Hakuba Now: Monday 19th January 2015
- Jan 19, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 370cm
Posted on Monday 19th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday turned into a real beauty.
By mid morning the remaining clouds over the mountains had all but disappeared leaving us with fantastic scenery, fine blue skies and lots of sunshine.
A really beautiful early evening as well.
Stunning.
Not much can be seen this morning though, as the snow is back and it's coming down pretty good up on the mountains looking at the webcams just now. Limited visibility.
Only up to a few cm or so at most to report from around the ski-jo so far, but it should be snowing for the day and so I expect to bring news of fresh cm tomorrow morning.
Feels like a moderate north easterly wind, but all resorts appear to be planning on opening as normal. Hopefully that will be the case.
Back to clearer skies tomorrow and Wednesday maybe before a return to snowfall on Thursday.
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Someone has asked why the Adventure Course at Hakuba Goryu seems to never open. Just spoken with someone over at the resort about that to get an official word - it might open but they don't feel it's the conditions to open it right now... safety concerns by the sounds of things.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Monday 19th January 2015. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 1cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 1-3cm on lower areas.
All courses open (except Adventure Course).
- Alps Daira - 300cm
- Toomi - 165cm
- Iimori - 165cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 5cm of snowfall on upper areas.
Tree Riding Zone is open.
- Upper - 300cm
- Lower - 180cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 3cm of fresh snowfall at Usagidaira this morning; just 1cm or so at base.
Happo Banks The Snow Park opening event planned for 31st January.
- Usagidaira - 295cm
- Nakiyama - 160cm
- Sakka - 180cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 3cm of new snowfall this morning.
All courses open by the looks of things.
- Upper - 400cm
- Lower - 265cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 360cm
- Maruyama - 200cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 210cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
Mostly open (some course areas on the Mountain Side not open).
- Upper - 245cm
- Lower - 165cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses open.... some currently being checked for safety as I write this once again.
- 315cm
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Kashimayari:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
All areas now open.
- 220cm
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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:
Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January (and 11th); February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm.
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January 10th (and 11th); February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Monday 19th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 370cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 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 94cm reported on 9 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.