Hakuba Now: Saturday 30th November 2019
- Nov 30, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 18, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 4cm
Posted on Saturday 30th November 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
That first layer of snow down to the village is always a lovely sight. With a bit of a warmer day forecast tomorrow, the current thin layer may well disappear before the winter weather properly sets in, but that is not uncommon.
A look around the webcams shows snow on all of them, though not enough for the big resorts to open yet.
Fingers crossed we'll get back to snow in the first half of the coming week.
Hope you have a good Saturday.
In the coming days, it is going to be become more prominent on the report, but please be sure to read this. What is laid out on that page applies not only to Hakuba Now but to all of the other Now daily reports on SnowJapan.
As I have mentioned before, this season myself and my little (actually, not so little!) helpers are going to be taking more time to gather information in a morning before posting the report. That might mean the report being a bit later than it has been in the past, as we have no control over information that is being put out there by resorts, etc.
And as ski resorts are not yet open, no-one is into their proper daily routine yet. So it remains to be seen how things will shake out.
Bottom line, we want to bring you as much good information as we can. Gambarimasu.
Planned ski resort opening dates:
As soon as there is enough snow
Hakuba 47
Hakuba Happo-one
Hakuba Goryu
Tsugaike Kogen
Friday 13th December 2019
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Saturday 14th December 2019
Hakuba Cortina
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Mid December 2019
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hakuba Sanosaka
Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Saturday 30th November 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 4cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 4cm (30th November) November 2019 snowfall 4cm 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.