Hakuba Now: Friday 30th March 2018
- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 527cm
Posted on Friday 30th March 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
It is a beautiful morning here. Blue skies all around and the sun is out from the start of the day. It looks a lot less hazy and clearer too. Nice.
Today won't be quite as warm as it has been, but it's forecast to get warmer once again from tomorrow and into next week.
Expect a lot of sunshine along with calm and settled conditions.
More patches of ground are getting noticeable now on lower areas, but still very good snow cover I would say (and excellent higher up) as we approach the end of the month.
Many lower parts of Hakuba Happo-one are now not skiable - though there is a lot of snow and still a large area of that resort open. See below for more info.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be operating as planned
Courses open:
- Base areas apart from Nakiyama are now closed
- For access to the base areas, ski down to Nakiyama or the Gondola areas via the Risen Slalom course (or take the Gondola lift or Kitaone Sakka quad lift)
- Large area of upper mountain remains open
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 315cm
- Usagidaira: 205cm
- Lower: 45cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be operation as planned today
Courses open:
- All courses apart from Cosmo River, Snow Diving, Adventure and Straight Whiskey remain open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 290cm
- Toomi: 90cm
- Iimori: 60cm
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Hakuba 47
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be operating as planned today
- Line D usually operates only when the Gondola is not operating
Courses open:
- All main courses should be available
- Lower part of R-7 closed
Official snow depth:
- Top: 285cm
- Base: 95cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Lifts should be operating as planned
Courses open:
- All course areas apart form Uma-no-se and part of the Lower Course through forest should be open
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 280cm
- Han-no-ki: 260cm
- Maruyama: 60cm
- Shirakaba: 185cm
- Champion: 50cm
- Oya-no-hara: 75cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 50cm
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Hakuba Cortina
Operating lifts:
- Lifts 1, 2, 4 still operating
- Plans to be open until Sunday 1st April
Courses open:
- Ikenota, Ikenota Forest, Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda 1, Mt Hieda 2, Itadaira and Ipponmatsu remain open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 218cm
- Base: 102cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Operations:
- Resort remains part open, mostly Mountain Side
- Plans to be open until Sunday 1st April
Official snow depth:
- Top: 170cm
- Base: 50cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Operating lifts:
- Lifts 3, 4, 5, 6 still operating
- Plans to be open until Sunday 1st April
Official snow depth:
- 80cm
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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Operating lifts:
- Lifts 1, 2, 3, 5 still operating
- Plans to be open until Sunday 1st April
Official snow depth:
- 110cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 30th March 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 527cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 103cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 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.