Hakuba Now: Friday 15th April 2022
- Apr 15, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 617cm
Posted on Friday 15th April 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was clearly not as warm as it had been, but it was a wet one and the rain continued overnight. Not the kind of day that I feel inclined to get the gear on.
Right now it is just cloudy. There's lots of low cloud hanging around making visibility rather limited even in some base areas. It is not raining just now, but still damp and there are puddles of water on the road outside my place and we might get some more light rain today.
OK so very hopefully we might get some sunshine tomorrow by late morning, and then from early morning Sunday too when it will get a bit warmer once again.
Today a high of around 12C is expected.
Route 4 is closed at Hakuba 47 today as they remake their 47PARKS snow park.
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Hakuba Goryu
The gondola is moving but the other base Toomi lifts are now closed. However, you can still slide back down to Toomi base from the top area.
The Iimori area is now closed.
Lifts (planned):
Gondola
Alps Number 1 pair
Alps Number 3 pair
Courses (planned):
Panorama
Grand Prix
Technical
Super
Champion Dynamic
Woody
Toomi
Official snow depth:
Upper: 265cm
Toomi: 80cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Hakuba 47
Hakuba 47 remains fully open and you can ski back down to base.
Lifts (planned):
Gondola (Line 8)
Line AB pair
Line C quad
Line E high speed pair
Courses (planned):
All main courses are open
Official snow depth:
Top: 245cm
Base: 50cm
Planned closing date:
Thursday 5th May
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Hakuba Happo-one
The mid to upper runs at Happo-one are open. All the lower runs are now closed and so you need to get the gondola back to base.
Lifts (planned):
Grat quad
Alpen quad
Gondola
Panorama pair
Kurobishi Number 2 quad
Skyline Number 2 pair
Courses (planned):
Riesen Grat
Kurobishi
Usagidaira
Skyline
Urakuro
Panorama
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 270cm
Usagidaira: 122cm
Nakiyama: 0cm
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Most upper runs remain open at Tsugaike and you can ski back to the gondola base.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 223cm
Lower: 18cm
Lifts (planned):
Gondola
Han-no-ki Number 3 quad (until 17th April)
Han-no-ki high speed pair
Tsuga Number 2 pair
Planned closing date:
Sunday 8th May
Ropeway:
The top Ropeway lift is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until 30th April and then 1st-8th May
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Other ski areas in the region are now closed for the 2021-2022 season.
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as Friday 15th April 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 617cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th January) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 228cm reported on 20 days February 2022 snowfall 197cm reported on 19 days March 2022 snowfall 32cm reported on 4 days April 2022 snowfall 1cm 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.