Hakuba Now: Wednesday 13th March 2024
- Mar 13, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 506cm
Posted on Wednesday 13th March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
There's more snow! And not just a little. Up to 30cm is being reported by ski areas on the mountain and there's a decent amount down to base too.
It is still snowing and quite windy in places - that might affect some lifts.
This first few weeks of March really has felt like 'mid-season'. If you remember, parts of mid-season itself really didn't feel like mid-season. I can imagine that some of you who visited during those periods might be looking on in envy at the people who are here at the moment just now. March is always difficult to predict, but this season it is certainly delivering us some very nice surprises. I can see this making future visit-timing decisions more complicated for some people!
I note a few of the other Now daily reports on SnowJapan saying very similar things at the moment.
Take a look at the data below from Hakuba Valley. It's self-reporting (ie. coming from the ski areas themselves) but Hakuba Goryu has now broken through the 10m mark for this season. Nice.
Anyway, from tomorrow there should be some (or lots of) sun and warmer conditions. But perhaps back to more fresh snow next week. Can we keep this going through April, please?!
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 30cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 310cm
Toomi: 155cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall (overnight):
Upper: 20cm
Base: 10cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 305cm
Base: 130cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 20-25cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 290cm
Base: ?cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
Kurobishi: 20cm
Usagidaira: 16cm
Top of Riesen quad: 15cm (social media)
Nakiyama: 0cm (I feel a mistake)
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 310cm
Usagidaira: 236cm
Nakiyama: 90cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
Mountain Side: 25cm
Village Side: 20cm
Official snow depth:
Mountain Side: 210cm
Village Side: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
295cm
Jigatake
Reported snowfall:
15cm
Official snow depth:
100cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
110cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
30cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 286cm
Lower: 74cm
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
105cm
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far (in upper areas)
[The information below originates from the ski areas themselves, it is being checked and updated manually every report from public Hakuba Valley sources]
ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 1006cm
Hakuba 47: 722cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 795cm
Hakuba Cortina: 869cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 840cm
Note: There is usually a one day delay in numbers being updated
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Wednesday 13th March 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 506cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 187cm reported on 16 days February 2024 snowfall 72cm reported on 13 days March 2024 snowfall 126cm reported on 9 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.