Hakuba Now: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 247cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning.
Anyone else enjoy yesterday? Day of my season so far I would say.
Marvel(l)ous. :)
The clouds gradually broke up yesterday during the day leaving us with a much clearer and beautiful evening with a bank of cloud remaining over the mountain backdrop.
There is a bit of snow to make a note of since the report yesterday morning, but no numbers are being reported by resorts apart from 2cm by Happo-one.
It is a rather grey and cloudy morning but the sun is shining through in some places.
While today might be relatively mild during the daytime, snow is due again tonight and there's more decent snow there on the forecast for Saturday too.
Regular decent snowfall please!
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 240cm
- Usagidaira: 170cm
- Nakiyama: 120cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
- Urakuro and Omusubi off-piste areas not open
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Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
- Top: 255cm
- Toomi: 145cm
- Iimori: 110cm
Notes:
- All course areas should be open
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Hakuba 47
Official snow depth:
- Top: 250cm
- Base: 130cm
Notes:
- All courses areas should be open
- Tree Riding Zones should be open
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Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 235cm
- Han-no-ki: 230cm
- Maruyama: 100cm
- Shirakaba: 190cm
- Champion: 160cm
- Oya-no-hara: 140cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 160cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth:
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 180cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 180cm
- Village Side: 100cm
Notes:
- Most lifts operating
- Both the Mountain Side and Village Side are both open (but not fully)
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 215cm
Notes:
- Most course areas are open
- All lifts apart from Number 1 and 7 should be operating
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 160cm
Notes:
- All courses areas are open
- All lifts apart from 8 and 10 are operating
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 160cm
- Base: 100cm
Notes:
- All lifts are operating
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 23rd January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 247cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 27cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 112cm reported on 12 days January 2019 snowfall 135cm reported on 14 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.