Hakuba Now: Thursday 18th February 2016
- Feb 18, 2016
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 276cm
Posted on Thursday 18th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was a good day.
Lots of snow falling mountain side and some very good snow conditions to enjoy. What we like.
Hakuba Cortina were reporting an impressive 40cm of fresh snowfall during the day yesterday with Hakuba 47 also reporting a good 20cm and over.
It always seems rather odd to me that the resorts don't seem to keep an ongoing clear record of all of this - not counting some social media posts which are sometimes a bit all over the place. I know that if I had a ski resort and 20cm of fresh snow had fallen since the previous morning, I'd want to be letting everyone know about it... but for example, up there on the 47 website they have "New snow: 0cm" this morning.
Curious.
/End personal observation!
Anyway, it was certainly falling on the mountain for lots of the day yesterday - big smiling faces - though not a huge amount down in the village with about 10cm to add to the total for down here.
This morning as expected it's all change again with clear blue skies and sunshine. One of those stunningly beautiful Hakuba mornings.
It has started off cold but it's going to be a fine day and probably going to feel warm as well especially down in the village - perhaps rising to about 5 degrees.
Tomorrow looks likely to be more of the same, and perhaps a little bit warmer still (but we hope not).
The next snow will probably over the weekend.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
There was on the mountain during the day yesterday.
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: 215cm
Base: 120cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-2cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper area.
There was more on the mountain during the day yesterday.
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 5cm of fresh snowfall on mountain. There was more on the mountain during the day yesterday.
All open - including Kurobishi Off Piste Area!
Happo Banks Snow Park is also now open.
The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 220cm
Nakiyama: 90cm
Sakka: 60cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 40cm of fresh snowfall during the day yesterday.
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: 210cm
Base: 135cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All course areas are open apart from Uma-no-se and part of Rinkan course.
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: 228cm
Maruyama: 100cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0-10cm of fresh snowfall this morning since last night. There was more on the mountain during the day yesterday.
All of the Village Side is open but parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B).
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 130cm
Lower: 50cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All courses apart from Expert Course are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
150cm
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 Thursday 18th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 276cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 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 74cm 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.