Hakuba Now: Saturday 5th March 2016
- Mar 5, 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 307cm
Posted on Saturday 5th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
There was no wind yesterday, it was just clear skies, warmth... and a distinct spring feel going on.
Interesting to see some people hooded up in full winter gear and the next person wearing just a t-shirt!
As expected it's going to be warm again today rising to around 10C here in the village. There's more cloud around this morning but some sunshine and blue sky as well, though the forecast is generally for cloudy conditions during the day.
Snow conditions may be a bit hard at first but will soon loosen up and get heavier... good thigh exercise.
What about the rain that has been threatening? Well, different forecasts are painting different pictures but it would seem that we should see some rain tomorrow (less than feared?) and then more on Monday. Tomorrow will probably be the warmest day so far this year as well, rising a further few more degrees than today even.
You want more exciting snowy news right? It will be getting colder early in the week once again and there's a chance of snow around Tuesday/Wednesday, particularly higher up. Fingers crossed.
Wherever you are, I hope you have a good Saturday.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All areas and courses set to open this morning.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 205cm
Base: 110cm
Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
The Hakuba Goryu Gondola has re-opened and is operating as normal.
All courses open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure.
The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'.
Official snow depth
Alps: 265cm
Toomi: 130cm
Iimori: 90cm
Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses appear to be open apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area.
The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 220cm
Nakiyama: 60cm
Sakka: 40cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Hakuba Cortina is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
All courses set to open.
The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 9pm tonight (8pm on weekdays).
Official snow depth:
Top: 200cm
Base: 120cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
All courses and areas are generally open.
Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 5th/12th/19th March.
Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring (no fixed date yet).
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 243cm
Maruyama: 80cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 100cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Parts of the Village Side not open - by4.
Parts of the Mountain Side not open - View A, View B, Sonezawa, Five Side.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 140cm
Lower: 50cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
All courses are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake.
Official snow depth:
120cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All of the courses are open.
There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka.
Official snow depth:
80cm
Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 5th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 307cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 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 23cm 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.