Hakuba Now: Friday 24th March 2017
- Mar 24, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 521cm
Posted on Friday 24th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba on this late January morning.
Oh hold on... it's late March! I was over at the base of Hakuba 47 just earlier on and it didn't feel like late March over there with snow falling and cold temperatures.
I like it!
Here's what the resorts are reporting in terms of fresh snowfall:
Hakuba 47: 10cm
Hakuba Goryu: 5cm lower slopes, 15cm upper slopes
Hakuba Happo-one: 5cm
Hakuba Cortina: 5cm
So another fresh blanket of snow, though we can't expect it to continue for much longer, so forecasts say. (Yahoo weather - not exactly my go-to! - even has sun lined up).
Whatever, looks like the sun should be out for tomorrow so visitors for the weekend will be looking on with excitement today.
Limited visibility by the looks of most webcams this morning.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm 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 5cm (lower) - 15cm (top) of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Alps: 295cm
Toomi: 145cm
Iimori: 90cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top).
Top lifts affected by weather at the start of the day.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 250cm
Kurobishi: 325cm
Lower: 100cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Uma-no-se course appears to be closed.
The Tsugaike Ropeway is now operating for the spring season.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 360cm
Han-no-ki: 350cm
Maruyama: 130cm
Oya-no-hara: 125cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 115cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Top: 355cm
Base: 210cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Open until Sunday 26th March.
Official snow depth:
Top: 230cm
Base: 120cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Open until Sunday 2nd April.
Official snow depth:
Top: 135cm
Kashimayari:
Open until Sunday 2nd April.
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Open until Sunday 26th March.
Official snow depth:
Top: 90cm
Planned nighta operations - be sure to check with resorts for latest:
Hakuba Goryu:
Planned to be open daily until 31st March (6pm until 9:30pm)
Hakuba Happo-one:
Planned to be open daily until 25th March (until 9pm on the Nakiyama area)
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 24th March 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 521cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 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 63cm 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.