Hakuba Now: Monday 22nd January 2018
- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 303cm
Posted on Monday 22nd January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
And here we are at the start of a week that brings a lot of promise of large amounts of fresh snow.
It is good to see snow falling again.
First of all the fresh snowfall headlines so far:
Hakuba Cortina: 5-10cm
Hakuba 47: reporting 10cm yesterday afternoon upper slopes
Hakuba Goryu: Toomi 1cm; upper areas 5cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 2cm at top Gondola station
So a modest layer of snow can be expected on the slopes - but there's that promise of much more just ahead of us.
Yesterday there was some good snow falling later in the afternoon and it was piling up quite quickly for a while, but it eased off in the evening.
This morning it's cloudy skies with snow forecast to be falling later on. Calm before the storm perhaps as when it starts snowing again it should be the start of the excellent week for snowfall that we are all expecting.
It's pretty exciting to look at the forecasts. If the snow happens like they are saying it will, we're on for some serious snowfall. Really serious.
And I will of course look forward to letting you know all about it.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned
Courses open:
- All course are open
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 340cm
- Usagidaira: 165cm
- Lower: 80cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned (Alps Number 2 and 4 lifts usually operate on weekends only)
Courses open:
- All courses are open apart from Adventure
Official snow depth:
- Top: 290cm
- Toomi: 105cm
- Iimori: 50cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned (Line D usually operates only when the Gondola is closed)
Courses open:
- All courses available apart from R4 / 47 Parks (Monday and Tuesday)
Official snow depth:
- Top: 240cm
- Base: 70cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner I are operating
Courses open:
- All course areas are open apart from Uma-no-se and parts of Sawa-one and Kane-no-naru-oka Number 2
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 260cm
- Han-no-ki: 255cm
- Maruyama: 100cm
- Shirakaba: 220cm
- Champion: 120cm
- Oya-no-hara: 110cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 110cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts are operating
Courses open:
- All courses apart from Mt Hieda 3 and Itadaira Ridge are open (those courses closed due to ground cracks)
Official snow depth:
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 155cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are operating with most courses open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 100cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 7 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 185cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 8 and 10 are operating
Official snow depth:
- 140cm
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Operating lifts:
- All three lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 105cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 22nd January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (3rd January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 98cm reported on 11 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.