Hakuba Now: Wednesday 28th February 2024
- Feb 28, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 380cm
Posted on Wednesday 28th February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Someone, obviously a newcomer clearly losing sleep over these things, asked about the snowfall numbers that are presented in this report. We haven't had this conversation for a while, so perhaps it's time for a reminder.
I check official (Japanese) sources every morning. Basically, that means ski area official websites, and also their social media (yuck, the things I have to do). I just tell you what they are saying. You can see yourself if you go to official ski area websites. Sometimes the numbers seem odd, sometimes even conflicting. (Good example, I have questions about the numbers today). If they seem really odd, I might add a comment. But I still report what they say.
The 'observed snowfall at base (24 hrs)' snowfall number in each report is the amount of snowfall I have observed at base since the last report. It's kind of in the name. (That snow can have arrived during the day before and disappeared by the next morning, etc).
All of the Now reports on this site come to you from base areas. Hakuba is not treated differently.
I do not live on the top of a mountain to report to you from there every morning. (Which mountain? There's a few). And I always try to mention any other mountain-side snowfall numbers that are being reported by ski areas when they are available in an effort to provide as much info as possible.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 210cm
Toomi: 110cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall (overnight):
Upper: 0cm
Base: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 215cm
Base: 85cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
Upper: ?cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 175cm
Base: 115cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
Kurobishi: 0cm
Usagidaira: 0cm
Top of Riesen quad: 5cm (social media)
Nakiyama: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 205cm
Usagidaira: 151cm
Nakiyama: 45cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
Mountain Side: 10cm
Village Side: 10cm
Official snow depth:
Mountain Side: 145cm
Village Side: 90cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
175cm
Jigatake
Reported snowfall:
0cm
Official snow depth:
60cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
100cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 204cm
Lower: 62cm
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
65cm
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far (in upper areas)
[The information below originates from the ski areas themselves, it is being checked and updated manually every report from public Hakuba Valley sources]
ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 807cm
Hakuba 47: 555cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 650cm
Hakuba Cortina: 614cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 617cm
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Wednesday 28th February 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 380cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 187cm reported on 16 days February 2024 snowfall 72cm reported on 13 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.