Hakuba Now: Tuesday 6th January 2026
- Jan 6
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 136cm
Posted on Tuesday 6th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
This morning we have some blue sky above a thick bank of cloud around the mountains, but visibility looks at least ok to pretty good at higher elevations at 8am.
Down at base the snowfall has eased off and the sun is shining through in places.
However, I can see things are a bit blowy (and it still snowing?) up at the Happo-one.
Higher lifts may very well be affected this morning.
I have to be too early this morning for numbers reported from Happo-one, but Goryu is reporting up to 25cm of fresh snow and Hakuba 47 saying 15cm on upper areas ('since last night').
Tsugaike is reporting 20cm 'with more in places'.
The JMA reading for Hakuba village has 18cm over the last 24 hours with 2cm of that overnight, and my own measurement since last report is the same.
But Hakuba Cortina ski area wins the snowfall prize for this morning - they are teasing us with news of 60cm over 24 hours (30cm overnight) in upper areas.
It should be a very good morning.
The next big snow looks due going into Thursday. And then again at the weekend.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 25cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 135cm
Top: 55cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall'; implies overnight rather than 24 hrs):
Top: 15cm
Base: 5cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 65cm
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Hakuba Cortina
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 25cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 200cm
Base: 130cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): ?cm
Usagidaira (1400m): ?cm
Nakiyama (800m): ?cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobushi (1680m): 210cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 85cm
Nakiyama (800m): 48cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
140cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
110cm
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Jigatake
Official snow depth:
75cm
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth:
85cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 181cm
Base: 74cm
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
65cm
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Tuesday 6th January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 136cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 98cm reported on 12 days January 2026 snowfall 36cm 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.