Hakuba Now: Thursday 22nd January 2026
- Jan 22
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 214cm
Posted on Thursday 22nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
It's cold out there!
Snowy too!
Here's how much snowfall the ski areas are reporting this morning in upper areas:
Cortina: 40+cm
Happo-one: 35cm
Hakuba 47: 20cm
Tsugaike: 20cm
Todays prize goes to Cortina with top areas of Happo-one getting runners up, and indeed it looks like areas to the north have been getting some very large amounts of snow.
Conditions should be very pleasing wherever you choose to slide this morning.
My own measurement down at base is 14cm as it continues to snow lightly-moderately around the time I am posting this.
By the way, one of the reasons why I tend to post the webcam images from base areas - like the two today from Goryu base and that car park near Happo-one - are so you can get a good idea of what it looks like. Often on days like today images from higher up are just white-out anyway.
Top lift at Happo-one on hold but as far as I can tell other than that ski areas are up and running as scheduled this morning.
Upcoming weekend is looking particularly snowy. Be prepared!
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Apology:
Some kind reader has just pointed out a (rather embarrassing) typo mistake in my list below... my mis-spelling of Kurobishi at Happo-one.
My apologies for that, I have fixed it.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 20cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 235cm
Top: 90cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall'; implies overnight rather than 24 hrs):
Top: 20cm
Base: 10cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 245cm
Base: 110cm
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Hakuba Cortina
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 40+cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 185cm
Base: 100cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobishi (1680m): 35cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 15cm
Nakiyama (800m): 10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobishi (1680m): 240cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 106cm
Nakiyama (800m): 55cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
210cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
160cm
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Jigatake
Official snow depth:
80cm
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth:
70cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 262cm
Base: 95cm
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
85cm
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Thursday 22nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 214cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 98cm reported on 12 days January 2026 snowfall 114cm reported on 15 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.