Hakuba Now: Saturday 7th March 2026
- Mar 7
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 337cm
Posted on Saturday 7th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
Cloudy skies yesterday. I think we got rained on overnight but it is snowing quite nicely up on the mountains and trying to down here at base, too, at the start of ski area operations this morning.
Happo-one reporting up to 5cm and Goryu 3cm in upper areas.
Looks like poor visibility and quite windy too but ski areas do seem to all be opening as planned. It is currently just over 1C.
I am hopeful that I might be able to bring more snowy news tomorrow morning....
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Usually I start to add details about ski lifts and runs that remain open and/or have closed in the latter part of the season. I do intend to do that again this season, but I am currently unable to devote the time to start doing that. It's usually mid to late March when I start. In the meantime, my very general comment would be that snow cover remains fine higher up and all ski areas remain open. However, some lower/base runs are looking increasingly bare and some have been closed. You would no doubt be doing this anyway if you are actually here, but I do recommend checking with official ski area sources before heading out.
I hope to begin my own said more detailed updates in another week or so.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 3cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 245cm
Top: 60cm
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Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
New snowfall (reported as 'todays snowfall'; implies overnight rather than 24 hrs):
Top: 0cm
Base: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 250cm
Base: 105cm
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Hakuba Cortina
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Top: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 190cm
Base: 110cm
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Hakuba Happo-one
New snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobishi (1680m): 5cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 8cm
Nakiyama (800m): 0cm
Official snow depth (as reported by the ski area):
Kurobishi (1680m): 245cm
Usagidaira (1400m): 112cm
Nakiyama (800m): 20cm
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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Official snow depth:
180cm
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Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
150cm
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Jigatake
Official snow depth:
50cm
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Kashimayari Skijo Family Park
Official snow depth:
80cm
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Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper: 198cm
Base: 22cm
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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
55cm
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Saturday 7th March 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 337cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 24cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 98cm reported on 12 days January 2026 snowfall 181cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 56cm reported on 10 days March 2026 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.