Hakuba Now: Monday 5th February 2018
- Feb 5, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 433cm
Posted on Monday 5th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Fresh snow.
The headlines:
Hakuba Goryu 30cm (upper)
Hakuba 47: 15-30cm
Hakuba Cortina: 20+cm
Hakuba Happo: 20cm
I am measuring 22cm.
So looks like we can expect a good new layer of snow out there on mountain this morning.
Yesterday was cold out there. I sure felt cold anyway. Snowy and quite windy too.
The snow clouds should be over Hakuba over the next few days, or at least close-by; as I write this report there's some blue sky on show...
Anyway, it should be fun to see how much fresh we get. And I am looking forward to checking out conditions this morning.
Biggest problem: where to go!
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Lifts appear to be operating as normal
Courses open:
- All courses should be open as normal
- Happo Banks is now open
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 380cm
- Usagidaira: 235cm
- Lower: 130cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Lifts appear to be operating as normal
- The top Alps Number 2/4 pair lifts will be open weekends until 4th Feb; then daily from 10th Feb until 18th March
Courses open:
- All courses should be open as normal
Official snow depth:
- Top: 375cm
- Toomi: 130cm
- Iimori: 100cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating as planned
- Line D usually operates only when the Gondola is not operating
Courses open:
- All main courses available
Official snow depth:
- Top: 320cm
- Base: 135cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Should be open as normal apart from Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner I
Courses open:
- All course areas are open
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 315cm
- Han-no-ki: 300cm
- Maruyama: 130cm
- Shirakaba: 250cm
- Champion: 160cm
- Oya-no-hara: 140cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 165cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- All lifts are operating this morning
Courses open:
- All courses apart from Itadaira Ridge should be open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 330cm
- Base: 208cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operating lifts:
- Most lifts are operating with most courses open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 220cm
- Base: 130cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Alps Number 7 should be operating as planned
Official snow depth:
- 240cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from Number 8 and 10 should be operating
Official snow depth:
- 190cm
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Operating lifts:
- All three lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
- 150cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 5th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 433cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 26cm 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.