Hakuba Now: Thursday 31st March 2016
- Mar 31, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 319cm
Posted on Thursday 31st March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
After the decent weather in the morning, we got some light rain starting to fall later in the day yesterday... boooo!
But this morning that's far from our minds as we are being treated to a beautiful clear morning. Just before 9am it's 6C with the temps rising to maybe around 14C later on here at village base.
Blue skies and sunshine all around, and this fine weather is forecast to be with us for the next few days along with warm conditions.
Later on Saturday and Sunday rain is there on the forecast - could it perhaps snow at higher elevations perhaps? If we're lucky perhaps. Probably best to just expect rain.
Hakuba 47:
All courses at Hakuba 47 remain open.
The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 170cm
Base: 55cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Top area remains open. Lower main Toomi and Soft Cream courses also open.
The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta' - last night tonight.
Official snow depth
Alps: 220cm
Toomi: 70cm
Iimori: 35cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
The lower Nakiyama, Shirakaba North, Central Course, Kokusai, Sakka, Olympic Course II and Kita One areas are closed.
The Nakiyama South and Shirakaba South lower courses remain open (very limited).
All of upper mountain courses remain all open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 140cm
Nakiyama: 30cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Courses open - Ikenota, Mt Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda 1 and Itadaira.
Official snow depth:
Top: 125cm
Base: 45cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Areas now closed: Uma-no-se, Kano-no-naru-oka. Champion and Rinkan just part open due to insufficient snow.
The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required).
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 195cm
Maruyama: 35cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Open courses: Hakunori Family and Wakaguri Central.
Official snow depth:
25cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Hakuba Iwatake has now closed for the season.
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Sanosaka has now closed for the season.
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 31st March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 319cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 March 2016 snowfall 35cm 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.