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Hakuba Now: Sunday 1st January 2023

  • Jan 1, 2023
  • 3 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 168cm

Posted on Sunday 1st January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Hello and Happy New Year from Hakuba!


We start 2023 with just a little fresh snow being reported in upper areas by some ski areas - a few cm or so. But there's some cm of snow on the top of my car this morning that I am pretty sure wasn not there yesterday afternoon. Sorry, my mind is rather foggy this morning (can't think why...!)


Whatever, let's have some heavy snow again, please. It is a fine morning with some cloud and quite a bit of blue sky. It should be snowing by the end of today though. So I should have some fresh on the ground to report to you in my next report.


Outside is looking very tempting. Perhaps like some other people, though, I think I am going to have to take it easy this morning.


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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far (in upper areas)

[The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated every morning.]


ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 197cm

Hakuba 47: 185cm

Hakuba Happo-one: 187cm

Hakuba Cortina: 162cm

Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 195cm


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ABLE Hakuba Goryu

Reported snowfall:

Upper: 5cm (Alps Daira)

Official snow depth:

Upper: 200cm

Toomi: 100cm


Hakuba 47

Reported snowfall:

Upper: 5cm

Base: 0cm

Official snow depth:

Top: 195cm

Base: 105cm


Hakuba Cortina

Reported snowfall (24 hours):

Summit: 1cm

Lower: 0cm

Official snow depth:

165cm


Hakuba Happo-one

Reported snowfall:

Kurobishi: 0cm

Usagidaira: 0cm

Top of Riesen quad: 3cm (social media)

Nakiyama: 0cm

Official snow depth:

Kurobishi: 210cm

Usagidaira: 133cm

Nakiyama: 72cm


Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field

Reported snowfall:

Mountain Side: 0cm

Village Side: 0cm

Official snow depth:

Mountain Side: 100cm

Village Side: 30cm


Hakuba Norikura Onsen

Official snow depth:

170cm


Hakuba Valley Kashimayari

Official snow depth:

80cm


Jigatake

Official snow depth:

50cm


Tsugaike Mountain Resort

Reported snowfall:

Upper: 0cm

Official snow depth:

Upper: 159cm

Lower: 59cm


White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka

Official snow depth:

90cm



Hakuba Now 2022-2023 season

Data as Sunday 1st January 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 168cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 29cm (24th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 164cm reported on 17 days January 2023 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day



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