Hakuba Now: Friday 31st December 2021
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 159cm
Posted on Friday 31st December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
The award for the most new snowfall reported this morning goes to Hakuba Cortina, they are saying they got 50+cm. Woohoo! Other ski areas reporting a somewhat more modest 20cm upwards, with Happo reporting up just over 40cm at the Usagidaira level.
All good.
It is still snowing and everywhere has that white-grey look thing going on with visibility limited to poor in places on the mountain. All that fresh snow is enticing though... and there's lots more incoming according to forecasts.
There will be various New Year things going on today and this evening, and I'm sure some fireworks too.
Take care and let us hope for a good 2022.
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I am happy to say that I think we are at the stage now where the ski areas in the area are all either mostly open or fully open. (Or as open as they intend to be). Always good to reach that point.
As such I have cleaned up the information below.
What I intend to do from now is to mention anything of note that stands out to me within the text of my report. I will of course continue to report the official snow depth numbers and any fresh snowfall that ski areas report each morning.
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 253cm
Hakuba 47: 265cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 254cm
Hakuba Cortina: 229cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 283cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 210cm
- Toomi: 105cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
- Lower: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 210cm
- Base: 100cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 30cm
- Usagidaira: 42cm
- Nakiyama: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 170cm
- Usagidaira: 177cm
- Nakiyama: 85cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
- Mountain Side: 20cm
- Village Side: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 130cm
- Village Side: 50cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 18cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 265cm
- Lower: 95cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 180cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 50+cm
- Lower: 50+cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 265cm
- Base: 160cm
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Hakuba Sanosaka is not opening for the 2021-2022 season
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Friday 31st December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 159cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 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.