Hakuba Now: Thursday 3rd February 2022
- Feb 3, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 420cm
Posted on Thursday 3rd February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Hakuba.
Yesterday ended up being a mostly just cloudy kind of day but there was a lot of fresh snow to enjoy. This morning ski areas are reporting up to 10cm of snow on the mountain and there's a few+ cm of new snow down at base areas. It's just cloudy for the moment with light snow lingering in places and the sun is also breaking through in places.
It's also quite windy and some lifts are being affected. A bunch of lifts at Happo are not opening at the start of the day including gondola and top lifts. The gondola at Iwatake is also on standby. 47/Goryu seem to be open as normal.
Weekend weather still looking set to be snowy.
The total accumulation number for Tsugaike has... gone done. No idea what's going on there. Pinches of salt, folks.
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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: 630cm
Hakuba 47: 590cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 533cm
Hakuba Cortina: 710cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 675cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 340cm
- Toomi: 170cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 10cm
- Lower: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 320cm
- Base: 180cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: -cm
- Riesen: 10cm
- Usagidaira: 10cm
- Nakiyama: -cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 345cm
- Usagidaira: 235cm
- Nakiyama: 125cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
- Mountain Side: 10cm
- Village Side: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 190cm
- Village Side: 90cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 0cm (?)
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 320cm
- Lower: 120cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 335cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall (24 hours):
- Summit: 10cm
- Lower: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 335cm
- Base: 220cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as Thursday 3rd February 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 420cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th January) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 228cm reported on 20 days February 2022 snowfall 33cm reported on 2 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.