Hakuba Now: Saturday 21st January 2017
- Jan 21, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 253cm
Posted on Saturday 21st January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The snow is back!
Headlines for powder hunters:
Hakuba Cortina: 30-40cm base, 40-50cm top
Hakuba 47: over 30cm
Hakuba Goryu: 15-30cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 10cm
Nice!
There's just over 15cm on the ground in the village (and a bit more since I started putting the report together) and a very nice new covering of snow on the slopes. It should be an excellent morning. Watch out for wind though and poor visibility.
Looks like the upper lifts at Happo-one are suspended at the moment due to strong wind conditions up there. Hopefully they'll be able to re-open if and when the winds ease off.
Snowfall is forecast to stop by around lunchtime but be back tomorrow with snow clouds due over Hakuba through Tuesday.
Nice.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 35cm of fresh snowfall.
All planned lifts are operating.
Tree Riding Zones scheduled to be open.
Official snow depth
Upper: 300cm
Base: 160cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 15-30cm of fresh snowfall.
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 Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
Upper lifts closed early morning due to strong winds.
All courses open - including now the top Riesen Grat.
Kurobishi off-piste area not open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 215cm
Kurobishi: 230cm
Lower: 120cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Uma-no-se and Forest courses closed.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 295cm
Han-no-ki: 290cm
Maruyama: 180cm
Oya-no-hara: 140cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 130cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 30-50cm of fresh snowfall.
Official snow depth:
Top: 290cm
Base: 200cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 160cm
Base: 90cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 240cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 175cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 21st January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 253cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 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 188cm reported on 15 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.