Hakuba Now: Sunday 21st January 2024
- Jan 21, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 254cm
Posted on Sunday 21st January 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday we did get some snow on the mountain and this morning ski areas are mostly reporting up to 10cm (Happo-one is going with 20cm at Kurobishi). It's not the fluffiest of light dry snow, but definitely better than rain, for sure.
This morning we have had some light (wet) snow falling around base areas, though it's more like rain away from those areas. While it probably won't amount to much in terms of new cm, today we can hope that it will just continue being snow... and not rain.
OK, so let's fast forward to Tuesday.
Temperatures are set to drop back down to normal mid-winter and we are due good amounts of snow, possibly heavy snow, through until Thursday. Just how that actually pans out, we will have to see, but it looks promising.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 10cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 220cm
Toomi: 110cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall (overnight):
Upper: 10cm
Base: 5cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 220cm
Base: 90cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
Upper: ?cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 185cm
Base: 105cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
Kurobishi: 20cm
Usagidaira: 12cm
Top of Riesen quad: 10cm (social media)
Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 230cm
Usagidaira: 155cm
Nakiyama: 55cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
Mountain Side: 20cm
Village Side: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Mountain Side: 160cm
Village Side: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
190cm
Jigatake
Reported snowfall:
10cm
Official snow depth:
80cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
100cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 222cm
Lower: 37cm
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
75cm
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far (in upper areas)
[The information below originates from the ski areas themselves, it is being checked and updated manually every report from public Hakuba Valley sources]
ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 633cm
Hakuba 47: 412cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 545cm
Hakuba Cortina: 426cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 455cm
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Sunday 21st January 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 254cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 133cm 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.