Hakuba Now: Wednesday 7th February 2018
- Feb 7, 2018
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 444cm
Posted on Wednesday 7th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Yesterday was a day of cloud and snow. Not a huge amount falling but some tracks being filled in and nice conditions out.
This morning here's how much fresh snow the ski resorts are reporting:
Happo-one: 10cm (gondola top station)
Hakuba 47: 5cm during the day reported; up to 10cm overnight
Hakuba Goryu: up to 5cm
Hakuba Cortina: 1cm
And the sun is out.
There is lots of blue sky with cloud hanging around the mountains - see the photo below to get an idea of how things are looking at 8:30am.
It looks like there are some fairly strong winds up there too with top lifts at Happo affected by wind at the time of writing and other possible lift delays at other resorts.
The forecast shows the chance of some more snow later on; for now though, a very fine morning. Just hope the wind co-operates!
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be operating as normal
- Top lifts affected by wind at the start of the day
Courses open:
- All courses should be open as normal
- Happo Banks is now open
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 400cm
- Usagidaira: 235cm
- Lower: 145cm
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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 daily from 10th Feb until 18th March
Courses open:
- All courses should be open as normal apart from Adventure
Official snow depth:
- Top: 380cm
- Toomi: 135cm
- Iimori: 107cm
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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: 340cm
- Base: 140cm
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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: 330cm
- Han-no-ki: 315cm
- Maruyama: 130cm
- Shirakaba: 265cm
- Champion: 160cm
- Oya-no-hara: 150cm
- 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: 347cm
- Base: 218cm
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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 1 and 7 should be operating as planned
Official snow depth:
- 270cm
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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
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Night time skiing (nighta) at resorts in the region - weather & conditions permitting
The below 'nighta' information will not be updated every day - please check with resorts if you plan to go!
Hakuba Happo-one
Daily from 5pm until 9pm in the Nakiyama 2 area
Adults - 2,000 yen; children - 1,200 yen
Hakuba Goryu
Daily from 6pm until 9:30pm in the Toomi area until 31st March
The Sky Four quad operates daily; the Number 2 pair mostly on Saturdays and holidays
Adults - 1,900 yen; children - 850 yen
Hakuba Cortina
Daily from 5pm until 8pm (until 9pm on Saturdays)
Adults - 1,500 yen; children - 1,000 yen
Tsugaike Kogen
Kane-no-naru-oka area from 6pm until 8:50pm on 3rd, 10th, 11th February
Karamatsu Shirakaba area from 6pm until 9pm on 10th, 11th, 17th February; 3rd, 10th March
Adults - 2,200 yen; children - 1,700 yen
There are no other nighta operations at other ski resorts in the region
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 7th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 444cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 37cm reported on 4 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.