Good morning from Hakuba.

It's a beautiful morning here. As per forecasts, clear blue skies and bright sunshine.

Looks like all of Japan is getting a warm up this weekend. Kind of like a blast of spring, if the forecasts of a return to cold and more fresh snow next week is (hopefully!) correct.

So let's enjoy the weekend as it is served!

All ski areas opening as planned and hoping that lots of people will be turning out to enjoy this very pleasant weather.

And here is the totals table:

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Individual ski area data: Saturday 13th February 2021
All ski areas in the region are now open. The below information is checked from official sources and manually adjusted each morning. There are currently various adjustments to operations in effect at some ski areas due to the coronavirus situation. Please check with ski areas for such details.

Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
- Kurobishi: 0cm
- Usagidaira: 0cm
- Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 290cm
- Usagidaira: 235cm
- Nakiyama: 80cm

Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 0cm
- Base: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 300cm
- Base: 130cm

Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Upper: 0cm
- Iimori: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 310cm
- Iimori: 125cm

Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 0cm
- Base: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 295cm
- Base: 180cm

Tsugaike Kogen
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 287cm
- Base: 75cm

Hakuba Iwatake
Official snow depth:
- Top: 200cm
- Base: 70cm

Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 220cm

Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 190cm
- Base: 100cm


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

Tsugaike Kogen
6:00pm until 9:00pm
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 Goryu (Toomi)