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Hakuba Now: Tuesday 24th March 2020

  • Mar 24, 2020
  • 3 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 206cm

Posted on Tuesday 24th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Individual ski resort information

The below information is checked from official sources and manually adjusted each morning.


Hakuba Happo-one


Operating lifts:

- All lifts apart from the lifts noted below are normally operating:

- Usagidaira pair

- Nakiyama Number 2 pair

- Shirakaba Number 1 pair

- Shirakaba Number 2 pair

- Central pair

- Sakka Number 2 pair

- Sakka Number 3 triple


Courses open:

- All courses apart from the following are at least part open:

- Central

- Olympic II

- Kita-one

- Kokusai

- Nakiyama Wall/North

- Shirakaba North

- Sakka

- Omusubi off-piste

- Kurobishi off-piste

- Nakiyama South

- You can also take the Gondola or other lifts back down to base


Official snow depth:

- Kurobishi: 185cm

- Usagidaira: 140cm

- Nakiyama: 50cm


Hakuba 47


All lifts apart from the lifts noted below are normally operating:

- Pair Line D (usually only operates when Gondola not operating)


Courses open:

- All main courses now open

- Tree Riding Zones: upper area part open


Official snow depth:

- Top: 200cm

- Base: 55cm


Hakuba Goryu


Operating lifts:

- All top lifts operating

- Toomi quad and Number 1 pair lift operating

- Iimori lifts now closed


Courses open:

- All of the upper area and the main Toomi run are open

- The Iimori area is now closed


Official snow depth:

- Alps: 200cm

- Toomi: 65cm

- Iimori: 30cm


Tsugaike Kogen


Official snow depth:

- Tsuga-no-mori (upper): 220cm

- Han-no-ki: 190cm

- Lower Kane-no-oka areas are now closed

- Mid areas of the resort largely only part open


Hakuba Cortina


Official snow depth & info:

- Top: 140cm

- Base: 45cm

- Number 2 lift open


Hakuba Valley Kashimayari


Official snow depth & info:

- Top: 90cm


Hakuba Norikura Onsen


Official snow depth & info:

- Top: 45cm


Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field


Official snow depth & info:

- Top: 80cm



Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Tuesday 24th March 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 206cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 70cm reported on 13 days February 2020 snowfall 73cm reported on 9 days March 2020 snowfall 31cm reported on 7 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.


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