurobishi off-piste area not open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 220cm
Kurobishi: -cm
Lower: 110cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Strong winds affecting top lifts at the start of the day.
Info:
- All areas open apart from Uma-no-se course
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 310cm
Han-no-ki: 270cm
Maruyama: 180cm
Oya-no-hara: 130cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 120cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting at least 40cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- Number 7 lift is not operating.
- Nighta (Number 2 pair lift) from 5pm until 8pm.
Official snow depth:
Top: 290cm
Base: 200cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Info:
Most of the Village Side is open and about half of the Mountain Side courses are open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 150cm
Base: 90cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Info:
Hakuba Norikura is mostly open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 260cm
Kashimayari:
Kashimayari is mostly open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 170cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Hakuba Sanosaka is fully open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Planned nighta operations - be sure to check with resorts for latest:
Hakuba Goryu:
Planned to be open daily from 6pm until 9:30pm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Planned at the Kane-no-naru-oka area on January 14th, 21st, 28th; Febraury 4th, 11th (6pm until 8:50pm)
Planned at the Katamatsu-Shirakaba area on January 14th, 21st, 28th; February 11th, 18th; March 4th, 11th, 18th, 19th (6pm until 9pm)
Hakuba Cortina:
Planned to be open daily from 5pm until 8pm (until 9pm on Saturdays)
Hakuba Happo-one:
Planned to be open daily until 9pm on the Nakiyama area.
Kashimayari:
Planned to be open daily.
There is no night skiing at the other resorts in the area.
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 17th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 231cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (13th January) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 166cm 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.