Hakuba Now: Thursday 6th February 2020
- Feb 6, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 110cm
Posted on Thursday 6th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba and good news with fresh snow on the ground.
This morning there's a few different numbers to report: Goryu, 47 and Happo-one all reporting 5cm down at base and 10cm higher up. (To add to that, Hakuba 47 seem to have been mentioning up to 15cm of snow on the upper slopes yesterday afternoon which is admittedly kind of confusing).
Hakuba Cortina is looking good with an impressive 40cm being reported across the mountain and I note that also Tsugaike are reporting up to 40cm too... so going on those numbers it would seem that those resorts in a more northerly location got more overnight.
I myself can report 8cm on the ground at base since yesterday. I have been over to Goryu and Happo-one early morning as an additional look round before making this report.
It is a very cold morning with light snow still falling.
As of 9am it looks like the top lifts at Happo-one are on hold due to the weather conditions. As far as I can tell other resorts are open as planned.
We can expect some sunshine tomorrow so while today should of course be good, tomorrow should be a real feel-good day out on the mountain. :)
The seemingly never-ending tension served up from some people regarding snowfall numbers in Hakuba continues.
I report from base. It is clearly stated on the report - with added additional emphasis this season - just to be sure that people who are reading the reports are clear on that point.
Just like the other reports on this website. They too are also reporting from the base of their ski resort areas. They aren't all unfairly reporting from the summit. It isn't a competition.
But I cannot / will not report more than I observe.
The number that I report is the amount of snowfall that has fallen at base.
In that new table above, I am also very clearly reporting what the ski resorts themselves are reporting.
Look!!!
Today Goryu, 47 and Happo-one are all reporting 5cm at base.
Are these ski resorts plotting some cunning plan against Hakuba?
No, of course not.
They are just reporting the situation.
They love Hakuba dearly, just as I do.
(* Note that I am actually reporting more than they are this morning)
Look!!!
Cortina are reporting 40cm of snowfall at their base this morning.
Do I mention that or do I hide it from readers? Of course I report it. Why on earth would I not be excited about that? Read my report above.
I would like to note that out of the literally hundreds of email messages we have received after those recent general comments, almost all of them were very kind and sometimes long messages of support from people who are really happy that they are not just being 'sold to' in the reports on this website. Sadly, the only sarcastic negative comments came from a few people who are apparently in the business of selling Hakuba. That makes me sad, and a few other things too. (Might I add that there are many, many fine people here doing very good things).
I am pretty sure that most 'normal' people who are reading the reports will make a note of how much snow has fallen on the mountain as well as at base and read the commentary text that goes with them. Because these things are clearly laid out in the reports.
Every.
Single.
Morning.
They will read the reports, take them for what they are and not sit up at night agonising over numbers. (Normal people just don't do that).
There, I've had my say.
To the 99% - my apologies for the above, I just felt the need to say it.
Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Thursday 6th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 110cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 70cm reported on 13 days February 2020 snowfall 8cm reported on 1 day |
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.