Hakuba Now: Thursday 2nd February 2017
- Feb 2, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 314cm
Posted on Thursday 2nd February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
First up, headlines. This is how much fresh snowfall the resorts are reporting.
Hakuba Cortina: 30cm
Hakuba 47: 20-25cm
Hakuba Goryu: 5-10cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 10cm
As you can see the numbers are somewhat varied this morning, probably due in part to the windy conditions that have been blowing it about. We are measuring 5-7cm in the usual three different measuring points.
Strong winds on mountain seem to be affecting some lift operations at Happo-one, Goryu and 47 at the start of the day. Be sure to check if you are going to be out today just to make sure before making the trip.
The snow is expected to continue falling through the day today and overnight, leaving us with clearer conditions tomorrow morning and on Saturday.
Back to snow on Sunday.
Snow, clear, snow, clear. That sounds like a very good pattern to me! Talking of which...
Can you believe we are already into February? Why do the winter months seem to zoom by so fast… it’s not fair!
I thought I would take a quick look at the season so far and how we are comparing with previous seasons.
In terms of snowfall December 2016 wasn’t great and the season was taking it’s time to really get going properly. January proved to be a real improvement on the previous season though with me observing considerably more snowfall here at base with things really kicking off from the second week of the month.
For more of this data, please click on the tab at the top of this page called Snowfall Analysis. Have a play around with it all, it's very interesting.
What we want now is regular snowfall along with temperatures remaining cold. Some nice blue skies from time to time would also be ideal. Fingers crossed that February and beyond can deliver.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 20-25cm of fresh snowfall.
Tree Riding Zones should be open today.
Official snow depth
Upper: 285cm
Base: 145cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall.
Strong winds affecting top pair lifts at the start of the day.
Official snow depth
Alps: 305cm
Toomi: 145cm
Iimori: 130cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
Gondola and a number of lifts affected by wind this morning.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 195cm
Kurobishi: 195cm
Lower: 145cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All courses are open.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 305cm
Han-no-ki: 290cm
Maruyama: 175cm
Oya-no-hara: 150cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall.
Official snow depth:
Top: 325cm
Base: 223cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 210cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 2nd February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 317cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 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 242cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 7cm reported on 1 day |
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.