Hakuba Now: Sunday 10th May 2015
- May 10, 2015
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 619cm
Posted on Sunday 10th May 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba and to the last Hakuba Now report of 14/15 on this last day of the season for Hakuba Happo-one and Hakuba Goryu.
There's a lot of cloud around the mountains this morning, though a step back and we can see some blue sky from the village and fine weather is forecast so maybe the cloud will clear up. It's been considerably cooler yesterday and overnight - has been a quite chilly start to the day today - and a real contrast to that hot run of weather we had just a short while back. No doubt temperatures will be rising again in the coming weeks.
Strong winds higher up look like they might well stopp the lifts - at least at Goryu - at the start of the day, so please contact the resorts for the latest updates if you plan to get out today. Would be a shame if the weather spoilt the last day.
Whatever happens weather-wise, at the end of today the last lifts at the ski resorts in the area will stop moving for the season. There's still snow up there on the mountains of course and no doubt some will be hiking up there - hopefully all with experienced friends, preparation and care.
So here we are at the end of a long season.
I remember before the ski lifts opened that rather strong earthquake that shook our area on 22nd November. It was not the start that everyone wanted of course. While it certainly caused serious problems for a group of people, luckily for Hakuba generally the damage was not widespread and aftershocks soon eased off. It was really great to see how the community pulled together.
The season got going and December saw lots of snow falling and some really great conditions... that always asked question 'when is the best time to visit' never gets easier to answer.
Lots more people visited Hakuba from all corners of the world again this last season and that trend will only continue in the coming years.
And here we are now well into May.
For a good look back at the season that was I recommend taking a read through the archived daily Hakuba Now reports. Remember, you can also read through archived reports from previous seasons as well. All of those are easily accessed from the links at the bottom of this page - go take a look. Once you've read through all that lot, perhaps you can try to make up your own mind on how to best answer that 'when is the best time to visit' question!
If you plan on visiting Hakuba over summer - highly recommended by the way - remember that the weather forecasts that are shown on the resort pages of SnowJapan are updated throughout the year. Links to those resort pages can be found on the right side of this page.
I hope that if you visited Hakuba this season you enjoyed it and if you didn't get to visit... well, I hope that you can get here next season. The Hakuba Now reports will be back updating on SnowJapan from late autumn when the 2015-2016 season is fast approaching.
In the meantime, thanks for reading the reports this year, have a fine summer and I'll see you later in the year.
Cheers.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Sunday 10th May 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 619cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 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 105cm reported on 12 days March 2015 snowfall 111cm reported on 10 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day May 2015 snowfall 0cm |
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.