Hakuba Now: Monday 1st February 2016
- Feb 1, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 206cm
Posted on Monday 1st February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba and welcome to February.
Some more snow to report with up to 5cm at base levels and some resorts reporting 10-15cm higher up. It's on the wet side again though - down here at least - not the light and fluffy variety that we love best. Once again, a full investigation seems to be required by me going up and checking!
Snow was still falling earlier on when I first got up but seems to be clearing - here in the village anyway, it may well be still snowing higher up... a quick look at the webcams shows limited visibility out there in some areas right now. We're expecting conditions to clear up during the day today so I think visibility will improve as well.
It's a chilly -3C at 9am with the temperature probably rising to just around zero point during the day.
There's a decent chance of sun and clearer skies tomorrow and if you are looking for the next decent snowfall then the end of the week is probably when you should be here.
Let's see what February brings us!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain.
All courses are open.
Part of the Tree Riding Zone are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 200cm
Base: 80cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper areas.
All courses except Snow Diving are open.
The top Alps 2 and 4 lifts are rested on weekdays.
The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 220cm
Toomi: 105cm
Iimori: 105cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Happo-one is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall.
All open (apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area).
Happo Banks Snow Park is now open.
The lower Nakiyama area plans to be open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 185cm
Nakiyama: 80cm
Sakka: 55cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 1cm of fresh snowfall.
All courses are open except Giant.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight.
Official snow depth:
Top: 175cm
Base: 120cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All course areas open.
Nighta at Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturday 6th, 13th February; at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 13th/20th February and 5th/12th/19th March.
Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 223cm
Maruyama: 90cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Most of the Village Side is now open but parts of the Mountain Side not yet available (Dangan, Kamo4, East, View A, View B).
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 140cm
Lower: 70cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All courses except Snake and Expert are now open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
100cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All of the courses are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka.
Official snow depth:
100cm
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 1st February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 206cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 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 4cm reported on 1 day |
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.