Hakuba Now: Thursday 1st March 2018
- Mar 1, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 518cm
Posted on Thursday 1st March 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
After a warm spring-like day yesterday...some perhaps unexpected good news this morning.
It was colder than we expected and we got some snow. It might not be fresh light powder, but it's sure better than wet rain though with slightly warmer temps due in the day we may get some of that at base. As it gets colder tonight fingers crossed there'll be more snow coming.
Anyway here are some numbers reported by ski resorts:
Hakuba Goryu: 30cm (top gondola station)
Hakuba Goryu: up to 15cm
Hakuba 47: up to 20cm
Hakuba Cortina: 10-15cm
Some nice numbers there. So, as long as the lifts are moving and able to take you up there, head high would be the recommendation for the nicer snow conditions.
Lifts are being affected though early on at many resorts. As of 8am Happo were holding all lifts due to 'thunderclouds approaching' but they now have some lower lifts moving.
We are still looking at colder temps tomorrow, followed by warmth over the weekend.
Things feel a bit all over the place right now. Hopefully a 'phase' and things will settle down once we pass it.
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 1st March 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 518cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 103cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 8cm 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.