Good morning from Hakuba.

This year might have been a rubbish one in many respects, but at least we should be thankful that are getting snow.

It is a snowy and cold morning here in Hakuba with a good 25-30cm on the ground.

The biggest haul being reported this morning is by Hakuba Cortina - they are reporting 50-60cm across their resort; other resorts up to 40cm on upper areas. Those sort of numbers are just so great to hear.

Snow forecast for the next few days with the next chance of clearer skies probably for around Sunday.

The table is unchanged once again this morning, but remember, there is a one day delay in these updates. Expect changes tomorrow!

"Where's the new snowfall numbers gone?" asks someone who apparently doesn't look at the information on the page, in one of those agitated typing kind of manners.

See below. Look, there they are! :) (As explained in my report and clearly noted in bright red on the list).

And on that note, I wish you all a peaceful end to the year and look forward to getting into the new one.


Individual ski area data: Thursday 31st December 2020

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: 40cm
- Usagidaira: 8cm
- Nakiyama: 15cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 210cm
- Usagidaira: 130cm
- Nakiyama: 50cm

Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 40cm
- Base: 25cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 130cm

Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
- Iimori: ?cm
Official snow depth:
- Alps: ?cm
- Toomi: ?cm
- Iimori: 55cm

Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
- Summit: 50-60cm
- Base: 50-60cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 210cm
- Base: 120cm

Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Top: 190cm
- Base: 90cm

Hakuba Iwatake
Official snow depth:
- Top: 140cm
- Base: 60cm

Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 180cm

Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 160cm
- Base: 110cm

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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 on 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)