Hakuba Now: Sunday 8th April 2018
- Apr 8, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 537cm
Posted on Sunday 8th April 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Wow!
Let's quickly get past the wind of yesterday and report -- we have decent snowfall in Hakuba this Sunday morning, folks. :)
Check this out, headlines first. This is how much snow the resorts are reporting:
Hakuba Happo-one: 25cm at Gondola top station
Hakuba Goryu: 10cm (base); 30cm (top)
Hakuba 47: 10cm (base); 20cm (top) - they are reporting close on 20cm in some areas near base
Tsugaike Kogen: they have increased their upper official snow depth by 30cm
We are reporting 8-10cm from base areas.
There's snow along the side of the roads and everywhere is looking 'winter' once again.
Bottom line? It should be a particularly exciting April morning and people who are hear absolutely need to get their gear on and check it out.
Fantastic.
And that is all for today. I hope you can enjoy it. I am going to.
(Fingers crossed wind isn't a factor today but it looks like it might be at Happo and Tsugaike at the start of the day. Best to check directly with the resorts if you plan to be out).
See you tomorrow!
The four ski resorts that remain open all plan to remain at least part open until Sunday 6th May
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Hakuba Happo-one
Lift & course info:
- Upper areas of the resort remain open
- *** Some lifts possibly affected by wind early on
- You can still ride back down to Nakiyama South or Shirakaba South (Gondola) base
- Other base areas are now closed
Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 235cm
- Usagidaira: 190cm
- Lower: 25cm
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Hakuba Goryu
Lift & course info:
- Gondola
- Alps Number 1 pair
- Alps Number 3 pair
- Toomi Four
- The top area (except Champion Expert) and Toomi run remain open
- You can still ride back down to Gondola base
- The Iimori area is now closed
Official snow depth:
- Top: 260cm
- Toomi: 80cm
- Iimori: -cm
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Hakuba 47
Lift & course info:
- Gondola
- Pair Line A-B
- Quad Line C
- Pair Line E
- All main courses remain open
- You can still ride back down to base
- The Tree Riding Zones are now closed for the season
Official snow depth:
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 80cm
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Tsugaike Kogen
Lift & courses info:
- Gondola, Han-no-ki high speed pair, Tsuga Number 1 pair and Tsugaike Ropeway are operating
- *** Ropeway on hold early on this morning??
- Top Tsuga-no-mori, Han-kou, Han-no-ki areas remain open
- Oya-no-hara is now closed
- You can still ride back down to Gondola base via Karamatsu
Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 275cm
- Han-no-ki: 250cm
- Maruyama: -cm
- Shirakaba: -cm
- Champion: -cm
- Oya-no-hara: -cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm
Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 8th April 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 537cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 103cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days April 2018 snowfall 10cm 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.