Hakuba Now: Tuesday 4th January 2022
- Jan 4, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 32cm
Snowfall at base this season 217cm
Posted on Tuesday 4th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Excellent morning to you from Hakuba.
So, there's two types of morning that I really love. There's those with the deep blue sky and stunning mountains (preferably following overnight snow). But even better than those are the mornings with a lot of fresh snowfall. And today is one of those.
We did get some blue sky and sun at times yesterday afternoon. It was snowing by the evening and this morning we have some big numbers to report. For once Cortina does not 'win', reporting just 20cm. In contrast Happo-one is reporting up to 37cm and Hakuba 47 are boasting of 'over 50cm' on their upper areas. Hakuba Goryu, next door, are reporting 40cm. And I can post 32cm for my base snowfall report.
Excellent. It is always exciting to be able to report good numbers. It's even more exciting to get out there and play in it. :)
(And of course I totally don't say that to tease those of you who are sadly not able to be here right now. Hopefully you guys will just be happy for Hakuba and just be even more looking forward to getting here --- hopefully later this year! Fingers crossed.)
OK back to the weather. Visibility is limited. Doesn't feel that cold. Time to go....
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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: 323cm
Hakuba 47: 335cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 312cm
Hakuba Cortina: 349cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 348cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 40cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 260cm
- Toomi: 130cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 50cm
- Lower: 30cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 220cm
- Base: 145cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 35cm
- Usagidaira: 37cm
- Nakiyama: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 190cm
- Usagidaira: 207cm
- Nakiyama: 110cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
- Mountain Side: 15cm
- Village Side: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 145cm
- Village Side: 60cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 19cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 274cm
- Lower: 120cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 230cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 20cm
- Lower: 20cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 250cm
- Base: 160cm
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Tuesday 4th January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 217cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 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 January 2022 snowfall 58cm reported on 3 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.