Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 92cm Posted on Tuesday 12th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A few cm or so of fresh snow perhaps on the mountain during the day yesterday and there were some good conditions to be enjoyed up there. It felt something like a mid-winter day, which is what most days should feel like right now of course. A good thing! Slopes and lifts were less busy as well, certainly over at 47 where I was in the afternoon, as lots of people started making their way back home after the long weekend. It should be much quieter from today. This morning it is pretty cold here in the village with a dusting of new snow around base areas and light snow falling early. It's mostly cloudy right now with some blue sky to be seen in places and even the sun trying to break through as well. Snow remains on the forecast over the coming week - hopefully decent amounts and regular as well, obviously. The colder conditions are should stay with us as well. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall at base and 3cm up top. All courses apart from Route 7 officially open. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth Upper: 145cm Base: 25cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 1-3cm of fresh snowfall at base and 3cm on upper areas. Panorama, Grand Prix, Super Course, Champion Dynamic and Woody Courses in upper area; the main Toomi course and the Soft Cream course in the Iimori area are planned to be open today. Planned lifts: Telecabin Gondola Alps Number 1 pair lift Alps Number 3 pair lift Toomi Sky Four lift Toomi Number 1 pair lift Toomi Number 2 pair lift Milky Four lift Official snow depth Alps: 150cm Toomi: 45cm Iimori: 40cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of new snowfall on upper areas. Grat (part), Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Kita One and Riesen Slalom areas are planned to be open, lower course areas still closed. Take one of the Gondola, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Sakka Kita-one quad or Nakiyama Number 3 triple lifts to get back down to base. Planned lifts: Adam Gondola Grat quad lift Alpen quad lift Usagidaira pair lift Happo Riesen quad Nakiyama Number 3 triple Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift Skyline Number 2 pair lift Kokusai Number 1 lift Kokusai Number 3 lift Panorama pair lift Kita One quad lift Kita One Number 3 pair lift Official snow depth Usagidaira: 100cm Nakiyama: 35cm Sakka: 15cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 2cm of fresh snow at base and 8cm on upper areas. The courses at Cortina that remain closed are: Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2 and 3, Itadaria Ridge and Giant. All other courses are now open. Planned lifts: All lifts apart from Number 7 pair lift now operating Official snow depth Top: 130cm Base: 75cm Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now at least part open. Planned lifts: Almost all of the lifts at Tsugaike Kogen are now operating. Official snow depth Tsuga-no-mori: 131cm Maruyama: 40cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 35cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: The North and East courses on Mountain Side are currently open. Planned lifts: Noah Gondola 3Sen Line North 4Sen Line East Line Lift Official snow depth Upper: 60cm Lower: 20cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth 40cm 7 lifts are operating and 7 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. Kashimayari: Planned lifts: Kashimayari is part open. Hakuba Sanosaka: Part open with the Number 1 triple lift, Number 2 quad and Number 5 pair lifts operating. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 12th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 92cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 28cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 89cm Posted on Monday 11th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . After the gusty early conditions yesterday, Happo-one managed to get open from around noon which was good to hear. Clouds moved in around the mountains and it started snowing up there. And this morning there is some fresh snow on the ground. Just a bit here at village/base (2cm) but resorts are reporting 10-20cm of fresh - check the individual resort details below for news from each of the ski-jo. Let's take a look at the forecasts. Still looking promising with a bit more snow today into early tomorrow and then around Thursday and Friday. It should be keeping fairly cold as well which is good; if it keeps cold conditions should keep well. And it should be pretty decent up there this morning. I'm going to go and check! Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top. All courses apart from Route 7 officially open. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth Upper: 145cm Base: 25cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 2-3cm of fresh snowfall at base and 15cm on upper areas. Panorama, Grand Prix, Super Course, Champion Dynamic and Woody Courses in upper area; the main Toomi course and the Soft Cream course in the Iimori area are planned to be open today. Planned lifts: Telecabin Gondola Alps Number 1 pair lift Alps Number 2/4 pair lift Alps Number 3 pair lift Toomi Sky Four lift Toomi Number 1 pair lift Toomi Number 2 pair lift Milky Four lift Official snow depth Alps: 150cm Toomi: 45cm Iimori: 40cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 20cm of new snowfall on upper areas. Grat (part), Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Kita One and Riesen Slalom areas are planned to be open, lower course areas still closed. Take one of the Gondola, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Sakka Kita-one quad or Nakiyama Number 3 triple lifts to get back down to base. Planned lifts: Adam Gondola Grat quad lift Alpen quad lift Usagidaira pair lift Happo Riesen quad Nakiyama Number 3 triple Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift Skyline Number 2 pair lift Kokusai Number 1 lift Kokusai Number 3 lift Panorama pair lift Kita One quad lift Kita One Number 3 pair lift Official snow depth Usagidaira: 100cm Nakiyama: 30cm Sakka: 15cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 10-15cm of fresh snow. The courses at Cortina that remain closed are: Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2 and 3, Itadaria Ridge and Giant. All other courses are now open. Planned lifts: All lifts apart from Number 7 pair lift now operating Official snow depth Top: 125cm Base: 65cm Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now at least part open. Planned lifts: Almost all of the lifts at Tsugaike Kogen are now operating. Official snow depth Tsuga-no-mori: 130cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Only a limited area of the Mountain Side (North and East courses) is currently open. Planned lifts: Noah Gondola 3Sen Line North 4Sen Line East Line Lift Official snow depth Upper: 60cm Lower: 15cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth 40cm 7 lifts are operating and 7 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. Kashimayari: Planned lifts: Kashimayari is part open. Hakuba Sanosaka: Part open with the Number 1 triple lift operating (Number 2 quad used for connection). Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 11th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 89cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 25cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 101cm Posted on Saturday 16th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba and again this morning resorts reporting 1-5cm of snow on their slopes. Over the last week or so we have seen a bit of snow on most days, even though the numbers have been fairly low. It felt cold up there on the slopes yesterday with a bit of a strong wind at times. Light snow was falling when I was up at Hakuba 47 and it was pretty decent. This morning there's lots of cloud around and while it was snowing earlier on, it has eased now and the sun is shining down through my window as I type this. Feels like it is going to clear up. Everyone remains very excited and expectant about the heavy snow that lies ahead according to the forecasts. It's still looking good to happen - heavy snow is due Monday through Wednesday along with some very cold temperatures. Proper mid-winter conditions. Please! A few more courses have been opening up at Hakuba Iwatake resort - at last they have part of the Village Side open, though it is still very limited. If the forecasts are right though, things will have changed considerably by the middle of the coming week. Let's just hope we don't get disappointed! Can you guess just how much I want to wipe off all of the lift operation details from this report and be able to tell you that 'everywhere is open as normal'. A lot! I bet everyone reading this wants exactly that too. I still can't quite believe I'm having to go through all that checking every morning, here in the middle of January... Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 2cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 5cm on upper areas. All courses are now officially open. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth Upper: 155cm Base: 30cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at Iimori and 3cm on upper areas. Panorama, Grand Prix, Super Course, Champion Dynamic and Woody Courses in upper area; the main Toomi course and the Soft Cream and Merry Land courses in the Iimori area are planned to be open. Planned lifts: Telecabin Gondola Alps Number 1 pair lift Alps Number 3 pair lift Alps Number 2/4 pair lift Toomi Sky Four lift Toomi Number 1 pair lift Toomi Number 2 pair lift Milky Four lift Iimori Number 1 high speed pair Official snow depth Alps: 155cm Toomi: 50cm Iimori: 45cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of new snowfall. Grat (part), Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Kita One Number 3 and Riesen Slalom areas are open with lower course areas still closed. Take one of the Gondola, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Sakka Kita-one quad or Nakiyama Number 3 triple lifts to get back down to base. Planned lifts: Adam Gondola Grat quad lift Alpen quad lift Usagidaira pair lift Happo Riesen quad Nakiyama Number 3 triple Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift Skyline Number 2 pair lift Kokusai Number 1 lift Kokusai Number 3 lift Panorama pair lift Kita One quad lift Kita One Number 3 pair lift Official snow depth Usagidaira: 110cm Nakiyama: 35cm Sakka: 15cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 1cm of fresh snowfall. The courses at Cortina that remain closed are: Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2 and 3, Itadaria Ridge and Giant. All other courses are now open. Planned lifts: All lifts apart from Number 7 pair lift now operating Official snow depth Top: 135cm Base: 75cm Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now at least part open. Planned lifts: Almost all of the lifts at Tsugaike Kogen are now operating. Official snow depth Tsuga-no-mori: 139cm Maruyama: 40cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 5cm of fresh snowfall. The View C, View D, North and East courses on Mountain Side are currently open; also now part of Sunny and Gezan. Limited parts of the Village Side are also opening up (part of Sunny Valley, Paradise and by1). Planned lifts: Noah Gondola View 2 3Sen Line North 4Sen Line East Line Lift Official snow depth Upper: 80cm Lower: 20cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth 50cm All lifts apart from Number 8 lift are operating and 8 of the 12 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth 25cm Part open with the Number 1 triple lift, Number 2 quad and Number 5 pair lifts operating. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 16th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 101cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 37cm reported on 9 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 98cm Posted on Friday 15th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. Snow was falling for much of the day yesterday on mountain and this morning resorts are again reporting some new cm of fresh - mostly quite similar amounts to what they were yesterday. Here in the village base areas just a few cm. With this gradual arrival of fresh snow at higher elevations in particular, resorts are gradually being able to open up a bit more as well. This morning I can see that Route 7 at Hakuba 47 is now open as well as (part of) the Merry Land course at Hakuba Goryu. A few more courses have also opened up at the Hakuba Iwatake resort. Of course we are still in need of (a lot) more snow. Could it be on the way soon? That forecast I was mentioning yesterday - it's still looking very good indeed for the first part of next week. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper areas. All courses are now officially open. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth Upper: 160cm Base: 30cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper area. Panorama, Grand Prix, Super Course, Champion Dynamic and Woody Courses in upper area; the main Toomi course and the Soft Cream and Merry Land courses in the Iimori area are planned to be open. Planned lifts: Telecabin Gondola Alps Number 1 pair lift Alps Number 3 pair lift Toomi Sky Four lift Toomi Number 1 pair lift Toomi Number 2 pair lift Milky Four lift Official snow depth Alps: 155cm Toomi: 50cm Iimori: 45cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of new snowfall. Grat (part), Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Kita One and Riesen Slalom areas are planned to be open, lower course areas still closed. Take one of the Gondola, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Sakka Kita-one quad or Nakiyama Number 3 triple lifts to get back down to base. Planned lifts: Adam Gondola Grat quad lift Alpen quad lift Usagidaira pair lift Happo Riesen quad Nakiyama Number 3 triple Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift Skyline Number 2 pair lift Kokusai Number 1 lift Kokusai Number 3 lift Panorama pair lift Kita One quad lift Kita One Number 3 pair lift Official snow depth Usagidaira: 110cm Nakiyama: 35cm Sakka: 15cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall. The courses at Cortina that remain closed are: Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2 and 3, Itadaria Ridge and Giant. All other courses are now open. Planned lifts: All lifts apart from Number 7 pair lift now operating Official snow depth Top: 135cm Base: 75cm Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now at least part open. Planned lifts: Almost all of the lifts at Tsugaike Kogen are now operating. Official snow depth Tsuga-no-mori: 144cm Maruyama: 40cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 5cm of fresh snowfall. The View C, View D, North and East courses on Mountain Side are currently open. Planned lifts: Noah Gondola View 2 3Sen Line North 4Sen Line East Line Lift Official snow depth Upper: 80cm Lower: 20cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth 50cm All lifts apart from Number 8 lift are operating and 8 of the 12 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth 25cm Part open with the Number 1 triple lift, Number 2 quad and Number 5 pair lifts operating.g. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 15th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 98cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 34cm reported on 8 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 16cm Snowfall at base this season 117cm Posted on Monday 18th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Resorts reporting 20-30cm on the mountain and a good layer down in the village as well. Also, strong winds are affecting Happo-one, Tsugaike and Cortina resorts this morning. It looks like Hakuba 47 and Goryu are open at the time of writing but it's best to keep an eye on that. Or perhaps have a day in the onsen and watch the snow fall while hatching cunning plans on how to enjoy it... It's great news about the snow, not so about the wind, but this is probably just what we need... hopefully the snowfall will continue falling like the forecast says it will do for the coming week. This may well be turning point in the season. Expect lots of things to change over the next few days once the wind allows. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are now officially open. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth Upper: 165cm Base: 50cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall at lower Toomi and Iimori areas and 30cm on upper areas. All upper and Toomi areas are now open. Soft Cream, Merry Land and Powder Snow courses in the Iimori area are open. Planned lifts: Telecabin Gondola Alps Number 1 pair lift Alps Number 3 pair lift Toomi Sky Four lift Toomi Number 1 pair lift Toomi Number 2 pair lift Milky Four lift Iimori Number 1 high speed pair Iimori Number 6 pair lift Official snow depth Alps: 150cm Toomi: 50cm Iimori: 70cm Hakuba Happo-one: Closed apart from the Nakiyama Number 3 triple lift at time of writing due to the gale conditions. Planned lifts: Official snow depth Usagidaira: 115cm Nakiyama: 35cm Sakka: 15cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 20-30cm of fresh snowfall. At 8am this morning all lifts at Cortina are closed due to the strong wind conditions. Planned lifts: All closed early morning. Official snow depth Top: 132cm Base: 80cm Tsugaike Kogen: At 8am this morning all lifts at Cortina are closed due to the strong wind conditions. Planned lifts: All closed early morning. Official snow depth Tsuga-no-mori: 150cm Maruyama: 40cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 50cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 10-20cm of fresh snowfall. No updates on operations yet for the morning. Planned lifts: Official snow depth Upper: 100cm Lower: 30cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth 50cm As of yesterday all lifts apart from Number 8 lift are operating and 8 of the 12 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. No further updates as yet this morning. Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth 20cm Part open with the Number 1 triple lift, Number 2 quad and Number 5 pair lifts operating. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 18th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 117cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (18th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 53cm reported on 10 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 38cm Snowfall at base this season 164cm Posted on Wednesday 20th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Heavy snowfall! Just how good are those words? Music to my ears. Depending on where you are in Hakuba (and of course it is a fairly large area) - and how easily the strong winds have got to the snow and blown it about - you're going to have different stories and numbers this morning. All of the numbers are nice and big, so at last it is a very good 'problem' to have! But we can only go with what we experience first hand and here they are - up to a whopping 50cm in places around Happo village area, 30+cm close to Goryu base area, just under 40cm by Hakuba 47, and 32cm from our guy over near Cortina. As I said, it's windy down to village areas today and so that is also a factor this morning... and not only with the snowfall numbers but also the lifts (more on that later). But anyway yes, the last few days we have seen decent amounts of snow fall and today is the best of the lot. It must have been dumping good and proper while we were sleeping, so much so that I wish I had stayed up to watch. It was really coming down earlier on when I first got up, less so as I write this report though snow is forecast to continue falling for the day and probably heavily at times. Here are the 'new snowfall' numbers that resorts are posting this morning: Hakuba Goryu: 15-40cm Hakuba 47: 40-50cm Hakuba Happo-one: 20cm Hakuba Cortina: 30cm An interesting array of numbers there, but again the wind has probably got hold of a few of those. Talking about the wind, unfortunately it is affecting resort operations this morning and I have added resort specific details below. The forecast remains good for regular snowfall through the week and more heavy snowfall perhaps around Sunday. Being very excited about all this fresh snow is great, but don't forget to be careful especially in these conditions. People who normally moan about shovelling snow are this morning doing their shovelling with big smiles on their faces. (Well, the ones who aren't permanently grumpy anyway). Anyway. Once the storm moves on, I would imagine that resorts around the area will at last all be able to be operating at something like 'normal' status. I'll try not to use the words 'at last' again, honest! Resort news as of 8:50am on Wednesday 20th January 2015 (where available, all subject to change due to weather conditions) Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 40-50cm of fresh snowfall. Currently the Line C and Line E lifts are on hold with Route 2 and 3 not open yet as they deal with the heavy snowfall. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 200cm Base: 70cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 15-30cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 40cm on upper areas. All upper and Toomi areas are now normally open but strong winds this morning have the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts currently on hold (and so the Panorama Course closed). Most courses in the Iimori area are now open. Lift info: Wind affecting the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts at time of writing. Official snow depth Alps: 195cm Toomi: 85cm Iimori: 100cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall this morning. Strong winds are preventing the upper areas of the resort from opening this morning. Good to see lower slopes available though! Lift info: Lower lifts currently operating are the Nakiyama Number 3, Shirakaba Number 1 and 2 pair lifts, Sakka Number 2 pair and Sakka Number 3 triple lifts. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 165cm Nakiyama: 55cm Sakka: 30cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall. All courses except Itadaria Ridge are now open. Lift info: All lifts apart from Number 7 pair plan to be operating. Official snow depth: Top: 170cm Base: 105cm Tsugaike Kogen: Limited to lower areas today due to lifts being stopped by wind. Lift info: Only lower lifts open at the start of the day including just the lower section of the Gondola, due to wind conditions. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 228cm Maruyama: 50cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 20-30cm of fresh snowfall. Lift info: Mountain Side lifts seem to be on hold at time of writing due to strong wind conditions. Official snow depth: Upper: 150cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth: 60cm All lifts apart from Number 8 lift and 8 of the 12 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 55cm All lifts are operating though some courses are not yet open. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 20th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 164cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 100cm reported on 12 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 8cm Snowfall at base this season 192cm Posted on Monday 25th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba where there's another 5cm on the ground and more (quite a lot more) on the mountain. Yesterday Hakuba 47 were reporting 20cm of fresh snow up by Line C in the afternoon and this morning they're reporting 10-15cm at base so that probably gives a good general picture. I think perhaps there was less snowfall overnight than we were expecting and hoping for - resorts reporting up to 5-15cm at base and up to 20cm higher up - but still, it's a decent new layer and conditions continue to improve as the base gradually gets bigger. It was really cold yesterday and it's a cold start to the day today too. Unfortunately there are fairly strong winds again which are affecting the top lifts at Goryu/47, Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen. We're expecting the snow fall to ease this morning and perhaps the skies clear up by tonight. Another cold night is set to be followed by a good chance of clear and sunny skies tomorrow. With the fresh snow and clear weather, tomorrow should be a very fine day to be out on the mountain. Things are expected to be somewhat milder mid week before more snow - heavy snow? - due around the weekend. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain. All courses are now open. Line E lift on hold due to wind. The R4 Snow Park is closed for today and tomorrow as they do a 'full remake'. The lower part of the Tree Riding Zone is now open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 200cm Base: 70cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is again reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top. All courses now officially open except Snow Diving - but, early on the top Alps lifts and Panorama and Grand Prix courses are closed due to wind conditions. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Lift info: All lifts apart from the top Alps pair lifts are operating as planned this morning. Official snow depth Alps: 215cm Toomi: 95cm Iimori: 95cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. The top lifts are on hold again this morning due to the weather conditions - Grat quad, Alpen quad, Usagidaira pair, Kurobishi Number 3 and Skyline Number 2 pair. All lower areas of Happo-one are now open. Once the wind dies down it should be an 'all open' situation! The lower Nakiyama area plans to be open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Lift info: All planned lifts are now operating. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 190cm Nakiyama: 75cm Sakka: 50cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 5-8cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are now open! The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight. Lift info: All lifts (apart from Number 7 pair) plan to be operating. Official snow depth: Top: 190cm Base: 135cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are now generally open except Uma-no-se, weather permitting. 'Nighta' is planned for Kane-no-naru-oka area until 8:50pm, and at the Karamatsu and Shirakaba areas until 9pm. Lift info: All lifts apart from the top part of the Gondola, the top Tsuga Number 1 pair lift and lower Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner I are operating. Those lifts on hold due to wind. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 248cm Maruyama: 90cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 0cm of fresh snowfall. Most of the Village Side is now open. The Sonezawa area and View A and B areas are still closed on the Mountain Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Lift info: All lifts on the Village Side are now operating and all lifts on Mountain Side except View 1 and Hikage are operating. Official snow depth: Upper: 140cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All lifts apart from Number 8 lift and all courses except Snake and and Expert are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 90cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All 5 lifts are operating though some of the courses are not yet open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 55cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 25th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 192cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 128cm reported on 15 days Previous report Next report 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. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 184cm Posted on Sunday 24th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . It's snowing again. Just a bit of snow yesterday on the mountain and while there wasn't really much 'overnight', as we got into this morning it has been snowing heavily and it has been really coming down at times. Visibility on the slopes this morning - especially higher ones - looks to be generally somewhat limited - and I am hearing there's some windy conditions as well on upper areas. Happo have their top lifts on hold at the moment and the top part of the Tsugaike gondola is also on hold. Hakuba Goryu seems unaffected just now but Line C quad and Line E pair at Hakuba 47 are also on hold. Heavy snow is forecast through the day today with it probably getting lighter as we get into tomorrow and then perhaps some clearer skies around Tuesday; but more snow is lined up for later in the week. Things feel more like normal now and it's good to see Happo-one showing all their lower areas open at last. If we could now just get some days in where there's no complications or drama (mostly wind now that we have our snow), I'd really like that! Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top. All courses are now open. The lower part of the Tree Riding Zone is now open. Please see my report yesterday for more information on that. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 190cm Base: 60cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at base and 20cm up top. All courses except Snow Diving are now open. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Lift info: All lifts operating as planned this morning. Official snow depth Alps: 205cm Toomi: 90cm Iimori: 90cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. The top lifts are on hold at the moment due to the weather conditions - Grat quad, Alpen quad, Usagidaira pair and Kurobishi Number 3 pair. All lower areas of Happo-one are now open though so once the storm passes it should be an 'all open' situation! The lower Nakiyama area plans to be open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm (note snow is still pretty limited down there). Lift info: All planned lifts are now operating. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 185cm Nakiyama: 70cm Sakka: 40cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. All courses apart from Mt Hieda Ridge are now open. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 9pm tonight. Lift info: All lifts (apart from Number 7 pair) plan to be operating. Official snow depth: Top: 180cm Base: 105cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are now generally open, weather permitting. 'Nighta' is planned for Kane-no-naru-oka area until 8:50pm, and at the Karamatsu and Shirakaba areas until 9pm. Lift info: All lifts apart from the top part of the Gondola, the top Tsuga Number 1 pair lift and lower Kane-no-naru-oka Skyliner I are operating. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 231cm Maruyama: 90cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 0cm of fresh snowfall. Most of the Village Side is now open. The Sonezawa area and View A and B areas are still closed on the Mountain Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Lift info: All lifts on the Village Side are now operating and all lifts on Mountain Side except View 1 and Hikage are operating. Official snow depth: Upper: 140cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All lifts apart from Number 8 lift and all courses except Snake and and Expert are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All 5 lifts are operating though some of the courses are not yet open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 55cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 24th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 184cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 120cm reported on 14 days Previous report Next report 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. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 9cm Snowfall at base this season 126cm Posted on Tuesday 19th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba where we have more snowfall piling up... Yes things are looking better by the day now with another 20-30cm of fresh snow being reported by resorts (upper areas) around the valley this morning. It may not be the lightest driest snow there is - a bit on the heavier side than that - but still we need those cm and there were a lot of happy people around playing in it yesterday. The stronger winds of early yesterday morning aren't causing much problems this morning (Alps 3 lift at Goryu affected?), and it's just generally cloudy at the moment though more snow is forecast. If the forecast is right, heavy snow tonight. More lifts and runs are also opening up, I see some of the lower slopes of Happo-one seem to be available. Don't forget to check the resort-specific information that has been updated below (every day). It should be a great day out there on the slopes and some fine conditions to find. I'm off to get a taste if it myself. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall at base and 30cm up top. All courses are now officially open. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth Upper: 175cm Base: 60cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 10-15cm of fresh snowfall at lower Toomi and Iimori areas and 30cm on upper areas. All upper and Toomi areas are now open. The Soft Cream, Merry Land, Powder Snow and Sunny Way courses in the Iimori area are open. Planned lifts: All lifts plan to be operating (* Alps Number 2 and 4 are weekends and holidays only). Wind affecting the Alps Number 3 lift at time of writing this morning. Official snow depth Alps: 175cm Toomi: 75cm Iimori: 80cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall this morning. Some lower areas of Happo-one are now opening up - parts of the Shirakaba (north area), Sakka, Kita One are now open. Planned lifts: Most lifts are now open at Happo-one Official snow depth Usagidaira: 140cm Nakiyama: 45cm Sakka: 30cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting another 20-30cm of fresh snowfall. All courses except Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2 and 3, Itadaria Ridge and Giant now open. Planned lifts: All lifts apart from Number 7 pair operating Official snow depth Top: 140cm Base: 90cm Tsugaike Kogen: Most course areas at Tsugaike Kogen are now open. Planned lifts: Most lifts are now operating. Official snow depth Tsuga-no-mori: 194cm Maruyama: 50cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 20cm of fresh snowfall. Planned lifts: View 2 3sen North 4sen East 5sen South Gondola Paradise triple Line Official snow depth Upper: 120cm Lower: 30cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth 50cm All lifts apart from Number 8 lift have been operating and 8 of the 12 courses open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. No further updates as yet this morning. Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth 45cm All lifts are operating though some courses are not yet open. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 19th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 126cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (18th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 62cm reported on 11 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 206cm Posted on Monday 1st February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba and welcome to February. Some more snow to report with up to 5cm at base levels and some resorts reporting 10-15cm higher up. It's on the wet side again though - down here at least - not the light and fluffy variety that we love best. Once again, a full investigation seems to be required by me going up and checking! Snow was still falling earlier on when I first got up but seems to be clearing - here in the village anyway, it may well be still snowing higher up... a quick look at the webcams shows limited visibility out there in some areas right now. We're expecting conditions to clear up during the day today so I think visibility will improve as well. It's a chilly -3C at 9am with the temperature probably rising to just around zero point during the day. There's a decent chance of sun and clearer skies tomorrow and if you are looking for the next decent snowfall then the end of the week is probably when you should be here. Let's see what February brings us! Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain. All courses are open. Part of the Tree Riding Zone are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 200cm Base: 80cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper areas. All courses except Snow Diving are open. The top Alps 2 and 4 lifts are rested on weekdays. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 220cm Toomi: 105cm Iimori: 105cm Hakuba Happo-one: Happo-one is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall. All open (apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area). Happo Banks Snow Park is now open. The lower Nakiyama area plans to be open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 185cm Nakiyama: 80cm Sakka: 55cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 1cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are open except Giant. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight. Official snow depth: Top: 175cm Base: 120cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas open. Nighta at Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturday 6th, 13th February; at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 13th/20th February and 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 223cm Maruyama: 90cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Most of the Village Side is now open but parts of the Mountain Side not yet available (Dangan, Kamo4, East, View A, View B). There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 140cm Lower: 70cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses except Snake and Expert are now open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 100cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 100cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 1st February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 206cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 7cm Snowfall at base this season 202cm Posted on Saturday 30th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Ah yes it is a good morning! With resorts around the valley this morning reporting 20-30cm on upper slope areas and a good 10cm reported from base areas, it should be great conditions out there early on. Though the snow has stopped falling now, there's still a lot of cloud around and what looks like poor visibility on the webcams in some places - perhaps it's still snowing up there, or just that just gas/cloud? I will have to get up there myself to investigate! The Happo-one image looks especially good right now with the lift rising above the sea of clouds hanging over the village (see photo below). On the subject of Happo-one, their 'Happo Banks' snow park is opening up from this morning with event-style things going on from 9:30am. It can be found over on the Kita One Number 3 area. The forecast has cloud for the day today with the chance of more snow tomorrow night. Wind isn't an issue today and so resorts should be all open as normal, though actually I just noticed that a few courses at Tsugaike Kogen are closed due to 'adverse weather' - I'm presuming that is a visibility issue though not sure. From Monday there isn't much snow on the forecast through until at least the later part of the week so we might have to make do. If temperatures remain low we should be good though. Lots of people around this morning it will probably be busy out there. Hope you have a great day, wherever you are. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 20-25cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are open. The lower part of the Tree Riding Zone is now open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 205cm Base: 80cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 20cm up top. All courses except Snow Diving are open. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 215cm Toomi: 100cm Iimori: 100cm Hakuba Happo-one: Happo Banks Snow Park opening from today. All open apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area. The lower Nakiyama area plans to be open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 190cm Nakiyama: 80cm Sakka: 60cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall in lower areas and 20-30cm in upper areas. All courses are open. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 9pm tonight. Official snow depth: Top: 190cm Base: 120cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas except Uma-no-se and Rinkan forest course are now open (they are apparently closed due to 'adverse weather'). Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 230cm Maruyama: 90cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Hakuba Iwatake is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. Most of the Village Side is now open but parts of the Mountain Side not yet available (Dangan, Kamo4, East, View A, View B). There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 140cm Lower: 60cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses except Snake and Expert are now open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 100cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 30th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 202cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 179cm Posted on Thursday 21st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A very good morning to you from Hakuba, where there has been another 15cm of fresh snow fall by my place since my report yesterday morning. It was really coming down hard at times yesterday. Lots of big grins on faces. It was quite funny meeting other locals, where the conversation was almost always something along the lines of 'now this feels more like normal'. I'm a bit confused by the new snowfall numbers the resorts are talking about this morning as they are less than what fell in my back garden and seen by my own eyes. Anyway, the numbers are all in the respective places below. (Perhaps some of them are just reporting what fell overnight - which was 0cm here at base). Wind is still an issue this morning unfortunately with only the lower areas of Happo-one open, and the top areas of Goryu/47 and Tsugaike Kogen also affected at the time of writing this report. Hopefully that will ease off and they can get open. After all, with all this fresh snowfall everyone is very keep to get up there and start enjoying it. Today should be a very good day. And heavy snowfall is expected over the weekend. Happo-one got their night skiing going last night on the Nakiyama slopes. Good to hear. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 0-5cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday. Currently the Line E lifts is on hold with Route 8 not yet open. Tree Riding Zone not yet open for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 200cm Base: 70cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 5cm on upper areas. All upper and Toomi areas are now normally open but strong winds this morning have the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts currently on hold, and the Panorama and Grand Prix Courses closed. All courses in the Iimori area apart from the Snow Diving and Adventure courses are now open. Lift info: Wind affecting the Alps Number 1 and 3 lifts at time of writing. Official snow depth Alps: 195cm Toomi: 85cm Iimori: 100cm Hakuba Happo-one: Strong winds are unfortunately preventing the upper areas of the resort from opening again this morning - lower lifts and courses only at the time of writing. Enough snow now for the lower slopes to be open. Lift info: Lower lifts currently operating are the Nakiyama 2, Nakiyama 3, Shirakaba Number 1 and 2 pair lifts, Kokusai 1, Sakka Number 2 pair, Sakka Number 3 triple lift, Sakka Kita One quad and Kita One Number 3. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 165cm Nakiyama: 55cm Sakka: 30cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall. Course information unconfirmed at time of writing. Lift info: All lifts apart from Number 7 pair plan to be operating. Official snow depth: Top: 174cm Base: 120cm Tsugaike Kogen: Most of the resort is open this morning though a few lifts affected... Lift info: Gondola and top Tsuga Number 2 and Han-no-ki lifts not operating at the time of writing Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 215cm Maruyama: 80cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting up to 10cm of fresh snowfall. Lift info: Both Village Side and Mountain Side areas part open. Official snow depth: Upper: 150cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Official snow depth: 70cm All lifts apart from Number 8 lift and 8 of the 12 courses are open at Hakuba Norikura Onsen. Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 55cm All 5 lifts are operating though some courses are not yet open. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 21st January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 179cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 115cm reported on 13 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com