Hakuba Now: Monday 30th January 2017
- Jan 30, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 293cm
Posted on Monday 30th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
A spell of no fresh snowfall for a few days.
I had some fresh (though rather heavy and wet) snow to report, from myself and from the resorts themselves:
My observation at base: 3cm
Hakuba 47: 5-10cm
Hakuba Goryu: 3-10cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 0cm
Hakuba Cortina: 0cm
...but unfortunately, it's now raining here in the village. But, happily it is snowing at higher elevations.
Yesterday by around mid-afternoon cloud have covered most of the sky above the village with snow starting to fall once dark.
And so here we are this morning. We are hoping and expecting things to get colder as the day progresses and remaining rain to turn into decent snowfall down to base once again. Hopefully sometime this morning - with me being able to report more snow in my next report.
Until then!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall.
All planned lifts are operating.
Tree Riding Zones closed today.
Official snow depth
Upper: 290cm
Base: 145cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 3-10cm of fresh snowfall.
All scheduled lifts plan to be operating.
Official snow depth
Alps: 320cm
Toomi: 150cm
Iimori: 130cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses open.
The Kurobishi off-piste area is open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 175cm
Kurobishi: 190cm
Lower: 110cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All courses open.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 275cm
Han-no-ki: 270cm
Maruyama: 180cm
Oya-no-hara: 135cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
Official snow depth:
Top: 285cm
Base: 185cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 150cm
Base: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 210cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 170cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 30th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 293cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 228cm reported on 19 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.