Hakuba Now: Thursday 12th March 2015
- Mar 12, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 575cm
Posted on Thursday 12th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The snow keeps on falling!
Relentless snowfall at the moment in Hakuba.
A few resorts reporting up to 50cm of fresh.
The snow depth up at Cortina has suddenly risen to a whopping 500cm.
It's a blur of numbers really, and as I think I have said before when they get big they kind of don't seem to matter as much.
What else? I don't think I need many words really this morning.
It's just a fantastic March storm that we are being treated to and we have a complete 'Refresh+'.
Brilliant. Thank you Snow Gods, I believe in you*.
We are likely to see snow falling today and tomorrow but by Sunday the skies will clear and it'll start warming up early next week and we'll see a return to spring like temperatures.
In the meantime though, top conditions. You really must try to get here and enjoy them.
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(*But next year do this mid to late February too, ok?) ;)
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Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira since last night; 15-30cm on lower areas.
Top area affected by weather conditions at the start of the day.
- Alps Daira - 345cm
- Toomi - 175cm
- Iimori - 175cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 40-50cm of new snowfall on upper areas, 20-30cm at base.
- Upper - 355cm
- Lower - 185cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall on mountain.
Upper lifts on hold due to snow removing, hopefully will open soon.
- Usagidaira - 340cm
- Nakiyama - 170cm
- Sakka - 170cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
This morning reporting 30-45cm of fresh snowfall higher up and 20-30cm at base.
Lots of 'confirming safety' going on early morning...
- Upper - 500cm
- Lower - 305cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
Quite a lot of lift disruption early this morning due to moving snow - hopefully will clear soon.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 455cm
- Maruyama - 230cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 205cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
No update yet at time of report.
- Upper - 270cm
- Lower - 155cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reported +50cm yesterday! No update yet for today.
- 270cm
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Kashimayari:
- 190cm
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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:
Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 12th March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 575cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 68cm reported on 6 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.