Hakuba Now: Thursday 19th January 2017
- Jan 19, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 236cm
Posted on Thursday 19th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday the morning in particular was a real cracker! Beautiful blue skies and sunshine and all our lovely snow.
By around noon there was quite a bit of thin cloud appearing and giving proceedings a bright and part overcast feel. And by mid afternoon it was mostly cloudy. And by late night it was snowing... result of which this morning is about 5cm on the ground in village areas and resorts reporting between that amount and up to 15cm at higher elevations. So there'll be a decent fresh layer up there this morning. Worth investigating.
Visibility is way down this morning as snow continues falling. Looks foggy and not much to see at all on the upper webcams. Be sure you know where you're going!
The forecast say there may even be some sunshine poking through later on, so things do seem due to get clearer.
The forecast is looking good with a fair amount of snow on the 6 day forecast now - heaviest currently due tomorrow night into Saturday.
Nice.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All planned lifts are operating.
- Tree Riding Zones scheduled to be open.
Official snow depth
Upper: 290cm
Base: 145cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5-15cm 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: 145cm
Iimori: 120cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 8cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- All courses open - including now the top Riesen Grat!
- Kurobishi off-piste area not open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 220cm
Kurobishi: 260cm
Lower: 105cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Info:
- All areas open.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 290cm
Han-no-ki: 280cm
Maruyama: 180cm
Oya-no-hara: 135cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 120cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall.
Info:
- Number 7 lift is not operating.
- Nighta (Number 2 pair lift) from 5pm until 8pm.
Official snow depth:
Top: 270cm
Base: 190cm
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: 160cm
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
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 19th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 236cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 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 171cm reported on 14 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.