Hakuba Now: Tuesday 10th February 2015
- Feb 10, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 437cm
Posted on Tuesday 10th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
A very good morning to you from a snowy and cold Hakuba.
It was very cold through the day yesterday with a bit of snowfall on the mountains, and then some heavy snowfall overnight.
Cortina once again reporting 30-40cm of fresh but Hakuba Goryu wins the 'most snow reported' award this morning with 50cm up on the Alps Daira top area up there. Happo and 47 also reporting a good 25-30cm as well, so we are spoilt for choice this morning.
Not a good day for scenery though as the snow continues to fall and it's generally very visibility out there. Cold too. Need the right goggles and gear this morning.
Forecast telling us to expect it to not last much longer today, and we might get a clearer and sunny day tomorrow with temps rising into low positive numbers. It's a national holiday as well tomorrow, so good timing there.
More snowfall is due after that though, late Friday going into the weekend.
The goods are out there this morning.
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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Tuesday 10th February 2015. Subject to change during the day:
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 50cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 25cm at Toomi and 20cm at Iimori
All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course) - once they clear the snow up there... delayed opening of top area.
- Alps Daira - 325cm
- Toomi - 170cm
- Iimori - 170cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at base; reporting 5cm on mountain at 3pm yesterday
Tree Riding Zone is open.
- Upper - 315cm
- Lower - 190cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 25cm of fresh snow at Usagidaira.
Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open.
- Usagidaira - 330cm
- Nakiyama - 160cm
- Sakka - 170cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 30-40cm of fresh snowfall.
Open as planned this morning.
- Upper - 460cm
- Lower - 300cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Gondola not moving early on due to weather conditions.
Uma-no-se and Forest courses not open.
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 365cm
- Maruyama - 210cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 215cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall, seems low.
- Upper - 270cm
- Lower - 160cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
New snowfall not updated in time for report
- 255cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
- 200cm
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Tuesday 10th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 437cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 35cm reported on 4 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.