Hakuba Now: Friday 14th April 2017
- Apr 14, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 527cm
Posted on Friday 14th April 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Some blue sky and some cloud this morning and it is going to be warmer than it has been over the last few days.
It doesn't feel windy down here but the resorts are reporting some wind higher up. At the time of writing it looks like a few of the top lifts at Happo-one are on hold at the start of the day due to the wind conditions. If you are planning to head out, probably best to check with the resorts to see if there's any changes.
Tomorrow should be fine and sunny and mild. Sounds like a good time to be out on some skis or a board to me!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 was reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
All of the courses are Hakuba 47 remains open.
Tree Riding Zone gates are now closed for the season.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 240cm
Base: 85cm
Planned operating lifts:
All planned lifts operating
Hakuba 47 plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
Upper areas remain open.
The lower Toomi course is now used just to get back down to base.
The Iimori area of the resort is closed.
Official snow depth:
Alps: 240cm
Toomi: 90cm
Planned operating lifts:
Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair lift
Alps Number 3 pair lift
Hakuba Goryu plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall (Grat quad top).
Upper areas that remain open are: Riesen Grat, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline, Riesen Slalom and Shirakaba South.
Most base areas closed with the Gondola and Sakka Kitaone lifts taking people up to the higher areas.
You can still ski or board back down to the Gondola base station via the Riesen and Shirakaba South courses - otherwise take one of the two above lifts back down to base.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 135cm
Kurobishi: 220cm
Nakiyama: -cm
Planned operating lifts:
Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Grat quad lift
Panorama pair lift
Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Sakka Kitaone quad
Hakuba Happo-one plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuga-no-mori, Han-no-ki, Maruyama and Oya-no-hara areas remain open with top to bottom courses available.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 290cm
Han-no-ki: 290cm
Oya-no-hara: 75cm
Planned operating lifts:
Tsugaike Ropeway
Gondola
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
Tsugaike Kogen plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
All other ski and snowboard resorts in the area are now closed for the season.
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 14th April 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 527cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (13th January) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 242cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 151cm reported on 16 days March 2017 snowfall 65cm reported on 10 days April 2017 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day |
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.