Hakuba Now: Saturday 22nd March 2014
- Mar 22, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 415cm
Posted on Saturday 22nd March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba and what a fine morning it really is. That was one good March storm yesterday.
Hakuba Cortina report 40-60cm.
Hakuba 47 were talking about 20cm during the day yesterday and another 0-5cm overnight.
Other resorts seem reluctant to brag about numbers; which to me always seems odd. If I were a skijo, I'd be shouting it out on a morning like this. But, as I am not a skijo and aren't being told those numbers, I just have to imagine it!
Never mind the exact numbers though, there'll be some great conditions to enjoy today pretty much anywhere you decided to slide.
The sun is out as well this morning and it is a cold start, so pretty much as perfect conditions as we can expect for the second half of March.
There's every likelihood that we have just experienced the last blast of winter with sun and a real warming trend ahead of us starting tomorrow. Let's worry about warm conditions later; for now it should be a really great weekend for Hakuba.
Do take care out there - fresh snow on hard ice; an avalanche incident apparently involving a fatality over near Tsugaike Kogen made the national news yesterday.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 0-5cm of fresh snow on lower slopes and 10cm on upper slopes. Shy about what they got yesterday.
Upper - 255cm
Toomi - 125cm
Iimori - 80cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall at base and 5cm on upper slopes overnight. 20cm during the day yesterday.
Upper - 225cm
Lower - 60cm
Happo-one:
Usagidaira - 225cm
Nakiyama - 80cm
Sakka - 95cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 245cm
Lower - 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 340cm
Maruyama - 155cm
Kanenonaruoka - 170cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 40-60cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 350cm
Lower - 210cm
Hakuba Minekata:
Now closed for the season
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 22nd March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 415cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 122cm reported on 15 days January 2014 snowfall 97cm reported on 12 days February 2014 snowfall 91cm reported on 8 days March 2014 snowfall 70cm reported on 11 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.