Hakuba Now: Friday 24th February 2017
- Feb 24, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 453cm
Posted on Friday 24th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
So... yesterday. Rain, clouds, some sunshine, some rainbows. Kind of odd weather, and late yesterday afternoon the field of snow behind my place was looking rather pockmarked due to it all.
There has been a bit of snowfall overnight to make things look a bit more pleasing - and resorts are reporting varying small layers of fresh, the most being reported by Hakuba Cortina (10cm). So I would imagine rather varied conditions this morning, some fresh snow on some hard scratchy ice and the wind blowing it around will make it more hit and miss. We must seek out the best.
Oh yes, the wind. Some fairly strong winds higher up appear to be stopping some top lifts at Goryu and Happo-one from opening at the start of the morning.
Down at village level this morning the sun is out and there's some nice blue skies as well as the cloud that is covering lots of the upper parts of the ski course areas. Webcams are showing limited visibility in places on mountain due to that cloud. Perhaps it will clear up... let's see how things go.
We might get a bit of snow overnight tonight but don't expect much. And a decent chance of sunshine during the day tomorrow and fingers crossed it'll keep chilly.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 3cm of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Upper: 265cm
Base: 130cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as but top lifts are on hold due to strong wind.
Official snow depth
Alps: 330cm
Toomi: 180cm
Iimori: 120cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 2cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top).
The resort appears to be opening but Gondola and top lifts on hold due to wind conditions.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 265cm
Kurobishi: 320cm
Lower: 150cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning. Part of Champion not open; Uma-no-se closed.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 385cm
Han-no-ki: 375cm
Maruyama: 170cm
Oya-no-hara: 160cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 150cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Top: 350cm
Base: 240cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 200cm
Base: 110cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 230cm
Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 215cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 24th February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 453cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 146cm reported on 15 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.