Hakuba Now: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
- Mar 22, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 517cm
Posted on Wednesday 22nd March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
I have fresh snow to report to you this morning!
Here's the headlines that the resorts are reporting:
Hakuba 47: 10-15cm
Hakuba Goryu: 1-10cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 5cm (though hearing reports of up to 30cm)
Hakuba Cortina: 5-10cm (base); 10-15cm (top)
3cm from here at base, so it sounds like there's a (modestly) decent fresh layer of snow out there this morning - and I would imagine more than that higher up of course. Early morning should be good today.
As of 8:30am, there's quite a lot of blue sky opening up, though a bank of cloud around the upper mountain areas. Fine weather due for the day perhaps.
Although having said that, I have just noticed that top lifts at Goryu, Happo-one and Tsugaike are affected by wind on mountain.
The forecast has more snow coming tomorrow evening and then perhaps late weekend into early week as well - so we're not done yet!
I'm going to make the most of it. Maybe see some of you out today.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10-15cm of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Upper: 325cm
Base: 155cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 1cm (Toomi) - 10cm (top) of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Alps: 290cm
Toomi: 145cm
Iimori: 95cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top).
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning, though top lifts affected by wind at the start of the day
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 250cm
Kurobishi: 330cm
Lower: 100cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Top lifts are on hold due to weather conditions at the start of the day.
The Tsugaike Ropeway is now operating for the spring season.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 370cm
Han-no-ki: 355cm
Maruyama: 130cm
Oya-no-hara: 130cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 120cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall at base and 10-15cm higher up.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Top: 355cm
Base: 210cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 230cm
Base: 120cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 100cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 22nd March 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 517cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (13th January) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 242cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 151cm reported on 16 days March 2017 snowfall 59cm reported on 8 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.