Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 453cm Weather overview Cloud, light snow Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Varied Posted on Wednesday 13th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba and it's snowy news I bring this morning. Around 20cm or so of snow at village/base level this morning with resorts around Hakuba and Otari reporting up to 30cm on the slopes. Hearing reports of up to 40cm. Conditions on slopes should be excellent this morning. It's actually a relatively mild morning here with the temperature around 0 degrees at base at the moment. Usagidaira at 1400m is reporting a temperature of -7 degrees and a NW wind of about 3.5m/s. The wind has been affecting lifts early on. Seems some lifts on 47 affected. Over at Cortina the Number 4 and 5 lifts are closed today due to avalanche danger along with some of the popular courses over there. Snow is still falling on the mountain though lower down in the village there's even a few small areas of blue sky from time to time, though still mostly cloud cover. The forecast is for snow for most of the day in the region, followed by likely clearer conditions tomorrow morning. [I want to believe the '250cm' of new snow reported by Hakuba Goryu on upper slopes this morning, but I reckon it's more like 25cm. Having said that, 250cm of snow overnight is a scary prospect, if not somewhat exciting. Can you just imagine that. We have been known to post typos from time to time - I remember once Hakuba 47 was on 4700cm snow depth once a few years back acccoring to our report. We fixed that up of course as soon as about 20 people mailed us to let us know!] Back to serious hat... So lots of new snow and enough great conditions on the courses of the resorts to enjoy. With heightened avalanche riskes out of bounds it is highly recommended that people stay within the boundaries. Going outside is just asking for trouble. Nobody wants to hear about people being buried or injured on the slopes... Have fun but take care. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 13th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 20cm on lower and 25cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 295cm; Toomi - 155cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: 30cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 258cm Lower - 215cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 280cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 140cm Sakka - 140cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 340cm Lower slopes - 150cm Hakuba Cortina: 20-30cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 395cm Lower slopes - 245cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 175cm Lower slopes - 75cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Minekata: 120cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 13th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 453cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 72cm reported on 11 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 453cm Weather overview Cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Thursday 14th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . No new snow being reported around the valley this morning. The windy and snowy conditions of yesterday are not with us this morning and all is calm once again in Hakuba. Visibility remained generally poor yesterday on the mountains though late afternoon some areas were treated with a short period of sunshine through the clouds. Very dramatic it was up on Happo, where I was enjoying the snow. It is an overcast cloudy start to the day here this morning but visibility is good and we can see the mountain range backdrop to the village. It's just all grey, or is that silver? Silver sounds more cool. The forecast is telling me that we might see some sun later on. Doesn't seem likely as things are now, but as we all know conditions can quickly change in these here mountains. Light snow possible overnight and then snow again Friday night, so looks like we are going to get a topup of conditions once again just before the weekend. It's a fairly mild feeling morning and actually we are into the positive numbers at the moment - just. Still keeping in the negatives higher up with Usagidaira reporting a temperature of around -5C now. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 14th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: No new snow reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 295cm; Toomi - 155cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: No new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 260cm Lower - 180cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 280cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 130cm Sakka - 130cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 330cm Lower slopes - 150cm Hakuba Cortina: No new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 340cm Lower slopes - 225cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 175cm Lower slopes - 75cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Minekata: 120cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 14th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 453cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 72cm reported on 11 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 433cm Weather overview Cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Tuesday 12th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Another cold start to the day in Hakuba. When I got up the thermometer was telling me -8 degrees. Not quite so cold now at around -4. Up at Usagidaira on Happo, it's down to -11 degrees right now and similar temperatures being reported from other resorts. Earlier on there were some lovely pink colours going on as the sun came up. All was calm. Sometimes you are rewarded for getting up early! Since then the sun has been mostly blocked out by kind of overcast cloudy cover, though visibility today is generally good. The forecast for the day does seem to be mostly cloudy, followed by some snowfall tonight and into tomorrow. There's just a slight breeze. Resorts around the villages are reporting between 0cm and 15cm since yesterday, as noted in the list below. With the temperatures remaining cold the conditions should be very nice today. After the busy busy weekend, today is just a normal Tuesday and so should be less busy. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 12th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 0cm on lower and 10cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 290cm; Toomi - 145cm; Iimori - 120cm Hakuba 47: 1cm on lower 5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 258cm Lower - 215cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 260cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 120cm Sakka - 130cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 310cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 10-15cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 305cm Lower slopes - 205cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 170cm Lower slopes - 70cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 140cm Hakuba Minekata: 110cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 12th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 433cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 52cm reported on 10 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 10cm Snowfall at base this season 473cm Weather overview Light snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Monday 18th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba. A fine and calm day it was yesterday. The skies turned somewhat overcast from early afternoon but it stayed bright until evening arrived. Snow clouds moved back in overnight and we have around 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning - both around base and higher up, so it seems. Most snow reported coming from Hakuba 47 with 20cm in upper areas. It is continuing to snow now, though it isn't a particularly cold morning. Right now it is around -2C here at base and just a bit colder at 1400m. In fact some forecasts are calling for sleet or even rain later in the village and lower slopes areas. Hopefully we can avoid that. Not much of a wind this morning. Should be colder again from tomorrow. Unfortunately there's some very sad news to report. It seems that there was a death in recent days in the region. A male snowboarder was caught up and died due to avalanche burial in a North East aspect of out of bounds area (ie. not within the resort) of Tsugaike. Apparently he was riding alone during the snow storm conditions and triggered the slide on himself because of a cornice failure. It is always extremely sad to have to report this kind of incident of course, and hopefully hearing the reality of things like this happening might make people re-consider the potential dangers out there. If you are the type who likes to venture out of the course areas, make sure that you know what you are doing, are with someone who also knows what they are are doing and also have the right equipment. Please do take note of ski patrol closures - they're really not there to spoil the day. Our thoughts to the family. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 18th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 290cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 125cm Hakuba 47: 10-20cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 250cm Lower - 190cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 280cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 120cm Sakka - 130cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 340cm Lower slopes - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: 10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 385cm Lower slopes - 250cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 195cm Lower slopes - 80cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Minekata: 130cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 18th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 473cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 92cm reported on 13 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 478cm Weather overview Light snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Tuesday 19th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . It was snowing nicely yesterday morning and we got some more cm on the ground... by lunchtime Hakuba Cortina was reporting 5cm of additional snow and up to that around Hakuba I would say too. The snow turned into rain late afternoon, in the village base areas anyway. Unfortunately that means that some of that lovely snow has turned into heavier and wetter stuff this morning. Doh! Anyway up to 5cm or so in the village area since my report yesterday. Hakuba 47 are reporting 3cm up top and 1-2cm lower slopes this morning and similar news coming from Hakuba Goryu. Hakuba Cortina, always one to give us the biggest numbers, are reporting 10-20cm of new snow in addition to that 5cm at lunchtime yesterday. This morning we have overcast skies with fairly poor visibility - only the lower parts of the mountain on show from village at the moment. There's just a slight breeze and light snow showers. Overcast skies, slight breeze, and vision quite poor today. Light snow showers. So, for now some suddenly wet and heavier conditions out on the slopes, I would imagine better conditions found as you go higher of course. Snow is forecast to be falling on and off through into the weekend and it should keep cold so hopefully over the next few days we will get some decent topups. I'll update you tomorrow! ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 19th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: Official snow depths: Alps daira - 290cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 125cm Hakuba 47: 1cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 255cm Lower - 180cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 280cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 130cm Sakka - 140cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 350cm Lower slopes - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: 15-25cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 390cm Lower slopes - 265cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 200cm Lower slopes - 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Minekata: 140cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 19th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 478cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 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 97cm reported on 14 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 481cm Weather overview Cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Thursday 21st February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . New snow to report from Hakuba this morning. Yesterday by afternoon it was snowing and visibility up at Hakuba 47 where I boarding was pretty poor at times. Some nice big flakes coming down. This morning resorts around the village here are bringing in new snowfall numbers of just a few cm down at base and up to 20cm of fresh snow on the upper slopes. It's one of those mornings where there has been more snowfall to the north in Otari, and Hakuba Cortina this morning at reporting 25cm on the lower areas and up to 40cm up top. If you want the most fresh snow this morning, the Otari resorts would seem to be the place to be. Just be careful as all that new snow once again will increase the chance of avalanche or mishaps in the back and side country. Right now it is around -5C at Happo base and closer to -10C on the upper slopes, so nice and cold. Just a slight wind. This morning starts off generally just cloudy again with the chance of light snowfall through the day. There may be clearings though and a chance of seeing some sun. I can actually see some shadows being cast through the clouds now even over parts of the village. Tomorrow though, back to snow, perhaps with a vengeance. Some of the forecasts tell us to expect heavy snowfall going into the weekend. Will give you an update on that tomorrow morning. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 21st February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 3cm of new snowfall on lower slopes, up to 20cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu Official snow depths: Alps daira - 320cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: 10cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 255cm Lower - 180cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 280cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 140cm Sakka - 140cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 350cm Lower slopes - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: 25-40cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 400cm Lower slopes - 270cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Minekata: 140cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 21st February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 481cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 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 100cm reported on 15 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 502cm Weather overview Cloud, variable Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Saturday 23rd February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Well I said we were expecting more snow overnight and we sure got it. Yesterday was mostly cloudy and as evening approached the clouds came down lower and it was snowing. The headline this morning belongs to Hakuba Cortina again with their up to 50cm of snow since yesterday. This morning Hakuba 47 is claiming up to 40cm of fresh snowfall on upper slopes and 20-30cm around base. Here in the village I'd put the number on around 20cm, perhaps more. Another of those days when it should just be really good and deep everywhere. Right now it is approx. -5 degrees C in the village and there's a light north easterly wind. Stronger winds higher up on the mountain with Usagidaira reporting a wind speed of around 7m/s. It's -9C up there now. Happo seems to be affected by upper mountain winds about Usagidaira this morning with the Gondola and top areas of the resort not opening up as yet. No particular details of other delays or non openings this morning but there's a chance of wind affected operations. For the latest check their official sites. There's lots of cloud around still but it almost feels like it's going to clear up and some blue sky up there amongst all the remaining cloud. The sun is making some brief sneaky appearances as well. The forecast has us down for snow showers today and through tomorrow though. Perhaps we could be in for a surprise clear-up. The new heavy snowfall brings with it increased avalanche risks. This recent heavy snowfall has put rapid load on the already weak upper snowpack. With the potential dangers this brings, it is highly advisable to stay out of unsupported backcountry and side country areas today as well as away from steep convex slopes. Staying out of the Alpine zone all together is highly recommended. There's tons of powder on the supported slopes and more than enough fun for everyone. Looks like nighta at Happo today has changed times. Going to be 6pm to 9pm as the resort will be out grooming between 5pm and 6pm for some nice nighta coudroy conditions. Once we get to Monday the skies will probably begin to clear and then it looks like we might see a run of a few days of clearer possibly sunny weather. Maybe a few bluebirds in there. Going to warm up a bit too. For now though, lots of fresh snow to enjoy. Going to be lots of people out there. Take care and have fun. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 23rd February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: Official snow depths: Alps daira - 315cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: 20-30cm at base, 40cm up top new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 290cm Lower - 190cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 300cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 160cm Sakka - 160cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 370cm Lower slopes - 170cm Hakuba Cortina: 40-50cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 440cm Lower slopes - 295cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 170cm Hakuba Minekata: 160cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Saturday 23rd February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 502cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 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 121cm reported on 17 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 478cm Weather overview Cloud and blue sky Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Wednesday 20th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . The light snow continued for much of yesterday but it didn't really do much to bring us any new cm to report this morning. The mountains for the most part remained shrouded in cloud. Hakuba Goryu wins the New Deep Snow Award this morning with 'up to 1cm' reported, easily beating the 0cm reported by the usual winner, Hakuba Cortina. ;) It's one of those mornings when there's a bank of cloud hanging around the upper parts of the resort areas but above that there's lots of blue sky to be seen. I'd prefer to have gone up there to check for myself, but a quick look around the webcams shows grey conditions up on Happo, clearer on Hakuba 47 and fine views looking north from Hakuba Iwatake. Lots of blue sky looking at the cam up from Hakuba Minekata. It's a nice cold morning and around -5C at the moment at village level. Hakuba 47 was recording a temperature of -12C up at 1450m as of 7am and currently it is around -8C at Usagidaira on Happo-one. Snow is forecast to be falling again soon though today and then it seems that the snow clouds are going to be with us on and off over the next run of days possibly through until early next week. Look to Friday for potentially heavy snowfall, giving us a nice topup before the weekend. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 20th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 0-1cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu Official snow depths: Alps daira - 315cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: 0cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 255cm Lower - 180cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 280cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 140cm Sakka - 140cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 350cm Lower slopes - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: 0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 380cm Lower slopes - 255cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Minekata: 140cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 20th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 478cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 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 97cm reported on 14 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 482cm Weather overview Cloud, sun Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Friday 22nd February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Not much in terms of new snow to report from Hakuba this morning. Yesterday we got to see some sunlight shine down on the village in the afternoon. Lots of clouds remained around the mountains but quite a lot of blue sky above the valley before evening arrived. This morning there's still a lot of cloud around but sunny in the village at the moment. A bit like how the day ended yesterday really. It is currently around -4C in Hakuba and Usagidaira at 1400m is recording a temperature of -9C, with just a slight wind - windier conditions on the mountain. We are expecting more snow tonight and into tomorrow. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 22nd February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 1cm of new snowfall on lower slopes, 5cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu Official snow depths: Alps daira - 315cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 130cm Hakuba 47: 2cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 250cm Lower - 185cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 280cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 140cm Sakka - 140cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 350cm Lower slopes - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: 10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 410cm Lower slopes - 270cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 210cm Lower slopes - 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 155cm Hakuba Minekata: 140cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 22nd February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 482cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 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 101cm reported on 16 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 547cm Weather overview Fine with cloud Wind Light to moderate Temperature - Visibility Generally good Posted on Monday 25th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Conditions were rather... blustery... out on the mountain yesterday. Happo was largely closed for lots of the day and other places were limited due to the windy conditions. I made my way up to the top of Goryu in the afternoon along with a few other hardy souls. It kept on snowing, at times lovely great big flakes. 20cm or so during the day yesterday and another 10cm to add to that by this morning. Snow conditions were excellent, weather and general visibility less so! This morning I can see much more and the sun is making an early morning appearance too. There's quite a bit of blue sky up there, with some cloud hanging around covering the mountain backdrop to Hakuba. A cold morning and about minus seven degrees now in the Hakuba village area. Snow showers possible according to the local forecast, but it feels like the clear up may be happening now. Tomorrow might be bluebird time. From tomorrow through until the end of the week we can expect some milder temperatures with another topup of snow currently forecast just before the weekend. Looks like most resort areas are open today, though it seems that the top lifts at Happo - including Skyline - remain closed, so the wind still causing some issues up there apparently. Cortina mostly open with the Number 4 lift moving and earlier on the Number 5 being checked. Conditions today should be excellent, and the same avalanche advice applies. There's an abundance of untouched powder out there on lift-serviced terrain. Hope you can get to enjoy it. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 25th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: Official snow depths: Alps daira - 330cm; Toomi - 165cm; Iimori - 150cm Hakuba 47: 30cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 290cm Lower - 200cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 300cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 180cm Sakka - 170cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 400cm Lower slopes - 190cm Hakuba Cortina: 25-30cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 450cm Lower slopes - 300cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 230cm Lower slopes - 95cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 180cm Hakuba Minekata: 170cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 25th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 547cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 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 166cm reported on 19 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 25cm Snowfall at base this season 527cm Weather overview Snow! Wind Moderate to strong Temperature - Visibility Not good Posted on Sunday 24th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Snow and more snow. And wind. It continues to snow. Since yesterday up to 50cm being reported (Cortina), with an average of up to 30cm around the village. It's certainly coming down this weekend. The trees are laden with snow and we feel right slap bang in the middle of winter. Let this feeling continue, especially as we are fast approaching March. Wind is affecting resorts. Happo is basically only lower lifts this morning as I write this, and the top lifts at Goryu are also on hold. Cortina has it's Number 4 and 5 lifts closed and related courses, due to avalanche risk, so all the goodies out there aren't accessible this morning. Hakuba 47 seems like it has most of it's area open this morning and so perhaps a good choice in terms of open terrain. It's -7 degrees at village level with a moderate wind here and it doesn't look like it's going to calm down much for the day today. Very dangerous avalanche conditions with all this new snow piling up. Please see yesterdays message and do take care. The storm should begin easing off tomorrow and if you are keen to see the sun, Tuesday might be a good idea to get up there. Possible bluebird. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 24th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 15-25cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 330cm; Toomi - 165cm; Iimori - 150cm Hakuba 47: 20-30cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 290cm Lower - 190cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 300cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 160cm Sakka - 160cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 380cm Lower slopes - 180cm Hakuba Cortina: 40-45cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 450cm Lower slopes - 300cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 230cm Lower slopes - 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 175cm Hakuba Minekata: 160cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Sunday 24th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 527cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 146cm reported on 18 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 549cm Weather overview Cloud, light snow showers Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Varied Posted on Wednesday 27th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. So yesterday we had that lovely bluebird start to the day. By early afternoon some fine wispy clouds had started to form and it gradually became more overcast and by late afternoon the sun was being blocked by cloud and we had a lot of cloud cover. It snowed a bit overnight with a few cm at village level and resorts in Hakuba and Otari reporting up to 10cm of fresh snow on the slopes this morning. This morning we start off cloudy and overcast, with some light snowing in some areas early on, and a current temperature of around 0 degrees. A high of around +5 is forecast today for Hakuba and so it's going to feel mild especially after the cold of the last week or so. Not much of a wind this morning at all. We are told to expect the skies to clear up as the day progresses today. Milder conditions and clearer skies are forecast over the next few days and especially on Friday when rain is looking probably unfortunately. Temps forecast to drop soon after that warm though with snow likely overnight into Saturday. Hopefully any damage can be limited. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 27th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 5-10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu since yesterday. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 330cm; Toomi - 170cm; Iimori - 150cm Hakuba 47: 10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 290cm Lower - 180cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 300cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 160cm Sakka - 160cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 380cm Lower slopes - 180cm Hakuba Cortina: 3-5cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 440cm Lower slopes - 285cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 230cm Lower slopes - 95cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 180cm Hakuba Minekata: 170cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 27th February 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 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