Hakuba Now: Monday 27th December 2021
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 108cm
Posted on Monday 27th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday the snow continued falling but the main thing I thought was... it was really cold! This morning is really cold too. Lots of cloud and some very light snow falling in places. Feels like it might actually be brightening up a bit but there's more snow on the forecast.
This morning ski areas are reporting around another modest 10cm of fresh snow; Cortina wins the 'most snow' award by reporting 20cm on it's upper area.
Hakuba 47 and Tsugaike hit the 2m of snowfall mark in the official numbers.
Most of the ski areas are now mostly open, including Jigatake over in Omachi city (and part of the 'Hakuba Valley' promotions).
Hakuba Sanosaka is sadly sitting the season out. Hopefully it will be back next year.
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 198cm
Hakuba 47: 205cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 186cm
Hakuba Cortina: 144cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 200cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 165cm
- Toomi: 85cm
Lift operations (planned):
- Most lifts now operating
Course openings (planned):
- Most areas now open apart from part of Iimori
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 10cm
- Lower: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 170cm
- Base: 55cm
Planned lift & course openings:
- All scheduled lifts open (Line D usually only opens when the gondola is not operating)
- All but one small areas of official runs now open
- Tree Riding Zones also open
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 0cm
- Usagidaira: 3cm
- Nakiyama: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 120cm
- Usagidaira: 118cm
- Nakiyama: 55cm
Planned lift operations:
- Most of the main lifts are now open
Planned course openings:
- The upper and mid areas are all open
- Some lower areas not yet available
- It is possible to ski down to Nakiyama and Gondola base areas
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 90cm
- Village Side: 30cm
Lift operations (planned):
- View 2
- 4 Sen East
- 5 Sen South
- Gondola
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 185cm
- Lower: 75cm
Lift operations:
- Most lifts now open
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 140cm
Lift operations (planned):
- 5 lifts now operating
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
- Lower: 12cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 110cm
Lift operations:
- All lifts apart from Number 5 pair open
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Hakuba Sanosaka is not opening for the 2021-2022 season
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Monday 27th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 108cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 79cm reported on 9 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.