Hakuba Now: Tuesday 22nd February 2022
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 571cm
Posted on Tuesday 22nd February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was cold, snowy, windy and generally like peak mid winter day. And some excellent deep snow conditions out there.
Some interesting snowfall numbers being reported this morning. Check this out: Cortina saying there has been 40-50cm of snowfall. But they have flipped that back to 24 hours, rather than 12 hours of recent days. (I wish I knew what was going on with that). Other ski areas are reporting more modest numbers, more in the range up to 10cm-20cm 'overnight'.
Light snow is falling at the moment in base areas (seems to have stopped in some places) and snow on the mountain. It is another cold morning but without the wind we had yesterday. Things should be easing off leaving us with an increasing chance of clearer (or just cloudy) weather beyond tomorrow.
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A new-look SnowJapan website is coming very soon. I was given a peak at it yesterday and spent a few hours with it. All I can say is... what a truly fantastic job the guys have done. It's a bit of a shock to the system at first, being so used to the site as it is now, but it feels like the new set up is clearly a big step up. I can't wait to see more of it and us all get used to it.
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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: 860cm
Hakuba 47: 800cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 746cm
Hakuba Cortina: 955cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 772cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Upper: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 420cm
- Toomi: 190cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Summit: 20cm
- Lower: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 430cm
- Base: 220cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Kurobishi: 5cm
- Riesen: 5cm
- Usagidaira: 20cm
- Nakiyama: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 435cm
- Usagidaira: 281cm
- Nakiyama: 170cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Mountain Side: 10cm
- Village Side: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 270cm
- Village Side: 140cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Upper: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 431cm
- Lower: 175cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 420cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall (24 hours):
- Summit: 50cm
- Lower: 40cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 450cm
- Base: 330cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as Tuesday 22nd February 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 571cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 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 228cm reported on 20 days February 2022 snowfall 184cm reported on 16 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.