Hakuba Now: Sunday 27th January 2019
- Jan 27, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 286cm
Posted on Sunday 27th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning to you all and here are your Sunday morning headlines; fresh snowfall reported by ski resorts:
Hakuba Cortina: 20+cm (base/top)
Hakuba Happo-one: 20cm top of Riesen quad
Hakuba Iwatake: 20cm
Hakuba Goryu: 10-25cm
Hakuba 47: 10cm
Not as much down in the village and honestly I was hoping and expecting more impressive numbers than that. But still, 20cm or so on the slopes is always welcome and conditions should be good this morning as temperatures remain low. And the forecasts still show some pretty regular snowfall over the coming week - in particular later tomorrow and then from Thursday onwards.
At the time of writing the top Grat and Alpen quad lifts at Happo-one are on hold, but as far as I can tell all other resorts are open as normal.
As you can see from the webcam images below, visibility is variable this morning on the mountains. Good in places, poor in others. The sun is shining through clouds outside my place now and there's quite a lot of blue sky over the village. Should be a fine day. Before that snow moves in again later on tomorrow, the day should be starting off with some sun again.
Have a great Sunday.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 255cm
- Usagidaira: 170cm
- Nakiyama: 130cm
Notes:
- All course areas open (apart from Urakuro and Omusubi off-piste areas)
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Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
- Top: 285cm
- Toomi: 160cm
- Iimori: 120cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
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Hakuba 47
Official snow depth:
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 140cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
- Tree Riding Zones should be open
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Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 265cm
- Han-no-ki: 260cm
- Maruyama: 130cm
- Shirakaba: 225cm
- Champion: 170cm
- Oya-no-hara: 165cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 170cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth:
- Top: 300cm
- Base: 200cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 180cm
- Village Side: 100cm
Notes:
- Most lifts operating
- All main course areas open
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 250cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
- All lifts apart from Number 7 should be operating
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 195cm
Notes:
- All main course areas open
- All lifts are operating
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 110cm
Notes:
- All lifts are operating
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Sunday 27th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 286cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 174cm 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.