Hakuba Now: Monday 27th March 2017
- Mar 27, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 523cm
Posted on Monday 27th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba, where there's more snow to report.
A bit of snow falling higher up yesterday afternoon and resorts reporting up to 10cm at higher elevations this morning...
Hakuba 47: 10cm
Hakuba Goryu: 0cm (Iimoro) - 10cm (top)
Hakuba Happo-one: 5cm
Hakuba Cortina: 2-5cm
Snow is falling now here in the village and it looks like it's pretty limited visibility in places on the mountains.
Tomorrow sun is expected and it should be warming things up a little.
As we head towards the end of March, some lifts and courses are now starting to close for the season at some of the resorts that remain operating.
I will try to keep any news for each resort updated below, and when things start to get more restricted next month I will go into more details so you can keep a track on exactly what is open.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
All lifts are operating and courses are open as normal.
Official snow depth
Upper: 325cm
Base: 150cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-10cm of fresh snowfall.
All lifts are operating and courses are open as normal.
Official snow depth
Alps: 300cm
Toomi: 140cm
Iimori: 80cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top).
Some lifts are now closed for the season but all areas of the mountain are still available.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 245cm
Kurobishi: 320cm
Lower: 90cm
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: 355m
Han-no-ki: 350cm
Maruyama: 130cm
Oya-no-hara: 120cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 115cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 2-5cm of fresh snowfall.
The Number 2 quad lift and Number 4 pair lifts remain operating.
Ikenota, Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda 1, Mt Hieda 3, Itadaira and Ipponmatsu courses remain open.
Official snow depth:
Top: 355cm
Base: 210cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Open until Sunday 2nd April.
Official snow depth:
Top: 135cm
Kashimayari:
Open until Sunday 2nd April.
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 27th March 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 523cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 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 65cm reported on 10 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.