Hakuba Now: Sunday 24th January 2016
- Jan 24, 2016
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 184cm
Posted on Sunday 24th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It's snowing again.
Just a bit of snow yesterday on the mountain and while there wasn't really much 'overnight', as we got into this morning it has been snowing heavily and it has been really coming down at times.
Visibility on the slopes this morning - especially higher ones - looks to be generally somewhat limited - and I am hearing there's some windy conditions as well on upper areas. Happo have their top lifts on hold at the moment and the top part of the Tsugaike gondola is also on hold. Hakuba Goryu seems unaffected just now but Line C quad and Line E pair at Hakuba 47 are also on hold.
Heavy snow is forecast through the day today with it probably getting lighter as we get into tomorrow and then perhaps some clearer skies around Tuesday; but more snow is lined up for later in the week.
Things feel more like normal now and it's good to see Happo-one showing all their lower areas open at last.
If we could now just get some days in where there's no complications or drama (mostly wind now that we have our snow), I'd really like that!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top.
All courses are now open.
The lower part of the Tree Riding Zone is now open. Please see my report yesterday for more information on that.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 190cm
Base: 60cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top.
All courses except Snow Diving are now open.
The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Lift info:
All lifts operating as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Alps: 205cm
Toomi: 90cm
Iimori: 90cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
The top lifts are on hold at the moment due to the weather conditions - Grat quad, Alpen quad, Usagidaira pair and Kurobishi Number 3 pair.
All lower areas of Happo-one are now open though so once the storm passes it should be an 'all open' situation!
The lower Nakiyama area plans to be open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm (note snow is still pretty limited down there).
Lift info:
All planned lifts are now operating.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 185cm
Nakiyama: 70cm
Sakka: 40cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses apart from Mt Hieda Ridge are now open.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 9pm tonight.
Lift info:
All lifts (apart from Number 7 pair) plan to be operating.
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 105cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All course areas are now generally open, weather permitting.
'Nighta' is planned for Kane-no-naru-oka area until 8:50pm, and at the Karamatsu and Shirakaba areas until 9pm.
Lift info:
All lifts apart from the top part of the Gondola, the top Tsuga Number 1 pair lift and lower Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner I are operating.
Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 231cm
Maruyama: 90cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting up to 0cm of fresh snowfall.
Most of the Village Side is now open.
The Sonezawa area and View A and B areas are still closed on the Mountain Side.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Lift info:
All lifts on the Village Side are now operating and all lifts on Mountain Side except View 1 and Hikage are operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 140cm
Lower: 50cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All lifts apart from Number 8 lift and all courses except Snake and and Expert are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
85cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All 5 lifts are operating though some of the courses are not yet open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
55cm
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 184cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 120cm 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.