Hakuba Now: Monday 14th March 2016
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 313cm
Posted on Monday 14th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Fresh snow!
Good morning from Hakuba where we are enjoying some fresh snowfall. It's probably a bit on the heavy side, but I don't care... it's fresh snow! About 4cm outside my place and resorts this morning are reporting up to around 10-15cm of fresh early morning.
It's really great to see some fresh snow on the ground in the village, and think of how much more of it up there might be on the slopes. Even better to strap on the board(s) and get out playing in it!
It's also great to see the official numbers going up at most resorts this morning. Much better than seeing them go down.
But anyway fingers crossed we might get a bit more during the day today - snow is forecast - as today we're expecting more of a chance of clearer conditions and sunshine. It has been a cold day today and tomorrow temperatures will probably be slightly higher... and beyond tomorrow through until the weekend it will probably warm up further with temps reaching double digits down here in the village around Friday.
Back to the fresh snow today and I hope you can get to enjoy it.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses set to open this morning.
The Tree Riding Zone is also open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 200cm
Base: 90cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on lower slopes and 15cm on upper slopes this morning.
All courses open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure.
The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 260cm
Toomi: 120cm
Iimori: 70cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Parts of the lower areas of Happo-one are now closed due to insufficient snow - still lots of upper mountain open though.
Night skiing has now finished for the season.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 175cm
Nakiyama: 55cm
Sakka: 35cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses open apart from Itadaira Ridge, Itadaira Forest and Giant.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays).
Official snow depth:
Top: 155cm
Base: 90cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All courses are generally open.
Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 19th March.
The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required).
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 240cm
Maruyama: 60cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Insufficient snow means that only limited areas of Village Side remain open - by3, Shinden connecting. Sunny Valley and Paradise remain part open.
Parts of the Mountain Side that are closed - View A, View B, Kamo 4, Dangan, Sonezawa, Five Side.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 120cm
Lower: 40cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Closed courses are Kamoshika, Highway, Snake, Expert, Skyview and lower part of Satomi Ridge.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Norikura.
Official snow depth:
80cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All of the courses are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka.
Official snow depth:
75cm
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 14th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 313cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 29cm reported on 3 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.