Hakuba Now: Monday 25th January 2016
- Jan 25, 2016
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 192cm
Posted on Monday 25th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba where there's another 5cm on the ground and more (quite a lot more) on the mountain.
Yesterday Hakuba 47 were reporting 20cm of fresh snow up by Line C in the afternoon and this morning they're reporting 10-15cm at base so that probably gives a good general picture.
I think perhaps there was less snowfall overnight than we were expecting and hoping for - resorts reporting up to 5-15cm at base and up to 20cm higher up - but still, it's a decent new layer and conditions continue to improve as the base gradually gets bigger.
It was really cold yesterday and it's a cold start to the day today too.
Unfortunately there are fairly strong winds again which are affecting the top lifts at Goryu/47, Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen.
We're expecting the snow fall to ease this morning and perhaps the skies clear up by tonight. Another cold night is set to be followed by a good chance of clear and sunny skies tomorrow. With the fresh snow and clear weather, tomorrow should be a very fine day to be out on the mountain.
Things are expected to be somewhat milder mid week before more snow - heavy snow? - due around the weekend.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain.
All courses are now open.
Line E lift on hold due to wind.
The R4 Snow Park is closed for today and tomorrow as they do a 'full remake'.
The lower part of the Tree Riding Zone is now open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 200cm
Base: 70cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is again reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top.
All courses now officially open except Snow Diving - but, early on the top Alps lifts and Panorama and Grand Prix courses are closed due to wind conditions.
The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Lift info:
All lifts apart from the top Alps pair lifts are operating as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Alps: 215cm
Toomi: 95cm
Iimori: 95cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
The top lifts are on hold again this morning due to the weather conditions - Grat quad, Alpen quad, Usagidaira pair, Kurobishi Number 3 and Skyline Number 2 pair.
All lower areas of Happo-one are now open. Once the wind dies down it should be an 'all open' situation!
The lower Nakiyama area plans to be open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm.
Lift info:
All planned lifts are now operating.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 190cm
Nakiyama: 75cm
Sakka: 50cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 5-8cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses are now open!
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight.
Lift info:
All lifts (apart from Number 7 pair) plan to be operating.
Official snow depth:
Top: 190cm
Base: 135cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All course areas are now generally open except Uma-no-se, 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. Those lifts on hold due to wind.
Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 248cm
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:
90cm
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 Monday 25th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 192cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 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 128cm 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.