Hakuba Now: Monday 30th March 2020
- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 221cm
Posted on Monday 30th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
What a nice surprise that snow was yesterday. A bank of cloud and fog remained over the mountains during the day yesterday with limited visibility out there, variable depending on location.
It is a grey and overcast morning. We might get to see some breaks in the cloud with more of a chance of that tomorrow along with temperatures warming up once again.
It looks like Hakuba Iwatake is now closed.
Kashimayari plans to be open until Sunday 5th April with two lifts now operating.
The original planned closing date for the remaining 'big 4' is 6th May. Whether they can or not is a big question. It feels... unlikely. But that's just my own guess.
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Hakuba Happo-one
Operating lifts:
- Grad quad
- Alpen quad
- Happo Riesen quad
- Nakiyama 3
- ADAM Gondola
- Panorama
- Kokusai 1
- Kokusai 3
- Kurobishi quad
- Sakka Kitaone quad
Courses open:
- Generally the upper areas of the resort remain open
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 190cm
- Usagidaira: 145cm
- Nakiyama: 50cm
Hakuba 47
All lifts apart from the lifts noted below are normally operating:
- Pair Line D (usually only operates when Gondola not operating)
Courses open:
- All main courses now open
- Tree Riding Zones: upper area part open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 200cm
- Base: 65cm
Hakuba Goryu
Operating lifts:
- All top lifts operating
- Toomi quad and Number 1 pair lift operating
- Iimori lifts and area now closed
Courses open:
- All of the upper area (apart from Champion Expert) and the main Toomi run are open
- The lower Iimori area is now closed
Official snow depth:
- Alps: 185cm
- Toomi: 50cm
- Iimori: -cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori (upper): 210cm
- Han-no-ki: 175cm
- Upper Tsuga-no-mori and Han-kou runs open
- Some mid areas of the resort (Sawa-one and Han-no-ki) part open
Hakuba Valley Kashimayari
Official snow depth & info:
- Top: 90cm
Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Monday 30th March 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 221cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 70cm reported on 13 days February 2020 snowfall 73cm reported on 9 days March 2020 snowfall 46cm reported on 9 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.