Hakuba Now: Tuesday 4th April 2017
- Apr 4, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 527cm
Posted on Tuesday 4th April 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Fresh snow!
Morning from Hakuba and how about some fresh snowfall to play in this morning?
I wasn't hear yesterday so I don't know the full story, though this morning there's up to 5cm of snow in some base areas - Goryu is reporting 5cm, Happo-one is reporting 10cm up at Riesen and I see Hakuba 47 talking about 25cm or so (though that may be wind-blown). Sounds like it was a blustery winter-like day, especially on mountain, and am hearing about the 'yellow sand' being blown over as well.
Investigations are required...
And it is a nice morning to investigate too with lovely blue skies all round. Fine weather is expected over the next few days along with a real warm up in temperatures. Later in the week rain is expected too though different forecasts disagree on how much. I think it would be fair to say that we are in the middle of spring taking over from winter.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 25-30cm of fresh snowfall in places.
All of Hakuba 47 remains open.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 300cm
Base: 115cm
Hakuba 47 plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on upper areas.
The Iimori area of the resort is now closed. The Toomi and the upper areas remain open.
Official snow depth:
Alps: 280cm
Toomi: 110cm
Hakuba Goryu plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top).
Some base course areas are now closed but the resort remains mostly open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 200cm
Kurobishi: 300cm
Nakiyama: 70cm
Hakuba Happo-one plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Planned closing dates for lifts are as follows:
Open until Sunday 9th April
Nakiyama Number 3 triple lift
Happo Riesen quad
Open until Sunday 7th May
Gondola
Alpen quad lift
Grat quad lift
Usagidaira pair lift
Panorama pair lift
Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair lift
Kurobishi Number 2 quad lift
Kurobishi Number 3 pair lift
Skyline Number 2 pair lift
Tsugaike Kogen:
Uma-no-se, Champion and Kane-no-naru-oka areas are closed; Maruyama area is partially closed.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 340m
Han-no-ki: 335cm
Oya-no-hara: 115cm
Tsugaike Kogen plans to be open until Sunday 7th May.
Planned closing dates for lifts are as follows:
Open until Sunday 9th April
Shirakaba quad
Open until Sunday 7th May
Tsugaike Ropeway
Gondola
Tsuga Number 2 pair lift
Han-no-ki high speed pair lift
All other ski and snowboard resorts in the area are now closed for the season.
Hakuba Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 4th April 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 527cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (13th January) November 2016 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 days January 2017 snowfall 242cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 151cm reported on 16 days March 2017 snowfall 65cm reported on 10 days April 2017 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day |
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.