Hakuba Now: Tuesday 16th February 2016
- Feb 16, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 261cm
Posted on Tuesday 16th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
We did have light snow falling yesterday morning but there's just 1cm of fresh to report from here at base, with resorts reporting a few cm on average on mountain. That's not as much as we were hoping for (of course), but at least we enjoyed a return to colder conditions yesterday.
It's a cold start to the day again and we can probably expect some icy hard conditions early morning.
There's lots of cloud around this morning but a few breaks in the clouds too with some sun shining through in places.
We are expecting snow again later today and through the day tomorrow. I'm happy to (cautiously) report the 'heavy snow' on the forecast below...
We'll have that please!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 2cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses are open.
The Tree Riding Zone is closed today due to poor conditions.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 195cm
Base: 90cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 1-5cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses except Snow Diving are open.
The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 245cm
Toomi: 125cm
Iimori: 125cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall on mountain.
All open (apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area).
Happo Banks Snow Park is now open.
The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 210cm
Nakiyama: 70cm
Sakka: 40cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses are open apart from Itadaira Ridge.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays).
Official snow depth:
Top: 165cm
Base: 110cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All course areas are open apart from Uma-no-se.
Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 20th February and 5th/12th/19th March.
Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 232cm
Maruyama: 90cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All of the Village Side is open but parts of the Mountain Side not open (Hikage A, Hikage B, Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B).
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 110cm
Lower: 40cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All courses are now open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
110cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All of the courses are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka.
Official snow depth:
90cm
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 16th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 261cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 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 59cm reported on 6 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.