Hakuba Now: Friday 18th March 2016
- Mar 18, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 313cm
Posted on Friday 18th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
What a beautiful day it was yesterday. A stunner right through the day.
We may not have been blessed with fresh snow, but the setting we enjoy here is hard to beat!
Alas, it was as warm as we were hoping it wouldn't be with a lot of snow melt going on.
Temperatures dropped down to just around zero overnight but it's going to warm up once again today with temperatures here in the village once again forecast to rise up to maybe as high as 14-15 degrees this afternoon. Poka-poka, as they say.
This morning there's a nice blue backdrop to the mountain range though more cloud over to the east.
Rain is forecast to be falling by the end of the day today and continue into tomorrow, possibly heavy at times.
Not what you want to hear... sorry!!
Sunday should be better, or dry at least - and somewhat colder.
What's that on the forecast for Wednesday next week, heavy snow?!
Mad season.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses set to open this morning.
The Tree Riding Zone is open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 190cm
Base: 80cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure.
The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 248cm
Toomi: 120cm
Iimori: 50cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall again this morning.
Happo Banks is open.
Kurobishi Off-Piste seems to be closed this morning, though not sure of the reason.
Parts of the lower areas of Happo-one are now closed due to insufficient snow. Upper mountain remains all open.
Night skiing has now finished for the season.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 170cm
Nakiyama: 45cm
Sakka: 10cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall again this morning.
All courses open apart from Itadaira Ridge, Itadaira Forest and Giant.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays).
Official snow depth:
Top: 150cm
Base: 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All courses are generally open.
Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 19th March.
The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required).
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 231cm
Maruyama: 60cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 50cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Insufficient snow means that only limited areas of Village Side remain open - by3, Shinden connecting. Sunny Valley and Paradise remain part open.
Parts of the Mountain Side that are closed - View A, View B, Kamo 4, Dangan, Sonezawa, Five Side.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 120cm
Lower: 40cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Closed courses are Kamoshika, Highway, Snake, Expert, Skyview and lower part of Satomi Ridge.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Norikura.
Official snow depth:
75cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All of the courses are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka.
Official snow depth:
55cm
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 18th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 313cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 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 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 29cm reported on 3 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.