Hakuba Now: Wednesday 24th February 2016
- Feb 24, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 277cm
Posted on Wednesday 24th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
After the fine and sunny start to the day yesterday, things started to get more cloudy by late morning and by mid afternoon it was mostly grey and cloudy. It got a bit colder as the day went on as well after sun-fuelled warmth of the morning.
This morning there's some new snow to report. Just a cm down here at base with resorts reporting up to a light cover on lower slopes and 5-10cm at higher elevations.
Light snow is still falling now but we seem to be forecast a day of cloud and so I wouldn't expect much out of it.
It's colder this morning too which is good - always good to feel a chill in the morning air - and it should remain close to or under zero for the day here at base and considerably colder higher up.
We may enjoy some sunshine tomorrow morning but after that by evening it should be snowing again... and that forecast is still looking quite promising. Fingers crossed!
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 2-5cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses are generally open.
All of the Tree Riding Zone is open.
The R4 Snow Park has re-opened from this morning.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 215cm
Base: 110cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-1cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper areas.
All courses are open except Snow Diving and Adventure.
The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 215cm
Toomi: 110cm
Iimori: 110cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
All courses/areas open except the Kurobishi Off Piste Area.
The Happo Banks Snow Park will be closed today for maintenance.
The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 195cm
Nakiyama: 50cm
Sakka: 40cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses open except Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2, Mt Hieda 3, Itadaira Ridge and Giant.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays).
Official snow depth:
Top: 175cm
Base: 103cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All course areas are open.
Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 5th/12th/19th March.
Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 223cm
Maruyama: 75cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B).
An event is currently being held on Kamoshika Pocket, Big Bahn and Up Bahn areas of the Village Side.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 120cm
Lower: 50cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All courses apart from Expert and Snake are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
105cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All of the courses are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka.
Official snow depth:
75cm
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 24th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 277cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 75cm reported on 9 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.