Hakuba Now: Saturday 9th March 2024
- Mar 9, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 474cm
Posted on Saturday 9th March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning and... what a treat!
Overnight we have been blessed with an amount of snow that we'd be very pleased with during the peak of the season. We could not ask for more than this in March.
Cortina and Iwatake take away the award for 'more reported new snowfall'... both are reporting 50cm (and more than that in the case of Cortina). Other ski areas are also reporting large numbers as you can see in the list below. Tsugaike is saying 40cm and more than that in wind-blown areas.
There was an impressive amount on the top of my car this morning.
Impressive. And exciting. Woo-hoo! :)
The only downer is that wind is affecting some lifts at the start of the day.
It is still snowing with more expected today and into tomorrow morning. And in the coming week too.
Another of the Now reports said something similar, but Nature really seems to have mixed up February and March this year!
For those here in Hakuba - have fun and take care out there.
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ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 25cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 275cm
Toomi: 145cm
Hakuba 47
Reported snowfall (overnight):
Upper: 30cm
Base: 20cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 125cm
Hakuba Cortina
Reported snowfall:
Upper: 50cm (40cm at base)
Official snow depth:
Top: ?cm
Base: ?cm
Hakuba Happo-one
Reported snowfall:
Kurobishi: 20cm
Usagidaira: 40cm
Top of Riesen quad: 25cm (social media)
Nakiyama: 40cm
Official snow depth:
Kurobishi: 295cm
Usagidaira: 240cm
Nakiyama: 100cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Reported snowfall:
Mountain Side: 50cm
Village Side: 0cm
Official snow depth:
Mountain Side: 210cm
Village Side: 100cm
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Official snow depth:
260cm
Jigatake
Reported snowfall:
30cm
Official snow depth:
100cm
Kashimayari
Official snow depth:
110cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Reported snowfall:
40cm
Official snow depth:
Upper: 279cm
Lower: 80cm
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Official snow depth:
105cm
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Total snowfall accumulation this season so far (in upper areas)
[The information below originates from the ski areas themselves, it is being checked and updated manually every report from public Hakuba Valley sources]
ABLE Hakuba Goryu: 956cm
Hakuba 47: 682cm
Hakuba Happo-one: 765cm
Hakuba Cortina: 804cm
Tsugaike Mountain Resort: 797cm
Note: There is usually a one day delay in numbers being updated
Hakuba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as Saturday 9th March 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 474cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 28cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 187cm reported on 16 days February 2024 snowfall 72cm reported on 13 days March 2024 snowfall 94cm reported on 7 days |
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.