Hakuba Now: Friday 5th January 2018
- Jan 5, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 249cm
Posted on Friday 5th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It is a very cold start to the day here. My thermometer outside saying -8C.
There's a light covering of snow on the ground though some places reporting none - and just a bit being reported by the resorts that I can find:
Hakuba Happo-one: 5cm (top of Gondola)
Hakuba Cortina 3cm (base and top)
Nice and cold, snow conditions should be great this morning. And things seem to be calm too. Just wrap up well.
Perhaps a little snow tomorrow but looking at the forecast it looks like we are down for some heavy snow again early in the week. Sounds good to me (though the rain that is currently shown on the forecast to be with us Monday before the snow appears sounds much less appealing!!)
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 5th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 249cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (3rd January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 44cm reported on 5 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.