Hakuba Now: Thursday 8th December 2022
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 6cm
Posted on Thursday 8th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
We have had some more light snow in the village. Hakuba 47 are reporting up to 5cm around base areas, with gradually less than that as you head back towards the village.
Happo-one appear to be reporting 27cm fresh snow and a snow depth of 55cm on the Usagidaira area (shown in the top image below this morning). That sounds good. Unfortunately, I can't find other 'numbers' to report to you. Ski areas seem to be chilling on the 'information updates' front at the moment. Definitely still in low gear, or neutral in some cases! I'm not saying they are sitting around doing nothing, of course, as I am sure they are busy with other things. Still, being an info fan I think we should be getting into higher gears now. :)
Fingers crossed there will be more cm of snow delivered today. From tomorrow there will likely be a break in the snow clouds, followed by decent snowfall forecast for Sunday. That looks like it should get things moving... openings early next week, perhaps?
The ski areas of the Hakuba region, in alphabetical order (with planned opening dates):
ABLE Hakuba Goryu (on standby - will open as soon as there is enough snow)
Hakuba 47 (on standby - will open as soon as there is enough snow)
Hakuba Cortina (17th December)
Hakuba Happo-one (on standby - will open as soon as there is enough snow)
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field (16th December)
Hakuba Norikura Onsen (17th December)
Hakuba Sanosaka (16th December)
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari (24th December)
Jigatake (16th December)
Tsugaike Mountain Resort (on standby - will open as soon as there is enough snow)
Hakuba Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as Thursday 8th December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 6cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 3cm (7th and 8th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 6cm reported on 2 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.