Hakuba Now: Tuesday 28th December 2021
- Dec 28, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 123cm
Posted on Tuesday 28th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
This morning Cortina is reporting 40cm of fresh snow; 47/Goryu 10cm at base and 30cm up top; and Happo reporting up to 40cm at Usagidaira. Tsugake reporting 25cm. I can report 15cm at base.
Some of you might have been seeing the news about lots of heavy snowfall in Japan. Not massive numbers here, but at the same time I am happy to see lots of areas of Japan getting their snow (though unlike Hakuba, some places would prefer that it did not snow!)
Wind is affecting operations at Happo-one early morning today and the gondola is not up and running yet; also the top lifts at Goryu/47 are affected. Though it doesn't feel particularly windy down at base areas.
It's quite bright this morning and even a bit of blue sky to see - it might even clear up more and be sunny later on. With the fresh snow on the mountains conditions should be really good.
Heavy snow is due back Thursday and Friday.
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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: 30cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 185cm
- Toomi: 90cm
Lift operations (planned):
- Most lifts now operating
Course openings (planned):
- Most areas now open apart from part of Iimori
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 30cm
- Lower: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 65cm
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 (huh?)
- Usagidaira: 40cm
- Nakiyama: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 118cm
- Usagidaira: 114cm
- Nakiyama: 65cm
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: 25cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 210cm
- Lower: 90cm
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: 40cm
- Lower: 40cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 210cm
- Base: 130cm
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 Tuesday 28th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 123cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 94cm reported on 10 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.