Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 3cm Weather overview Fine Wind - Temperature - Visibility - Posted on Wednesday 28th November 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good evening, and I bring good news. Real news.... We had more snow yesterday and Nozawa have announced that they are going to open on Saturday 1st December as planned. They plan to have the Nagasaka Gondola opening at 8:40am, and also the Yamabiko No2 Four Lift and the Yamabiko Four Lift will be operating. Courses that will be open are all of the Yamabiko Courses (A-E) and also the Kokenashi A Course.... so basically the top bit. From opening until Friday 21st December a one day lift ticket will be the special price of 3000 yen (adults), 1500 yen (under 15s) and 2000 yen for seniors. It has been a fine day here. If you do plan to be around for opening, be prepared for snowfall as we have a cold snowy front due late Friday into Saturday which should top up the slopes good and make for some very nice opening conditions up there. Let's Nozawa! First one up wins! Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 28th November 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 3cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 3cm (27th November) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 549cm Weather overview Cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Decent Posted on Friday 1st March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . So yesterday we started off with those lovely blue skies. As often happens some thin clouds started to form early afternoon and we ended up with overcast skies by the time the lifts had closed for the day. This morning we have heavy looking grey cloud cover over Hakuba. Visibility seems to be pretty good though. And it's warm, as predicted. Right now it's +5C and we might well be looking at the temperature hitting 10C today and unfortunately rain is still looking likely, even on the resort slopes. We can just hope that damage is limited. Stronger winds likely later on today as well. As of 9am it is +2C up at 1400m on the Usagidaira area of Happo-one. The positive to take from this is that temps are set to drop as we move into tomorrow and hopefully by the time I'm posting tomorrow's report, I'll be able to report snow. The forecast for all of tomorrow is snow, though I don't think we are expecting heavy snowfall conditions. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 1st March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 320cm; Toomi - 160cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: 0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 275cm Lower - 175cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 300cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 130cm Sakka - 130cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 350cm Lower slopes - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: 0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 385cm Lower slopes - 245cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 230cm Lower slopes - 95cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 175cm Hakuba Minekata: 150cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 1st March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 549cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 0cm Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 549cm Weather overview Mostly sunny Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted on Monday 4th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Light snow falling on and off yesterday on the mountain, with variable visibility as clouds moved in and out of the area and over the slopes. I was at Iwatake yesterday and one minute we had fine views of the valley.. the next it was thick fog and cloud with nothing to be seen apart from the guy 10m in front! It's a much clearer morning. Resorts not reporting any new cm of snowfall. Lots of blue sky over the village and just a few clouds here and there. But for the most part, bluebird. A fairly cold start to the day and today and tomorrow shouldn't warm up... too much. From Wednesday though it looks like someone in charge of the heating is going to be turning the dial up to '11', and it might actually get to be that warm by Wednesday afternoon. And warmer still as move into next weekend. No significant snow on the forecast through into next week I'm afraid (perhaps a sprinkling overnight tonight?) and lots of sunny and clear weather is likely. It seems odd talking about resorts closing for the season, but the first one to do so will be the small Hakuba Minekata... their last day of the season will be Sunday 10th March. Of course, some of the main resorts in the Hakuba region open through until May and so there's no need to panic! Take a look at archives of the Hakuba Now reports from previous seasons to get an idea of what is open until when. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 4th March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 0cm of new snowfall reported by Goryu since yesterday. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 320cm; Toomi - 160cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: 0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 265cm Lower - 165cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 300cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 120cm Sakka - 110cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 370cm Lower slopes - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: 5-10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 410cm Lower slopes - 260cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 90cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 160cm Hakuba Minekata: 140cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 4th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 549cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 0cm Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 549cm Weather overview Cloud, blue sky Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted on Friday 8th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . We have had a bit of rain this morning in Hakuba, both in village and up on the mountain apparently. It's a bit of a mixed bag already today actually as now the rain has eased off, the sun is out and there's quite a lot of blue sky up there behind the clouds that remain. Just as long as it doesn't rain! So we are hoping that won't come back but some local forecasts have us down for possibly rain later on today still. Today is going to be another warm one as this run of mild days continues in early March. We'll see temperatures rise up to double digits once again this afternoon. Snow conditions are generally as you would expect. Seems there might be a chance of snow at higher elevations tonight and into tomorrow, though wouldn't expect much to report in the morning. It's looking like the warmth will persist in the daytime tomorrow. Not windy though so at least everywhere should be open and if the sun is out there will be great scenery on show. Hopefully we'll be able to enjoy a nice spring-like weekend. Last few days of the season for the small Hakuba Minekata resort if you are interested in checking that place out - open until Sunday. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 8th March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu since yesterday. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 315cm; Toomi - 155cm; Iimori - 120cm Hakuba 47: 0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 245cm Lower - 145cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 290cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 100cm Sakka - 100cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 340cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 360cm Lower slopes - 215cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 80cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Minekata: 100cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 8th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 549cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 0cm Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 552cm Weather overview Fine, cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Decent Posted on Monday 11th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Some wild weather conditions yesterday and lots of variation too. After the storm, rain, wind, fog and cloud, we ended the say with lots of blue sky above Hakuba village and the sun making a late appearance. After the madness of yesterday, it's a much calmer start to this Monday morning. Much colder and some new snowfall on the mountains with, for example, 47 and Cortina reporting up to 5cm of fresh on their slopes. Currently around -2C at base and it won't warm up as much today. Variable visibility on the slopes around the valley. The sun is out and quite a lot of blue sky this morning, but cloud hanging around the mountains. Tomorrow is more likely to start off sunny and warm up to near 10C during the day and then be warmer until Thursday when we are due another short cold snap. A bit up and down at the moment. The Hakuba Minekata hill has closed now for the season. Will post other closing dates as and when we get them, but it'll be a while before the next one, and of course some of the bigger resorts continue on into May. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 11th March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: Official snow depths: Alps daira - 275cm; Toomi - 130cm; Iimori - 110cm Hakuba 47: 5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 220cm Lower - 120cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 270cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm Sakka - 80cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 320cm Lower slopes - 120cm Hakuba Cortina: 0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 320cm Lower slopes - 215cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 190cm Lower slopes - 65cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 120cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 11th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 552cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 3cm Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 555cm Weather overview Variable Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Thursday 14th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . After the very warm spring of yesterday, this morning we are back for a short blast of more winter like conditions in Hakuba. A modest dusting of fresh snow in places at village level, and resorts reporting a few cm at base and up to 5cm this morning. Not enough to cover the generally hard and icy conditions under it of course, but hey... it's snow! Mixed weather conditions this morning so far. Earlier on I saw quite a bit of blue sky behind the bank of clouds up there, but now it has really clouded over with some very poor visibility. A quick look at the Happo and Goryu upper webcams shows that visibility is down to almost nothing, but decent around the gondola at Hakuba 47. A moderate wind on mountain but resorts seem to be open as scheduled. Anyway the forecast tell us to expect the clouds to clear up today and expect clear and sunny weather along with warmer temps tomorrow. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 14th March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 5cm of new snowfall reported on upper slopes of Hakuba Goryu Official snow depths: Alps daira - 265cm; Toomi - 115cm; Iimori - 100cm Hakuba 47: 3cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 200cm Lower - 100cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 245cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 70cm Sakka - 70cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 300cm Lower slopes - 120cm Hakuba Cortina: 0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 315cm Lower slopes - 190cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 180cm Lower slopes - 65cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 110cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 14th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 555cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 6cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 558cm Weather overview Light snow Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Thursday 21st March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Fresh snow! Yes, a few cm of fresh snowfall here in Hakuba this morning and resorts around the valley reporting up to 10cm of new snow on upper slopes (see below). Hurray! All a big chance from yesterday when we saw the mercury rise again and it got up to around 17 degrees as well. Very warm. March temperature records are being broken in many areas of Japan it seems this year. So it's sweet to have them drop right back down again. Overnight it got as cold as -3 at village level and right now at 9am it is -2C here and around -7C up on the Usagidaira (1400m) area of Happo-one. The snow is very likely going to ease off this morning completely and leave us with a fine and perhaps sunny day. Actually even now I can see more and more blue sky behind the departing clouds. Feels like it is going to clear up. It won't be getting as warm as it has been though and keep fairly cold (hopefully). Fairly strong winds this morning as well on mountain but resorts seems relatively unaffected. After this quick return to wintery conditions, tomorrow will probably be clear and sunny - and start warming up again. It seems that the Japan Paralympics starting today until Sunday 24th March at Kokusai 3 and Kokusai 1 lifts. Gambatte! In other Happo news, last night was the last night of 'nighta' on the Nakiyama slopes. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 21st March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 3cm of new snowfall on upper slopes, 1 cm on lower slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu Official snow depths: Alps daira - 240cm; Toomi - 90cm; Iimori - 70cm Hakuba 47: Up to 10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 165cm Lower - 75cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 200cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 45cm Sakka - 50cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 275cm Lower slopes - 100cm Hakuba Cortina: 5-10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 285cm Lower slopes - 155cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 140cm Lower slopes - 50cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 90cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 21st March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 558cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 9cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 559cm Weather overview Clearing up? Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Saturday 23rd March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . It got very overcast by the end of the day yesterday and this morning there's a lot of cloud lingering about. We actually got a dusting of snow down to lower slopes and resorts around the valley reporting 0-5cm of snowfall this morning. The 5cm award going to Hakuba 47. After rising to around 15 degrees yesterday, temps dipped to around +4 overnight and interestingly it is actually colder now at around 0 degrees as of 9am. Visibility out on the resorts seems to vary greatly this morning. Some places it's thick cloud and in others it even looks like the sun is managing to break through some clouds. The forecast does actually tell us to perhaps expect conditions to clear and it feels like that may well happen. More of a chance of sun from the get go tomorrow along with warmer temps as well. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 23rd March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 1cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 240cm; Toomi - 85cm; Iimori - 65cm Hakuba 47: 1-5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 165cm Lower - 75cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 180cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 35cm Sakka - 40cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 270cm Lower slopes - 100cm Hakuba Cortina: 0-1cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 270cm Lower slopes - 150cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 140cm Lower slopes - 50cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 85cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Saturday 23rd March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 601days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 10cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 559cm Weather overview Cloudy Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted on Friday 29th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Interesting this morning. Quite cool and now about 7 degrees at Happo base and 5 degrees up at Usagidaira @ 1400m. Lots of low cloud around this morning. Early morning fog in the valley. Couldn't see much in front of me out on the roads earlier. Some of the views on show from the Happo webcams this morning were awesome - the lifts peeking over a complete cover of cloud. Amazing. Still looks pretty good now from up there, though the clouds have started to break up. In other areas visibility ranges from decent to poor as the band of cloud continues to hang around mid mountain areas. Yesterday was a really warm day out there. Temperatures roase to around 18 degrees at base and well into the mid teens on mountain - it was almost riding in t-shirt kind of weather. So a bit cooler today. A chance of rain today, lets hope that doesn't happen. The weekend should keep about the same with sunny conditions currently forecast for tomorrow. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 29th March 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: No new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 230cm; Toomi - 70cm; Iimori - 50cm Hakuba 47: 0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 145cm Lower - 60cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 170cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 20cm Sakka - 30cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 250cm Lower slopes - 80cm Hakuba Cortina: No new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 260cm Lower slopes - 135cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 100cm Lower slopes - 30cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 70cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 29th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 601days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 10cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 559cm Weather overview Fine Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Friday 5th April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Warm it was yesterday though it did chill down overnight. But very warm it will be today. Temperatures today may even rise about 20 degrees at village level! The snowline is going to race back up the mountains at this rate! Tomorrow may not get quite as warm, but should start off fine.... but later in the day and into Sunday rain is very likely. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 5th April 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: Official snow depths: Alps daira - 200cm; Toomi - 40cm Hakuba 47: Official snow depth: Upper - 130cm Lower - 45cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 150cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 20cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 225cm Lower slopes - 50cm Hakuba Cortina: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 220cm Lower slopes - 85cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field, Hakuba Sanosaka and Hakuba Minekata resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 5th April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 601days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 10cm reported on 4 days April 2013 snowfall: 0cm Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 560cm Weather overview Variable Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Friday 12th April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Some more snow to report from Hakuba this morning. Just a frosting and thin layer in base areas, but more up on the mountains. Hakuba Goryu reporting an impressive 15cm of snow on upper slopes this morning, with just 1cm at base. Hakuba 47 was reporting 3cm at base and 5cm higher up, with Happo one telling us that they got 3cm of fresh snow on the upper slopes. We have had mixed conditions today up until this afternoon with some blue skies peeking from behind the clouds at times, and then snow also falling on the mountains this afternoon. It has kept fairly cold during the day. Tomorrow should be clearer from the get go with clear and sunny skies forecast for Saturday and warmer conditions. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 12th April 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: The following lifts planned to be operating until May 6th - Gondola, upper Number 1 and Number 3 pair lifts. Need to take the Gondola back down. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 185cm; Toomi - 30cm Hakuba 47: The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Line AB, C and E. Official snow depth: Upper - 150cm Lower - 40cm Happo-one: The following lifts planned to be operating until May 6th - Gondola, Alpen quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Kurobishi Number 3 pair, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair Parallel pair, Skyline Number 2 pair, Grat quad, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Usagidaira pair Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 150cm Lower - 0cm Tsugaike Kogen: The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Ropeway, Tsuga Number 2 pair, Hannoki pair. Need to take the Gondola back down. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 0cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field, Hakuba Sanosaka, Hakuba Cortina and Hakuba Minekata resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 12th April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 560cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 10cm reported on 4 days April 2013 snowfall: 1cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 563cm Weather overview Mostly clear Wind Calm Temperature - Visibility Excellent Posted on Saturday 13th April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Today is going to be a fine day I predict. Not only with the weather - lovely clear blue skies - but also the fine new layer of snow. It was good to see some new snow low down at village and the lower slopes white once again, for however short a period of time. The snow down here in village has almost gone from where I am now near Happo and it will quickly disappear from those lower runs as well.... but it's great to see. (Obviously!) So, what about higher up on those mountains? Well, the only official numbers that I can find so far are from the Hakuba 47 resort, who are reporting 15cm of fresh snow up by R3. Not bad at all! Sounds like a good place to head for this morning. As I mentioned, nice blue skies and just a few fluffy clouds here and there. Temps will probably rise to around 10 degrees today. Sun again tomorrow along with warmer conditions. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 12th April 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: The following lifts planned to be operating until May 6th - Gondola, upper Number 1 and Number 3 pair lifts. Need to take the Gondola back down. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 185cm; Toomi - 30cm Hakuba 47: The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Line AB, C and E. Official snow depth: Upper - 135cm Lower - 45cm Happo-one: The following lifts planned to be operating until May 6th - Gondola, Alpen quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Kurobishi Number 3 pair, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair Parallel pair, Skyline Number 2 pair, Grat quad, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Usagidaira pair Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 150cm Lower - 0cm Tsugaike Kogen: The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Ropeway, Tsuga Number 2 pair, Hannoki pair. Need to take the Gondola back down. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 0cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field, Hakuba Sanosaka, Hakuba Cortina and Hakuba Minekata resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Saturday 13th April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 563cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 10cm reported on 4 days April 2013 snowfall: 4cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com