Hakuba Now: Monday 21st January 2019
- Jan 21, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 216cm
Posted on Monday 21st January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning to you from Hakuba.
Snow to report this morning (the branches of the trees outside my place are looking loaded and very pretty this morning) and I'll get the headlines to you first. Here is the amount of fresh snowfall that the ski resorts are reporting this morning:
Hakuba Cortina: 20cm (base), 30cm (top)
Hakuba Iwatake: 20cm (base), 30cm (top)
Hakuba Happo-one: 20cm (top Riesen)
Hakuba 47: up to 20cm (* they were also reporting 20cm at 3pm yesterday afternoon)
Hakuba Goryu: 15-30cm
We enjoyed snow falling yesterday and then some stronger winds overnight, but things feel calmer at the moment and ski resorts appear to be open as planned at the start of the day today.
Official snow depths are mostly taking some big jumps today. I imagine this morning there are some fine conditions to be found and I'm looking forward to getting out for some action myself. (Feeling up for it again now!)
I should be bringing you more fresh snow news tomorrow and there's regular lined up on the forecasts too.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 200cm
- Usagidaira: 135cm
- Nakiyama: 90cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
- Urakuro and Omusubi off-piste areas not open
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Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
- Top: 235cm
- Toomi: 115cm
- Iimori: 100cm
Notes:
- All course areas should be open
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Hakuba 47
Official snow depth:
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 115cm
Notes:
- All courses areas should be open
- Tree Riding Zones should be open
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Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 205cm
- Han-no-ki: 200cm
- Maruyama: 120cm
- Shirakaba: 170cm
- Champion: 140cm
- Oya-no-hara: 120cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 120cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth:
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 130cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 150cm
- Village Side: 80cm
Notes:
- Most lifts operating
- Both the Mountain Side and Village Side are both (part) open
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 185cm
Notes:
- Most course areas are open
- All lifts apart from Number 1 and 7 should be operating
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 120cm
Notes:
- All courses areas are open
- All lifts apart from 6, 8 and 10 are operating
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 140cm
- Base: 80cm
Notes:
- All lifts are operating
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 21st January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 216cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (9th and 21st January) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 112cm reported on 12 days January 2019 snowfall 104cm reported on 12 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.