Hakuba Now: Saturday 15th March 2014
- Mar 15, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 380cm
Posted on Saturday 15th March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba, and a fine morning it is as well. Lots of blue sky above Hakuba village this morning, some clouds still hanging on around the peaks of the mountain backdrop, but mostly fine and sunny. A splattering of snow on the mountains though a few cm at most.
It got quite cold overnight with a low of -5C, but by mid afternoon today it should have risen to perhaps around +5C.
Tomorrow should continue with the sun in the morning and it's due to get warmer than today and rain is expected later on. Hopefully once the lifts have stopped for the day, and there might be some snowfall at higher elevations at night.
Warmer temperatures through at least the first half of the coming week and more chance of rain than snow. Though, there's some promise around Thursday of the chance of a cold snap and more snowfall so let's keep an eye on that.
For now though, best to come expecting spring conditions and enjoy them for what they are.
Quite a few events going on today on the slopes - at Happo-one alone they have the All Nihon Technical Competition at Usagidaira, Ladies Snowsurf Day at Happo Banks and the Hakuba Snowshoe Trail run at Nakiyama. Gambatte everyone!
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall on Iimori; 1cm at Toomi and 2cm on upper slopes.
Upper - 260cm
Toomi - 150cm
Iimori - 105cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 2cm of new snowfall on lower slopes; 5cm of on upper slopes.
Upper - 240cm
Lower - 70cm
Happo-one:
Usagidaira - 220cm
Nakiyama - 70cm
Sakka - 70cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 200cm
Lower - 70cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 296cm
Maruyama - 110cm
Kanenonaruoka - 170cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 2cm of new snowfall on lower areas; 2cm on upper areas.
Upper - 315cm
Lower - 190cm
Hakuba Minekata:
Now closed for the season
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 15th March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 380cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 122cm reported on 15 days January 2014 snowfall 97cm reported on 12 days February 2014 snowfall 91cm reported on 8 days March 2014 snowfall 35cm reported on 9 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.