Hakuba Now: Wednesday 17th February 2016
- Feb 17, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 266cm
Posted on Wednesday 17th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Hakuba where we have a bit more fresh snow and hoping for some decent snowfall during the day today.
Light snow during the day yesterday, nothing major, but this morning the snow has started up again and there's up to 10cm of snow being reported on upper slopes by a few resorts, with mostly just a few cm around base areas (47 report 10cm at base too).
It's coming down pretty good at the moment and with snow forecast for the day hopefully we can get some decent numbers in.
The forecast shows clearer conditions tomorrow and perhaps Friday before a return to more snowfall over the weekend (with a bit of a worry of possible rain on Saturday unfortunately - but let's deal with that possibility later on!)
On Saturday it's the 46th Fire Festival at Happo-one, over on their Nakiyama lower area. Lots of festival-type events going on including a torchlit skiing display, performances and fireworks. It's usually fun to see and mingle with the crowds. Anyway, that starts at 7:30pm over at Nakiyama (Happo-one) - on Saturday 20th.
Might see you there!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses are open.
The Osaru (lower) area of the Tree Riding Zone open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 205cm
Base: 100cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper area.
All courses except Snow Diving and Adventure are open.
The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 250cm
Toomi: 125cm
Iimori: 125cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Happo-one is reporting 3cm 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: 215cm
Nakiyama: 75cm
Sakka: 50cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses scheduled to be open apart from Itadaira Ridge. Currently being checked at time of writing.
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: 242cm
Maruyama: 100cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0-10cm 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: 120cm
Lower: 40cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All courses apart from Expert Course are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
115cm
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 Wednesday 17th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 266cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 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 64cm reported on 7 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.