Hakuba Now: Tuesday 24th January 2017
- Jan 24, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 290cm
Posted on Tuesday 24th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello from here in Hakuba and yes, there's more snow to report.
Strong winds were blowing around last night and there's still some wind this morning (looks like top lifts at Happo-one currently stopped due to those conditions), but there's new snow to play in. I'm measuring 16cm since my last report and here's what the ski resorts are publishing this morning:
Hakuba Cortina: 30cm
Hakuba 47: up to 25cm
Hakuba Goryu: 10-25cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 10cm
After today we should be getting clearer skies and perhaps some sunshine though we're back to snow sometime on Friday, particularly at higher elevations. (Some forecasts are daring to mention rain in base areas. I strenuously object very to the very suggestion! Hopefully that'll fix itself up before happening.)
Anyway for now the fresh snow conditions continue and it should be a very good day.
Wrap up well... it's cold out there!
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: 315cm
Base: 170cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 10-25cm of fresh snowfall.
All scheduled lifts plan to be operating.
Official snow depth
Alps: 345cm
Toomi: 155cm
Iimori: 135cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses open. The Kurobishi off-piste area is also now open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 215cm
Kurobishi: 235cm
Lower: 140cm
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: 310cm
Han-no-ki: 300cm
Maruyama: 240cm
Oya-no-hara: 160cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 150cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall.
Official snow depth:
Top: 330cm
Base: 230cm
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
Planned nighta operations - be sure to check with resorts for latest:
Hakuba Goryu:
Planned to be open daily from 6pm until 9:30pm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Planned at the Kane-no-naru-oka area on January 21st, 28th; Febraury 4th, 11th (6pm until 8:50pm)
Planned at the Katamatsu-Shirakaba area on January 21st, 28th; February 11th, 18th; March 4th, 11th, 18th, 19th (6pm until 9pm)
Hakuba Cortina:
Planned to be open daily from 5pm until 8pm (until 9pm on Saturdays)
Hakuba Happo-one:
Planned to be open daily until 9pm on the Nakiyama area.
Kashimayari:
Planned to be open daily.
There is no night skiing at the other resorts in the area.
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 24th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 290cm 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 225cm reported on 18 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.