Hakuba Now: Thursday 14th March 2019
- Mar 14, 2019
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 381cm
Posted on Thursday 14th March 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Breaking News! Your snow headlines:
Hakuba Goryu: 30cm (Toomi), 60cm (top)
Hakuba 47: 40-50cm (top)
Hold on a moment. What's the date again? 60cm of fresh snow on Goryu?!? 40-50cm at 47? Couldn't we have had more of this kind of snow back in January?
There's some decent snow on the ground down to village too. Great to see the ground all white again. Even so, I would imagine people want to head high for that lovely deepness.
Unfortunately at the start of the day some top lifts aren't moving around the valley due to strong winds. I recommend contacting resorts for the latest there.
And what a day for Facebook to be 'down' and thereby cutting off lots of official resort information. It is limiting what I can report to you unfortunately - nothing I can do about that. (Any lessons learnt there, ski resorts? Why not put the information on your own websites at least as well as on Facebook, ok? I can never understand why they put their information on someone else's website and not their own, no matter how popular said other website is).
Anyway, obviously there's no complaints about fresh snow, so let's just enjoy it. There is lot to enjoy this morning!
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Hakuba Happo-one
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 275cm
- Usagidaira: 230cm
- Nakiyama: 60cm
Notes:
- Nakiyama Wall and North area are now closed due to insufficient snow
- Top lifts on hold at the start of the day due to weather
- There are some restrictions on Shirakaba areas
- Urakuro and Omusubi areas closed
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Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depth:
- Top: 280cm
- Toomi: 140cm
- Iimori: 85cm
Notes:
- All courses open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure, both now closed for the season
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Hakuba 47
Official snow depth:
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 105cm
Notes:
- All courses are open
- Generally the Line D pair lift operates when the gondola is not operating
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Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 310cm
- Han-no-ki: 275cm
- Maruyama: 90cm
- Shirakaba: 240cm
- Champion: 130cm
- Oya-no-hara: 100cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 95cm
Notes:
- Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring operations
- But top lifts on hold at the start of today due to weather conditions
- All courses are open
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Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth:
- Top: 235cm
- Base: 125cm
Notes:
- All lifts apart from Number 5 are operating
- Mt Hieda, Itadaira, Ipponmatsu, Rabbit, Warabi open at time of writing
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 150cm
- Village Side: 40cm
Notes:
- Village Side is part open; Mountain Side is mostly open
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 130cm
Notes:
- Most lifts and most courses are open
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- 145cm
Notes:
- All lifts apart from 8 and 10 are operating
- Most courses are open
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Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 60cm
- Base: 40cm
Notes:
- All lifts are operating
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Night time skiing (nighta) at resorts in the region - weather & conditions permitting
The below 'nighta' information will not be updated every day - please check with resorts if you plan to go!
Hakuba Goryu
Daily from 6:00pm until 9:30pm in the Toomi area until 31st March
The Sky Four quad operates daily; the Number 2 pair mostly on Saturdays and holidays
Hakuba Cortina
Daily from 5:00pm until 8:00pm (until 9:00pm on Saturdays and certain holidays)
Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Thursday 14th March 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 381cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 33cm (29th January) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 112cm reported on 12 days January 2019 snowfall 207cm reported on 19 days February 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 11 days March 2019 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.