Good morning from Hakuba.

A snowy morning and trees on the mountains are looking nice and white, though there's a misty cloudy feel going on.

40cm is being reported by Goryu on the upper areas (via official Hakuba Valley sources) and that is more than other areas are reporting. Happo are reporting up to 30cm on their upper areas with Cortina going with 10-15cm. So it looks like the ski areas to the south got more overnight. Sounds like it might be worth investigating!

Some light snow forecast for today and the next heavier snowfall likely tomorrow night. We might get lucky and get some clear skies tomorrow morning before that snow.

I mentioned some adjustments happening at Happo-one in the report yesterday. This morning there's news from Tsugaike Kogen. They are also going to be resting a few lifts and facilities from tomorrow (including Burger King!), though hopefully it won't affect the amount of terrain that is open.

If you are here in Hakuba, please keep an eye on official ski areas information for specific details.

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Individual ski area data: Sunday 17th January 2021

All ski areas in the region are now open. The below information is checked from official sources and manually adjusted each morning.

Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 30cm
- Usagidaira: 27cm
- Nakiyama: 0cm (?)
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 280cm
- Usagidaira: 235cm
- Nakiyama: 95cm

Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 5cm
- Base: 5cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 300cm
- Base: 130cm

Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 40cm
- Iimori: ?cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 315cm
- Iimori: 120cm

Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 15cm
- Base: 10cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 260cm
- Base: 180cm

Tsugaike Kogen
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 13cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 285cm
- Base: 135cm

Hakuba Iwatake
Official snow depth:
- Top: 170cm
- Base: 70cm

Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 275cm

Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 90cm


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Floodlit night skiing at ski areas in the Hakuba area
Below are the general plans for night skiing during the 2020-2021 season.
Subject to change at short notice.

Hakuba Cortina
5:00pm until 9:00pm
9th-10th January

Hakuba Goryu
Daily apart from Wednesdays
Toomi Sky Four quad lift
6:00pm until 9:30pm

Tsugaike Kogen
6:00pm until 9:00pm
9th-10th, 16th, 23rd, 30th January 2021
13th, 20th, 27th February 2021
Karamatsu and Shirakaba areas

Night skiing is not planned at other ski areas during the 2020-2021 season


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The 'total snowfall accumulation' data shown in the table on this page (above) is the total amount of snowfall that the ski areas have themselves reported from the upper areas of their resort since the beginning of the season. We manually check and update this official data just before we publish each Hakuba Now report. Any odd-looking numbers are due to the source data. We have no control over the data. Just to be extra clear, unlike our own ‘observed snowfall’ data from base that we show at the top of each report, the data in the table is not an independent observation by SnowJapan.


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Photos (below):

- Hakuba Happo-one
- Hakuba Happo-one
- Hakuba 47
- Hakuba Iwatake
- Hakuba Goryu (upper)