Hakuba Now: Tuesday 21st February 2017
- Feb 21, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 445cm
Posted on Tuesday 21st February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
After the wild start to yesterday and snow, it turned into rain in the daytime (?!) before turning back into snow later on. Somewhat mixed up and confusing weather conditions yesterday.
And this morning it's a totally snowy story. I have 16cm to report at my measuring point and similar around... and resorts are reporting up to 40cm of fresh snow on upper areas:
Hakuba 47: 30cm overnight (and 10cm daytime yesterday)
Hakuba Goryu: 10-40cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 20-40cm
Hakuba Cortina: 10-20cm
Very nice.
Unfortunately, it's still a bit mad out this morning and top lifts are again affected - bit more on that in the individual info below but best to check directly if you plan a day out in this lot.
Perhaps it will all ease off later on today, and the forecast seems to point to clearer and sunny skies tomorrow morning at least (to be followed by more snow).
That sounds good to me.
Extra layer, goggles, and extra care - I'm out there.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall this morning on upper slopes from last night (and reported 10cm in the day yesterday).
Opening of top areas delayed due to weather conditions.
Official snow depth
Upper: 280cm
Base: 150cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 10-40cm of fresh snowfall bottom-top.
Opening of top areas delayed due to weather conditions.
Official snow depth
Alps: 330cm
Toomi: 170cm
Iimori: 130cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top) and 40cm reported by groomers very early morning.
Opening of top areas delayed due to weather conditions.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 265cm
Kurobishi: 310cm
Lower: 165cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All upper lifts on hold at the start of the day due to weather conditions.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 360cm
Han-no-ki: 340cm
Maruyama: 170cm
Oya-no-hara: 150cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall.
Appears to be generally opening at the start of the day - a few lifts maybe delayed.
Official snow depth:
Top: 360cm
Base: 240cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 210cm
Base: 120cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 220cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 200cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 145cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 21st February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 445cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 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 242cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 138cm reported on 13 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.