Hakuba Now: Wednesday 9th January 2019
- Jan 9, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 164cm
Posted on Wednesday 9th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
A very good morning to you from Hakuba.
Now this is what we want. Heavy snowfall with some resorts reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall. I like the sound of that.
First off, the headlines and what the ski resorts are reporting:
Hakuba Cortina: 50cm (base); 50+cm (top)
Hakuba Happo-one: 30cm (top of Riesen quad)
Hakuba 47: 30-35cm
Hakuba Goryu: 15-20cm
Tsugaike: they don't give out numbers, but they are adding 50cm to the snow depth of top areas
Some lifts may well be affected by the current conditions so I advise checking before going. The only thing I can find right now is that Cortina is only part open and some lifts affected at Tsugaike and Goryu. But others appear to be open.
Limited visibility. Heavy snowfall. Extra care needed. Be careful out there.
Tomorrow should be both calmer and clearer. In fact, perhaps a perfect day to be out on the slopes.
It appears that Hakuba 47 are opening their Kamoshika tree riding zone area from today
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 215cm
- Usagidaira: 155cm
- Nakiyama: 80cm
Notes:
- All course areas open apart from Riesen Grat
- Urakuro and Omusubi off-piste areas not yet open
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Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
- Top: 195cm
- Toomi: 95cm
- Iimori: 50cm
Notes:
- All course areas open apart from Adventure and the ungroomed tree area
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Hakuba 47
Official snow depth:
- Top: 195cm
- Base: 80cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
- 'Osaru' Tree Riding Zone is open
- 'Kamoshika' to open today maybe
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Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 195cm
- Han-no-ki: 180cm
- Maruyama: 80cm
- Shirakaba: 100cm
- Champion: 80cm
- Oya-no-hara: 80cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth:
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 150cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 120cm
- Village Side: 50cm
Notes:
- Both the Mountain Side and Village Side are part open
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 155cm
Notes:
- All courses areas open apart from Expert
- All lifts apart from Number 1 and 7 are operating
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 100cm
Notes:
- All courses areas are now open
- All lifts apart from Number 8 are operating
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 110cm
- Base: 60cm
Notes:
- All lifts are operating
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 9th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 164cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 112cm reported on 12 days January 2019 snowfall 52cm reported on 6 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.