Hakuba Now: Monday 4th April 2016
- Apr 4, 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 Monday 4th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
After the mostly cloudy but warm weather of yesterday, it's raining this morning both here at base and up top too, as we expected really. Expect some soft snow conditions this morning but temperatures not to be quite as warm as yesterday.
It doesn't look like it's going to really belt it down with rain, but waterproofs recommended. Hopefully the rain will ease off later on early afternoon.
Tomorrow and Wednesday should see a return to sunny skies before more rain due on Thursday.
Hakuba 47:
Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open.
The lower part of R1 course has now closed - but the resort is still open top to bottom. Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base.
The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 150cm
Base: 40cm
Hakuba Goryu:
The top area of Goryu remains open except Champion Expert course.
The lower main Toomi run remains open, but just as a way to get back to base; the Iimori area is closed.
Official snow depth
Alps: 206cm
Toomi: 45cm
Iimori: -cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
The lower areas of the resort - apart from Nakiyama South - are now closed.
Upper mountain courses remain open.
To get back down from the upper areas either ski down to Nakiyama South (not suitable for beginners) or get the Gondola back to base.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 120cm
Nakiyama: 30cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The Tsuga-no-mori, Upper Han-no-ki, (part of) Lower Han-no-ki and (part of) Oya-no-hara remain open.
The top Tsugaike Ropeway is also now open for spring season (note: extra charge required).
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 176cm
Maruyama: -cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
Other resorts are now closed for the season.
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 4th April 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 April 2016 snowfall 0cm |
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.