Hakuba Now: Sunday 28th February 2016
- Feb 28, 2016
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 284cm
Posted on Sunday 28th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba where we have had some snowfall on the mountains, just a bit down here at base. After the fine start to the day yesterday, snow started falling around mid afternoon.
I am hearing unofficial reports of up to 20cm of fresh snow higher up this morning, though the official numbers from resorts are keeping in the up to 10cm kind of range. Info as it is available in the respective resort areas below.
The sun is out as I sit here writing this report and again there's a rather hazy kind of feel at the moment. It feels rather mild as well, certainly more than yesterday morning, and local forecasts say that temps might rise to about +7 later on in the day.
By tomorrow morning there should be more snow on the ground and we're hoping for the chance of a decent amount through Monday. Some forecasts still show good potential. Fingers crossed.
Once we get to mid-week though it does seem that we'll be back to clearer skies once again and milder/warmer conditions.
The Hakuba Goryu Telecabin gondola is still closed this morning. It sounds like there was some kind of fire in the gondola station that they need to fix up. If you wish to ride the top lifts at Hakuba Goryu, you'll need to get there via Hakuba 47 which is of course on the same ticket. There's also a shuttle bus going between Escal Plaza at Hakuba Goryu and the base of Hakuba 47 if you need to get from one to the other.
In other news, half pipe fans might be interested to know that the half-pipe-making folk at Hakuba 47 have been putting in a lot of effort and the result is that their pipe is able to open from this morning.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses are open and all of the Tree Riding Zone is open.
Half pipe open from today in the Hakuba 47 Terrain Park.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 230cm
Base: 125cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall at Iimori, 3cm at Toomi and 10-15cm on upper areas this morning.
The Hakuba Goryu Gondola is closed as they deal with an incident in the station. Access to the top of the mountain is now via Hakuba 47 only.
All courses are generally open except Champion Dynamic, Champion Expert, Woody, Snow Diving and Adventure.
The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 220cm
Toomi: 110cm
Iimori: 100cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
All courses/areas open.
Happo Banks and Kuroboshi Off Piste Area open.
The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 205cm
Nakiyama: 60cm
Sakka: 55cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 7-12cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses open except Itadaira Ridge.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (8pm on Saturdays).
Official snow depth:
Top: 188cm
Base: 115cm
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: 256cm
Maruyama: 80cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Hakuba Iwatake is reporting 0-10cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
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: 130cm
Lower: 50cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All courses apart from Snake are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
110cm
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 Sunday 28th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 284cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 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 82cm reported on 11 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.