Hakuba Now: Thursday 21st January 2016
- Jan 21, 2016
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 179cm
Posted on Thursday 21st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
A very good morning to you from Hakuba, where there has been another 15cm of fresh snow fall by my place since my report yesterday morning.
It was really coming down hard at times yesterday. Lots of big grins on faces. It was quite funny meeting other locals, where the conversation was almost always something along the lines of 'now this feels more like normal'.
I'm a bit confused by the new snowfall numbers the resorts are talking about this morning as they are less than what fell in my back garden and seen by my own eyes. Anyway, the numbers are all in the respective places below. (Perhaps some of them are just reporting what fell overnight - which was 0cm here at base).
Wind is still an issue this morning unfortunately with only the lower areas of Happo-one open, and the top areas of Goryu/47 and Tsugaike Kogen also affected at the time of writing this report. Hopefully that will ease off and they can get open.
After all, with all this fresh snowfall everyone is very keep to get up there and start enjoying it.
Today should be a very good day. And heavy snowfall is expected over the weekend.
Happo-one got their night skiing going last night on the Nakiyama slopes. Good to hear.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0-5cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday.
Currently the Line E lifts is on hold with Route 8 not yet open.
Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 200cm
Base: 70cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 5cm on upper areas.
All upper and Toomi areas are now normally open but strong winds this morning have the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts currently on hold, and the Panorama and Grand Prix Courses closed.
All courses in the Iimori area apart from the Snow Diving and Adventure courses are now open.
Lift info:
Wind affecting the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts at time of writing.
Official snow depth
Alps: 195cm
Toomi: 85cm
Iimori: 100cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Strong winds are unfortunately preventing the upper areas of the resort from opening again this morning - lower lifts and courses only at the time of writing.
Enough snow now for the lower slopes to be open.
Lift info:
Lower lifts currently operating are the Nakiyama 2, Nakiyama 3, Shirakaba Number 1 and 2 pair lifts, Kokusai 1, Sakka Number 2 pair, Sakka Number 3 triple lift, Sakka Kita One quad and Kita One Number 3.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 165cm
Nakiyama: 55cm
Sakka: 30cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall.
Course information unconfirmed at time of writing.
Lift info:
All lifts apart from Number 7 pair plan to be operating.
Official snow depth:
Top: 174cm
Base: 120cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Most of the resort is open this morning though a few lifts affected...
Lift info:
Gondola and top Tsuga Number 2 and Han-no-ki lifts not operating at the time of writing
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 215cm
Maruyama: 80cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting up to 10cm of fresh snowfall.
Lift info:
Both Village Side and Mountain Side areas part open.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 150cm
Lower: 50cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
70cm
All lifts apart from Number 8 lift and 8 of the 12 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen.
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
55cm
All 5 lifts are operating though some courses are not yet open.
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 179cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 115cm 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.