Hakuba Now: Monday 23rd January 2017
- Jan 23, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 274cm
Posted on Monday 23rd January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba and... more snow!
I'm measuring 11cm on the ground at base and here's what the resorts are reporting in terms of fresh snowfall:
Hakuba Cortina: 30cm
Hakuba 47: 25cm
Hakuba Goryu: 10-25cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 15cm
All good.
And snow should continue falling through the day today and tomorrow too.
Once we get to Wednesday clearer skies are forecast through until late Friday.
Looks like Goryu are mentioning late opening for their top lifts but other than that places seem to be opening as planned this morning.
The Chinese New Year is this coming weekend and so this week and next week there are a lot of visitors to Hakuba coming to enjoy their holidays. They should be happy with the timing at the moment!
Let's hope the regular snowfall continues. Mixed in with fine weather at times of course.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 25cm of fresh snowfall.
All planned lifts are operating.
Tree Riding Zones scheduled to be open.
Official snow depth
Upper: 310cm
Base: 165cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 10-25cm of fresh snowfall.
Top lifts may start late.
All scheduled lifts plan to be operating.
Official snow depth
Alps: 335cm
Toomi: 155cm
Iimori: 135cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses open. The Kurobishi off-piste area is also now open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 215cm
Kurobishi: 235cm
Lower: 125cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Uma-no-se and Forecast course areas only partly open but other than that all courses open.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 300cm
Han-no-ki: 290cm
Maruyama: 220cm
Oya-no-hara: 150cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall.
Official snow depth:
Top: 295cm
Base: 200cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 160cm
Base: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 270cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 23rd January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 274cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (13th January) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 209cm reported on 17 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.