Hakuba Now: Friday 2nd February 2024
- Feb 2, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 310cm
Posted on Friday 2nd February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hakuba greetings to you!
Well, February started with some rubbish rain (booooo!), but it was snowing later on (hurray!), and there are some modest amounts of snow being reported by ski areas this morning... ranging from 0cm to 10cm. (I get the feeling Goryu might be doing a bit of 'rounding up'!). It was quite windy too, so the snow that was falling was getting blown around and visibility was challenging in places.
This morning started cloudy and fairly cold. At 11am it's still cloudy and it looks like there is some light snow falling at higher elevations.
Still, some forecasts do say there will be some sun today, and there are in fact some faint hints of blue behind clouds in places right now, so maybe it will start clearing.
They also predict quite a lot of sun over the weekend.
I predict another busy weekend and I've got my eye on the snow that is forecast Monday/Tuesday.
Sorry about being a bit late with some reports this week. Blame my visiting friends. ;) I should get back to a more normal routine from tomorrow.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 10cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 235cm
Toomi: 110cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall (overnight):
Upper: 5cm
Base: 3cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 240cm
Base: 100cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 108cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
Kurobishi: 0cm
Usagidaira: 0cm
Top of Riesen quad: 3cm (social media)
Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 230cm
Usagidaira: 145cm
Nakiyama: 55cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
Mountain Side: 0cm
Village Side: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Mountain Side: 170cm
Village Side: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
200cm
Jigatake
Reported snowfall:
0cm
Official snow depth:
90cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
110cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 207cm
Lower: 40cm
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
90cm
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far (in upper areas)
[The information below originates from the ski areas themselves, it is being checked and updated manually every report from public Hakuba Valley sources]
ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 738cm
Hakuba 47: 492cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 625cm
Hakuba Cortina: 521cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 566cm
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Friday 2nd February 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 310cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 187cm reported on 16 days February 2024 snowfall 2cm 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.