Hakuba Now: Friday 20th February 2015
- Feb 20, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 494cm
Posted on Friday 20th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Another fairly mild morning in Hakuba but happy to report some fresh snow on the ground and varying amounts being reported by the resorts. I'm particularly interested in that +40cm that Hakuba Norikura resort seem to be reporting this morning...
Lots of cloud around this morning and there's some spectacular cloud scenery from the higher slopes of Happo-one with the lift rising above the clouds. So want to be there right now!
Variable visibility depending on where you are especially with these changing conditions.
We should get some more snow today - there's even a heavy snowfall warning out for the region this morning - before the skies clear up for sunny conditions tomorrow and continued warming up on Sunday along with... a good (or is that 'bad') chance of rain.
Once we get past that, we can hope for a quick return to colder conditions.
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Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 10cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 10cm at Toomi.
All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course).
- Alps Daira - 370cm
- Toomi - 195cm
- Iimori - 195cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 15-20cm of new snowfall on upper areas; 10cm at base.
Tree Riding Zone is open.
- Upper - 345cm
- Lower - 200cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall at Riesen.
Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open.
- Usagidaira - 350cm
- Nakiyama - 200cm
- Sakka - 210cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall.
Looks set to be open as planned this morning.
- Upper - 515cm
- Lower - 310cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 405cm
- Maruyama - 220cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 230cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall.
- Upper - 285cm
- Lower - 175cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reporting 40cm of fresh snowfall!
All areas now open.
- 300cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
- 230cm
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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:
Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm.
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 20th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 494cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 10 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.