Hakuba Now: Saturday 18th February 2017
- Feb 18, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 406cm
Posted on Saturday 18th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
No fresh snow to report for a few days.
Yesterday was something of a wet day, so definitely not one of the highlights of the season so far.
The rain turned into snow later in the day though, earlier up on the slopes and then down to village last night, and while there's only a bit to report at lower levels some of the resorts are reporting up to 20cm of fresh snow higher up on the slopes. There's varying numbers coming in from the resorts this morning so it will be interesting to see how conditions are holding up. I am guessing rather varied and very much depending on where you choose to slide. I would definitely head up high though (if I weren't heading over to Matsumoto this morning!)
It is a cloudy/overcast start to the day here in the village - I notice Happo is reporting snow on upper slopes - and that seems to be what we can expect for the day. Thankfully today should be generally quite a bit colder as well which is good. Visibility also looks rather varied this morning, ranging from decent to rather poor.
Snow is due to be falling overnight tonight - forecasts argue on how much we can expect so let's just see what we get out of it.
In the meantime, have a good Saturday.
(And choose well!)
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Upper: 255cm
Base: 130cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting up to 15cm of fresh snowfall on upper slopes.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Alps: 335cm
Toomi: 170cm
Iimori: 130cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top) and up to 20cm on upper ungroomed areas.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 230cm
Kurobishi: 270cm
Lower: 140cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 335cm
Han-no-ki: 320cm
Maruyama: 150cm
Oya-no-hara: 150cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 150cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 2-5cm of fresh snowfall.
Official snow depth:
Top: 335cm
Base: 215cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 200cm
Base: 120cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 220cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 195cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
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 Katamatsu-Shirakaba area February 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 Saturday 18th February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 406cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 242cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 99cm 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.