Hakuba Now: Monday 2nd March 2015
- Mar 2, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 514cm
Posted on Monday 2nd March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Limited visibility in many areas yesterday, with snow falling higher up and giri-giri rain at times lower down at base. Hakuba 47 reported 5cm during the day. Not the lightest, but it's certainly better than the see-through stuff!
This morning we have more snow to report and a decent amount as well higher up - up to 20cm in places being reported. Less than 5cm here in the village.
Down here in or should I say above the village we can see increasingly clear and blue skies opening up, though there's still a lot of cloud hanging around the mountains and poor visibility in places. The remaining snowfall is due to stop and if the skies here are anything to go by and those cloude clear we might be left with a day of fine weather.
Strong winds are messing with lifts though this morning with widespread disruption at the start of the day. Details I can find added below. Hopefully that situation will improve as the weather clears.
Weekly forecast is currently a mix of mild-ish conditions, clearer weather and snow showers.
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Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 20cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira; 10cm on Toomi.
All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course).
Strong winds preventing top areas to open early morning.
- Alps Daira - 350cm
- Toomi - 170cm
- Iimori - 170cm
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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 5-15cm of new snowfall yesterday.
Lifts affected by strong winds. Gondola moving at 8:30am but situation may change.
Tree Riding Zone is open.
- Upper - 355cm
- Lower - 175cm
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Happo-one:
Reporting 10+cm of fresh snowfall.
Strong winds affecting quite a lot of lifts early on at Happo - check with the resort for latest updates.
FIS Continental Cup being held at the Nakiyama area until tomorrow.
- Usagidaira - 320cm
- Nakiyama - 170cm
- Sakka - 170cm
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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall.
Confirming safety on a number of course areas at the time of writing.
- Upper - 440cm
- Lower - 273cm
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Tsugaike Kogen:
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.
Gondola and a number of other lifts are not moving this morning due to weather conditions.
- Tsuga-no-mori - 400cm
- Maruyama - 205cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 210cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall.
- Upper - 265cm
- Lower - 160cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All areas now open.
- 270cm
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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.
- 195cm
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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:
Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on February 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Monday 2nd March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 514cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 105cm reported on 12 days March 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 2 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.