Hakuba Now: Friday 21st January 2022
- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 32cm
Snowfall at base this season 375cm
Posted on Friday 21st January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from lovely Hakuba. So the snow started to pile up yesterday and by this morning there's another fresh layer. Cortina is reporting by the most snow over the 24 hours, with 50cm on upper areas (and 30cm lower down).
There's still some light snow falling but it feels like it is getting a little brighter.
The top Grat quad at Happo-one is still closed (that seems to be taking a while...)
We're expecting lovely sunny skies tomorrow. Weekend visitors should be be greeted by lovely weather and lovely snow conditions. Lovely. That's the word for the day.
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I'm not sure what's going on with the Iwatake (and sometimes other) official snowfall numbers. I think they are stuck on the previous day. As I often say to people in real life (off the internet), please just take all the different numbers with pinches of salt. They can be interesting, sure, but there are so many different people/ski areas doing different things on different schedules and all the other factors that go into it. It's not a completely consistent thing. There are just so many more important things to get stressed out about.
The numbers reported in the list below are checked with official sources each morning and relayed to you. So any 'error' is in the original data. In contrast, any error (always unintended) in the text of the report itself is purely due to me.
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 593cm
Hakuba 47: 540cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 492cm
Hakuba Cortina: 609cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 625cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 325cm
- Toomi: 165cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
- Lower: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 335cm
- Base: 200cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 15cm
- Usagidaira: 15cm
- Nakiyama: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 350cm
- Usagidaira: 230cm
- Nakiyama: 145cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
- Mountain Side: 5cm
- Village Side: 3cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 205cm
- Village Side: 95cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 30cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 354cm
- Lower: 150cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 360cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 50cm
- Lower: 30cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 370cm
- Base: 260cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Friday 21st January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 375cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th January) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 216cm reported on 14 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.