Hakuba Now: Thursday 20th March 2025
- Mar 20, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 779cm
Posted on Thursday 20th March 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
It has been a lovely morning. Fine blue skies and sunshine. Roads are completely dry, though there is some snow to report since yesterday.
More of the same is expected tomorrow and Saturday, the latter expected to be particularly warm. T-shirts at the ready, perhaps.
Last season on 20th March the official snow depth at Kurobishi (Happo-one ski area) was 290cm.
On the same day this year, it is 610cm. Over double!
That just goes to show how much snow we got this season.
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Apology time:
I had Kurobishi (黒菱）mis-spelled on the daily list below... and for quite a while. As the typo mistake was there earlier in the season, it has been copy/pasted over each morning with the list without me noticing. Doh! The correct name is, of course, Kurobishi (the 'bishi' the same as in 'Mitsubishi'), not Kurobushi. Gomen!
(If you ever do notice such a mistake I have made, please do tell me!)
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 5cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 460cm
Top: 200cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
Top: 5cm
Base: 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 475cm
Base: 185cm
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Hakuba Cortina
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
10cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
408cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobishi (1680m): 10cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 5cm
Nakiyama (800m): 5cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobishi (1680m): 610cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 333cm
Nakiyama (800m): 150cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 0cm
Village Side: 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Mountain Side: 330cm
Village Side: 130cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
350cm
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Jigatake
New snowfall (reported by the ski area):
0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
135cm
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
200cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Upper: 370cm
Base: 160cm
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
160cm
Hakuba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as Thursday 20th March 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 779cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 73 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 42cm reported on 3 days December 2024 snowfall 278cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 235cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 179cm reported on 20 days March 2025 snowfall 45cm 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.