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Hakuba Now: Thursday 9th February 2023

  • Feb 9, 2023
  • 3 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 378cm

Posted on Thursday 9th February 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


It was snowing in the afternoon yesterday - some nice big flakes actually - when I was up at 47, and we do have some fresh snow down to base this morning.


As I write this, the sun is breaking through some clouds and there is some blue sky away from the mountains, but it is also snowing. (It's really cool when that happens).


Visibility up on the mountains looks quite limited in places and it is likely snowing more up there.


Ski areas themselves are reporting modest amounts of snowfall, the most coming in from Hakuba Cortina who report up to 20cm of fresh.


Right now it is just under -3C and feels colder. Hopefully we will get a bit more snow before the weekend, which is currently forecast to be sunny.


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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far (in upper areas)

[The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated every morning]


ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 541cm

Hakuba 47: 483cm

Hakuba Happo-one: 470cm

Hakuba Cortina: 585cm

Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 463cm


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ABLE Hakuba Goryu

Reported snowfall:

Upper: 5cm (Alps Daira)

Official snow depth:

Upper: 290cm

Toomi: 110cm


Hakuba 47

Reported snowfall since last night:

Upper: 5cm (though mentioning 10cm on social media)

Base: 5cm

Official snow depth:

Top: 300cm

Base: 165cm


Hakuba Cortina

Upper: 20cm

Base: 16cm

Official snow depth:

270cm


Hakuba Happo-one

Reported snowfall:

Kurobishi: 0cm

Usagidaira: 0cm

Top of Riesen quad: 10cm (social media)

Nakiyama: 0cm

Official snow depth:

Kurobishi: 295cm

Usagidaira: 177cm

Nakiyama: 85cm


Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field

Reported snowfall:

Mountain Side: 10cm

Village Side: 0cm

Official snow depth:

Mountain Side: 200cm

Village Side: 80cm


Hakuba Norikura Onsen

Official snow depth:

265cm


Jigatake

Official snow depth:

90cm


Kashimayari

Official snow depth:

200cm


Tsugaike Mountain Resort

Official snow depth:

Upper: 231cm

Lower: 100cm


White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka

Official snow depth:

135cm



Hakuba Now 2022-2023 season

Data as Thursday 9th February 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 378cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 31cm (25th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 164cm reported on 17 days January 2023 snowfall 178cm reported on 17 days February 2023 snowfall 36cm reported on 4 days



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