Hakuba Now: Saturday 30th January 2021
- Jan 30, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 309cm
Posted on Saturday 30th January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello from Hakuba on this cold Saturday morning.
Some rather different and odd looking snowfall numbers being reported (or should that be 'not reported'?) from around the ski areas this morning... I am guessing that wind might well be a factor there, but up to 40cm is being reported from upper areas.
I sure like the sound of that. And you can of course see the numbers below.
Since I started putting the report together there are more breaks in the cloud and it is actually sunny in places. If we do get continued snow during the day, we can probably expect the light snow that is lingering in higher areas this morning.
Wind seems to be affecting upper lifts at Happo-one at the start of the day and the upper section of the Tsugaike Gondola is on hold. There were some wind related issues at 47 too but that has cleared. Forecasts show the wind getting less as the day goes on so hopefully they will be opening up. Other than that other ski areas appear to be opening as planned.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 45cm
- Usagidaira: 1cm
- Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 310cm
- Usagidaira: 199cm
- Nakiyama: 90cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
- Base: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 300cm
- Base: 130cm
Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 40cm
- Iimori: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 300cm
- Iimori: 120cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 40cm
- Base: 30cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 295cm
- Base: 180cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 30cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 305cm
- Base: 105cm
Hakuba Iwatake
Official snow depth:
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 70cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 250cm
Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 160cm
- Base: 80cm
Hakuba Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Saturday 30th January 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 309cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 150cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 159cm 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.