Hakuba Now: Sunday 18th February 2018
- Feb 18, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 503cm
Posted on Sunday 18th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Weather conditions were perhaps for the braver folk yesterday with snow being the order of the day. And lots of it too. By mid-afternoon, Happo-one were reporting 30cm of snowfall ‘since morning’... along with some very limited visibility and windy conditions too.
Fresh snow headlines from this morning:
Hakuba Goryu: 5-15cm
Hakuba 47: 10-20cm
Hakuba Cortina: 20-30cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 10cm
I suspect there will be more than that - possibly a fair bit more than that. Winds have been pretty strong since yesterday and so there's been a lot of snow blowing about, which will be affecting the numbers.
I think the only way to check things is to get the on the skis or board and check it out. I suspect there'll be some very nice conditions out there this morning.
However, strong winds are unfortunately still affecting some resorts at the start of the day. The upper areas of Happo-one - including the Gondola - are on hold and it looks like lifts are Hakuba 47 and the upper areas of Goryu are on hold. Tsugaike looks open though. Best to check with them for the latest.
A mix of weather and visibility this morning too. Cloud, some blue sky, with some sun shining through in places.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be operating as normal
Courses open:
- All courses should be open as normal
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 420cm
- Usagidaira: 245cm
- Lower: 130cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be operating as normal
- The top Alps Number 2/4 pair lifts are scheduled to be open daily until 18th March
Courses open:
- All courses should be open as normal
Official snow depth:
- Top: 415cm
- Toomi: 160cm
- Iimori: 132cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned
- Line D usually operates only when the Gondola is not operating
Courses open:
- All main courses available
Official snow depth:
- Top: 375cm
- Base: 170cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be opening as normal
Courses open:
- All course areas are open
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 360cm
- Han-no-ki: 350cm
- Maruyama: 135cm
- Shirakaba: 280cm
- Champion: 190cm
- Oya-no-hara: 165cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 175cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart should be operating
Courses open:
- All courses should be open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 380cm
- Base: 225cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Should be opening as normal
Courses open:
- Most areas open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 140cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts (apart from 1 and 7) should be operating as planned
Official snow depth:
- 230cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 8 should be operating
Official snow depth:
- 210cm
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Operating lifts:
- All three lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 150cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 18th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 503cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 96cm reported on 12 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.