Hakuba Now: Tuesday 17th March 2020
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 192cm
Posted on Tuesday 17th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba.
Some more fresh snow to report along with beautiful blue skies this morning.
There are varying numbers - 40cm over at Tsugaike Kogen? - but whatever the numbers might be, I think we would be happy to have mornings like this during the peak season.
The Hakuba Sanosaka resort is now closed.
On their Japanese site they have put up a message which basically says this:
"With a general lack of snow and more heavy rain than usual, it has been a real struggle to maintain good conditions throughout the season and we apologise for the inconvenience to everyone".
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- All lifts apart from the lifts noted below are normally operating:
- Nakiyama Number 2 pair
- Shirakaba Number 1 pair
- Shirakaba Number 2 pair
- Central pair
- Sakka Number 2 pair
- Sakka Number 3 triple
Courses open:
- All courses apart from the following are at least part open:
- Central
- Olympic II
- Kita-one
- Kokusai
- Nakiyama Wall/North
- Shirakaba North
- Sakka
- Omusubi off-piste
- Kurobishi off-piste
- Nakiyama South and Shirakaba South base areas are open; others closed
- You can also take the Gondola or other lifts back down to base
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 210cm
- Usagidaira: 150cm
- Nakiyama: 60cm
Hakuba 47
All lifts apart from the lifts noted below are normally operating:
- Pair Line D (usually only operates when Gondola not operating)
Courses open:
- All main courses now open
- Tree Riding Zones: upper area part open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 185cm
- Base: 55cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All lifts are normally operating except:
- Cosmo Four
Courses open:
- All courses are open now apart from the following:
- Champion Expert
- All of the Iimori area (apart from Soft Cream which remains open)
Official snow depth:
- Alps: 185cm
- Toomi: 60cm
- Iimori: 35cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori (upper): 220cm
- Han-no-ki: 185cm
- Lower Kane-no-oka areas are now closed
- Mid areas of the resort largely only part open
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth & info:
- Top: 90cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth & info:
- Top: 70cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth & info:
- Top: 90cm
Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 17th March 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 192cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 70cm reported on 13 days February 2020 snowfall 73cm reported on 9 days March 2020 snowfall 17cm reported on 4 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.