Hakuba Now: Wednesday 7th January 2015
- Jan 7, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 303cm
Posted on Wednesday 7th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
A bit of heavy (omoi) snow up higher yesterday, but it was raining in the village and at lower levels unfortunately with very mild conditions and strong winds. Not the best conditions that's for sure!
But! It got colder overnight and there has been some snowfall. Just a few cm here around base areas. Bit more higher up (Cortina report up to 20cm).
Hard and icy conditions lower down, and a bit 'dust on crust' as I have heard from a few people this morning. Could really do with another deep delivery to give us a proper refresh.
There's quite a lot of cloud hanging on but also blue skies opening up now. Fairly strong winds again this morning which are affecting some lifts - details as I have them at the time of writing the report are noted below. That situation may well change.
Once again it'll be fun seeing how conditions change over the day though local forecasts do seem to be saying we can expect some more snow today and into tomorrow and temperatures will remain low.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Wednesday 7th January 2015. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 0-5cm on lower areas.
Strong winds affecting top pair lifts.
All courses open except Adventure Course.
- Alps Daira - 285cm
- Toomi - 155cm
- Iimori - 155cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall.
Gondola on hold due to strong winds.
R4 Snow Park will be closed today as they give it a 'full remake'. Should re-open tomorrow.
Tree Riding Zone open.
- Upper - 255cm
- Lower - 155cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
- Usagidaira - 280cm
- Nakiyama - 140cm
- Sakka - 130cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 20cm of new snowfall this morning.
Most of the resort is open. 'Confirming safety' for many courses at the time of writing.
- Upper - 350cm
- Lower - 220cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Forest course and Uma-no-se Course closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 330cm
- Maruyama - 185cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 195cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0-10cm of fresh snowfall.
Most of Iwatake is open - a number of courses on the Mountain Side closed this morning.
- Upper - 250cm
- Lower - 120cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Resort is mostly open.
- 260cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
Night skiing every day until 15th March.
- 200cm
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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:
Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January (and 11th); February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm.
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January 10th (and 11th); February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 7th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 27cm 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.