Hakuba Now: Wednesday 19th February 2020
- Feb 19, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 158cm
Posted on Wednesday 19th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Quite strong winds yesterday which seemed to affect some lifts around the valley, and limited visibility too, but it was great to check out that fresh snow.
This morning it is a whole different story with lovely blue skies and my favorite mountains are looking totally amazing. That's because they are. Some cloud around but blue sky and sunshine.
I'm going to pre-empt some excite questions!
How can Happo-one report 5cm at Usagidaira and 15cm at the close-by but higher Kurobishi at the same resort? ...or... How can Happo-one report 15cm when others report 0cm?
If you can't 'accept' (?!) these numbers, as officially put out there by the ski resorts and simply reported to you by myself, I humbly suggest that you direct such questions to the resorts concerned.
I'm sure they'll be delighted!
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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
- Kurobishi off-piste
- Omusubi 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: 175cm
- Usagidaira: 110cm
- Nakiyama: 70cm
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: 60cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All lifts are normally operating
Courses open:
- All courses are open now apart from the following:
- Cosmo River
- Straight Whiskey
- Snow Diving
- Adventure
Official snow depth:
- Alps: 195cm
- Toomi: 75cm
- Iimori: 45cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Courses open:
- All main course areas apart from Uma-no-se and Lower course through forest open
- DBD: Gate 1 and 2 open, reporting 15cm of fresh snow
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 170cm
- Maruyama: 45cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 40cm
Hakuba Cortina
Official snow depth:
- Top: 153cm
- Base: 80cm
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
- Top: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- Top: 110cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
- Top: 100cm
Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
- Top: 65cm
Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 158cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 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 56cm 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.