Hakuba Now: Thursday 21st March 2024
- Mar 21, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 28cm
Snowfall at base this season 549cm
Posted on Thursday 21st March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
We have more impressive snowfall since yesterday. Check the numbers below. 20cm, 30cm, 40cm... Cortina reporting over 70cm since Tuesday. And it's 21st March!
I won't use lots of words. Rather, I just suggest you take a look here for historical monthly snowfall data.
Of course, there's always much more to a season than just the raw snowfall numbers (hence the daily commentary), but the numbers clearly show that in my 12 years of reporting, I have never reported anywhere near as much snow in March as I have been able to this year. And there's no hyperbole there.
We are definitely enjoying an excellent later part of the season. All this snow will be a big help to the 4 ski areas hoping to remain open until 6th May. That was looking rather unlikely a month ago.
It really does feel like February was March, and March is February...
From tomorrow we will probably start to get some warmer conditions, but importantly not alarmingly so. And is that more snow lined up on forecasts for mid-week next week?!
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 40cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 300cm
Toomi: 155cm
Planned closing date: Monday 6th May
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall (overnight):
Upper: 30cm
Base: 20cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 145cm
Planned closing date: Monday 6th May
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
Lower: Over 70cm since 19th March
Official snow depth:
Top: 229cm
Base: ?cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 31st March
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
Kurobishi: ?cm
Usagidaira: 12cm
Top of Riesen quad: 30cm (social media)
Nakiyama: ?cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 305cm
Usagidaira: 223cm
Nakiyama: 45cm
Planned closing date: Monday 6th May
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
Mountain Side: 30cm
Village Side: 25cm
Official snow depth:
Mountain Side: 200cm
Village Side: 100cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 24th March
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
265cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 31st March
Jigatake
Now closed
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
110cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 24th March
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
40cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 307cm
Lower: 40cm
Planned closing date: Monday 6th May
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
120cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 24th March
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Thursday 21st March 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 549cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 187cm reported on 16 days February 2024 snowfall 72cm reported on 13 days March 2024 snowfall 169cm reported on 12 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.