Hakuba Now: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 616cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
After that blast of winter like weather yesterday morning, once again we got to see some blue sky later in the afternoon. There was still quite a lot of cloud around the mountains, but some very fine views looking on from the east.
No fresh snow is being reported overnight (apart from 6cm by Happo-one at Usagidaira).
This morning we are starting with some greyer conditions. Kind of cloudy, kind of fine, though not too bright and the sun isn't winning through this morning. It was brighter and much blue-er just an hour ago, so the trend is definitely towards clouding over.
Forecasts are still showing a real warm-up starting on Friday. Unfortunately right now we are told to expect rain in town (or should I say, village) on Saturday - hopefully snow in higher areas.
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I have added the planned closing dates for all of the ski areas in the list below. As you can see, the first one to close will be Iwatake (27th March), followed by Norikura (31st March).
Four ski areas plan to be open until the first week of May so there is a fair while to go. Spring season is long!
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far [*upper areas]
[As reported by official sources at time of this report]
Hakuba Goryu: 995cm
Hakuba 47: 951cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 868cm
Hakuba Cortina: 1160cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 920cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Upper: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 350cm
- Toomi: 130cm
Planned closing date:
- Sunday 8th May
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Summit: 0cm
- Lower: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 350cm
- Base: 120cm
Planned closing date:
- Thursday 5th May
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Kurobishi: 0cm
- Riesen: 0cm
- Usagidaira: 6cm
- Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 365cm
- Usagidaira: 219cm
- Nakiyama: 70cm
Planned closing date:
- Sunday 8th May
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Mountain Side: 0cm
- Village Side: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 200cm
- Village Side: 90cm
Planned closing date:
- Sunday 27th March
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall this morning:
- Upper: cm
Official snow depth:
- Upper: 329cm
- Lower: 91cm
Planned closing date:
- Sunday 8th May
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
- 225cm
Planned closing date:
- Thursday 31st March
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall (12 hours):
- Summit: 0cm
- Lower: 0cm
Official snow depth:
- Top: 290cm
- Base: 170cm
Planned closing date:
- Sunday 3rd April
Hakuba Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as Wednesday 23rd March 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 616cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th January) November 2021 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 130cm reported on 12 days January 2022 snowfall 228cm reported on 20 days February 2022 snowfall 197cm reported on 19 days March 2022 snowfall 32cm reported on 4 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.