Hakuba Now: Sunday 18th January 2015
- Jan 18, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 369cm
Posted on Sunday 18th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Lots of fresh snow over the last day or so here in Hakuba. As you can see from the reports coming in from around the different resorts around the valley, differing numbers being reported but the general headline is decent fresh snow out on the mountains this morning.
Snow and limited visibility for most of the day yesterday, and poor weather conditions actually made Kashimayari (where I was) cancel their nighta. But I think for many it would have been a great day in the snow with some very fine conditions.
A different look this morning with lots of blue sky above Hakuba and the sun shining down on us. There's still a big bank of cloud covering the mountain backdrop from view, but blue skies above that.
Some strong winds are present on mountain this morning though and there is some lift disruption at Happo-one and Hakuba Goryu with the top lifts at both resorts on hold as of 9am. Let's hope they can get those open soon so people can enjoy those top areas.
More snowfall due tomorrow afternoon to be followed by a few days of clearer skies again according to the latest local forecast. Chance of temperatures rising slightly around Wednesday, we'll look at that situation again nearer the time. Doesn't look like it should warm up too much though.
Lots of fresh snow to have fun in this morning. Take care, hope you can get to enjoy it.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Sunday 18th January 2015. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 25cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 15cm at Toomi area.
Top Alps Daira lifts not open early on due to strong wind conditions.
All courses open except Panorama and Adventure Course.
- Alps Daira - 310cm
- Toomi - 165cm
- Iimori - 160cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 25cm of snowfall during the day yesterday by Line C at 3pm. Reporting another 20cm since last night. That's a lot of snow over the last 24 hours or so.
Tree Riding Zone is open.
- Upper - 310cm
- Lower - 180cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall at Usagidaira this morning and another 10cm at base.
Happo Banks The Snow Park opening event planned for 31st January.
- Usagidaira - 290cm
- Nakiyama - 160cm
- Sakka - 180cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 40cm of new snowfall this morning.
All open by the looks!
- Upper - 360cm
- Lower - 280cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
Uma-no-se course and Forest course closed this morning.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 370cm
- Maruyama - 200cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 210cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall.
Mostly open, areas of the Mountain Side are closed.
- Upper - 270cm
- Lower - 170cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reporting another 30cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses open.... some currently being checked for safety as I write this once again.
- 315cm
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Kashimayari:
Reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall.
All areas now open.
- 220cm
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Sunday 18th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 369cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 93cm reported on 8 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.