Hakuba Now: Sunday 15th February 2015
- Feb 15, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 483cm
Posted on Sunday 15th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Nice day yesterday weather wise; a really great day in terms of snow conditions. Just rather windy causing some top lift disruption.
Snow started again coming down with real conviction in the evening yesterday and we have a lot more snow this morning to give us what should be an excellent reset for today.
Goryu and 47 this morning are reporting a cool-sounding half a metre of fresh on their upper slopes.
The bottom line... tons of fresh snow. How does that sound?
Limited visibility this morning as the snow continues to fall but it's curiously not that cold this morning - about -1C now here in the village. Thankfully it seems to be less windy as well so hopefully that won't cause an issue today.
That's about it. We're all very excited about the fresh snow, but most importantly remember to keep safe and careful out there.
The Happo-one Fire Festival went ahead last night in the heavy snow. Always a good mix for a festival, snow and fire. Lots of people turned up for some festival fun...I heard a number of 2000.
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Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 50cm of new snowfall at Alps may open late due to heavy snowfall.
All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course).
- Alps Daira - 375cm
- Toomi - 200cm
- Iimori - 200cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 50cm of new snowfall higher and 30cm at base.
Tree Riding Zone is open.
- Upper - 360cm
- Lower - 205cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 25cm of fresh snow.
Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open.
- Usagidaira - 350cm
- Nakiyama - 200cm
- Sakka - 190cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting at least 30-35cm of fresh snowfall.
Confirming safety on runs. Check before you go if you plan to visit.
- Upper - 450cm
- Lower - 280cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Uma-no-se and Forest course not open early on.
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 365cm
- Maruyama - 190cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 220cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Report today is too early for numbers.
- Upper - 265cm
- Lower - 170cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Report today is too early for numbers, but 40cm reported yesterday.
- 280cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
- 240cm
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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:
Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm.
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Sunday 15th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 483cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 81cm reported on 8 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.