Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 0cm Posted on Thursday 27th November 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. It is a fine middle of the day here with the sun out and lots of blue sky, which is far preferable to all that rain of the last few days. Ski runs are all looking rather bare now with the snowline retreating back up the mountain. Today and tomorrow we expect highs of around 12-13 degrees here in the village... more sun tomorrow. Looks like we might get rained on again before the snow arrives, but things are looking encouraging for snow around Tuesday 2nd. Ski and snowboard resorts triple checking everything with Happo, 47, Goryu and Tsugaike ready to go as soon as there's enough snow. Hopefully that will be next week. I'm happy to report that the Prefectural Road 33 - the one that that connects Hakuba with Nagano city - is now re-open. It sounds like some more repairs are needed in the Horinouchi area, but the road is passable. I'm sure that any further fixes will be made quickly. That road the gateway to Hakuba from Nagano and so lots of people use it and it's an important one to be open. Planned opening dates : Hakuba 47 - as soon as there's enough snow Hakuba Goryu - as soon as there's enough snow Happo-one - as soon as there's enough snow Tsugaike Kogen - as soon as there's enough snow Kashimayari Sports Village - early December Hakuba Sanosaka - mid December Hakuba Norikura Onsen - mid December Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 27th November 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 0cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 0 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 0cm November 2014 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 5cm Posted on Wednesday 3rd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Not that much going on down at village level for the most part, coming down nicely at one point yesterday evening, but better news higher up on the mountains. Yesterday Happo was reporting 20+cm of nice quality dry fresh snowfall up around Kurobishi and Usagidaira. There's snow down by the side of roads in the village this morning as well, I would say around 5cm or so in places. Light snow in the village; heavy snow in the mountains is what Happo guys have been saying. Nice. But we want more! Resorts around the village are of course largely on stand-by and you can be sure that as soon as there's enough snow they'll be getting lifts moving. Who will be first?! With snow on the forecast right through from today until Sunday - and looking like it might be decent snowfall too at times - I think we might be seeing the first action pretty soon. Things might move fast over the next few days, but I will do my best and keep on top of the situation for you! Gambarimasu. Planned opening dates : Hakuba 47 - as soon as there's enough snow Hakuba Goryu - as soon as there's enough snow Happo-one - as soon as there's enough snow Tsugaike Kogen - as soon as there's enough snow Kashimayari Sports Village - early December Hakuba Sanosaka - mid December Hakuba Norikura Onsen - mid December Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 3rd December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 5cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 5cm 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 10cm Snowfall at base this season 25cm Posted on Friday 5th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . More snow to report this morning and I'm happy to report that today marks the official start of the season in Hakuba with Happo-one part opening from 9am this morning. The Adam Gondola lift at Happo will start moving at 9am this morning. That and the Kokusai Number 1 lift take you up to the ski-able area - which is the Panorama Course. The Kokusai Number 3 and Panorama lifts will be open (from 9:10am) up there. It's cold and poor visibility so if you are going to head out, be prepared! Snow clouds are expected to be with us at least until Sunday, so here's to all that snow we are waiting for. I have been trying to find out about any more possible openings early this morning with other resorts but haven't been able to confirm anything. With the snow continuing to fall I would definitely expect more to be happening tomorrow. Some bits of info just for now: 10cm or so of snow at base areas and counting. Happo-one are reporting 30cm of snowfall and a temperature of -5 degrees at the Usagidaira area of the resort, with heavy snow falling up there. RESORT INFO UPDATE AT 9:30AM Hakuba Goryu is open as well, and fittingly are also opening their Panorama Course up top - the Gondola gets you up there and the Alps Number 1 lift is servicing the run. Open until 4pm. They are reporting 80cm of snow. Cost is 2500 yen for adults and 1350 yen for children. Tsugaike Kogen are also open this morning with the Han-no-ki pair lift moving and the Gondola lift getting you there. They are reporting 100cm of snow on the upper slopes this morning. (Sadly, they don't also have a 'Panorama Course' to open. They should make one. ;)) As of 9am, Hakuba 47 were in the process of checking everything and planning to announce their plans this afternoon. They have even hinted at the chance of a 'full open' from tomorrow. Depending on snow conditions of course. RESORT INFO UPDATE AT 12:45PM The Hakuba 47 resort have made their announcement, and excite it is too. They are planning to be almost-all-open ('hobo zenmen') tomorrow and Sunday with it possible to ski or board from top to bottom. And presumably beyond Sunday as well! Yey. That's it for the updates today. There will be no doubt further developments tomorrow to report. For now though... open for the weekend! Planned opening dates: Happo-one - part open from today Hakuba 47 - as soon as there's enough snow Hakuba Goryu - part open from today Tsugaike Kogen - part open from today Kashimayari Sports Village - early December Hakuba Sanosaka - mid December Hakuba Norikura Onsen - mid December Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 5th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (4th and 5th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 25cm 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 28cm Posted on Saturday 6th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Well, well, it's all very exciting this morning. More snow this morning - though not a huge amount - and for the moment as I write this it's cloudy but snow is forecast to continue on and off through the day today, maybe easing off by tomorrow. With the continued snow there's lots to report this morning, so let's get right to it. Happo-one Happo has 4 lifts moving this morning and more runs opening, as noted below. The resort is reporting snow depth of 15cm at base and 85cm at Usagidaira, with 15cm of fresh snow at Usagidaira this morning. Open lifts: -Kokusai Number 3 -Panorama -Alpen Quad -Kurobishi Number 2 Quad -Adam Gondola and Kokusai Number 1 lifts open to take people up to the open area Open courses: -Panorama -Usagidaira -Kurobishi (part) -- Hakuba 47 Hakuba 47 is almost all open this morning from 8am. Open courses: -Upper part of Route 1 -Route 2 -Route 3 -Route 5 -Route 6 -Route 8. -The lower part of Route 1 and Route 7 are skiable 'at your own risk' which I think is the best way to translate 'jiko sekinin'. -Route 4 is the only one closed as they deal with the snow, apparently. Open lifts: -Gondola -Line A -Line C -Line E -- Hakuba Goryu The top area of Hakuba Goryu is open this morning. Open lifts: -Alps Number 1 Pair lift -Alps Number 3 Pair lift -Gondola is open to take people up to the open area Open courses: -Alps Daira Panorama -Alps Daira Grand Prix -- Tsugaike Kogen Part of the upper slopes of Tsugaike Kogen is open. Open lifts: -Han-no-ki High Speed Pair -Gondola is open to take people up to the open area Open courses: -Upper part of Han-no-ki Other planned opening dates: Hakuba Sanosaka - mid December Hakuba Norikura Onsen - mid December Kashimayari Sports Village - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 6th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 28cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (4th and 5th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 28cm 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 10cm Snowfall at base this season 15cm Posted on Thursday 4th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . I was just over at Hakuba 47 where there's about 10cm of fresh snow on the ground. Happo-one are reporting 45cm of snow at Usagidaira and 10cm on lower slopes. Goryu and 47 were both yesterday mentioning 30-40cm of snow higher up... No news on lifts opening or firm plans for opening just yet at the moment, but we're nearly there! It's forecast to get slightly warmer later today with a chance of snow changing to rain - down here in the village anyway, will surely remain snow higher up - but with snow still generally forecast through tomorrow and into the weekend... yes, we're nearly there. EXCITE INFO UPDATE AT 1PM: Happo-one have announced that they will open tomorrow - Friday 5th. The Panorama course will be open. Getting up there via the Gondola and the Kokusai Number 1 lifts with the Kokusai Number 3 and Panorama lifts servicing the open area. Hurray! They plan to get the Gondola into action at 9am (until 4pm). Expect more news when I post a new proper report tomorrow morning... Planned opening dates : Happo-one - confirmed to be part open from Friday 5th December Hakuba 47 - as soon as there's enough snow Hakuba Goryu - as soon as there's enough snow Tsugaike Kogen - as soon as there's enough snow Kashimayari Sports Village - early December Hakuba Sanosaka - mid December Hakuba Norikura Onsen - mid December Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 4th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 15cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (4th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 15cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 42cm Posted on Friday 12th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . The rain didn't do us any favors yesterday in terms of melt and snow conditions... but quickly and happily moving on, snow is about to make another hopefully dramatic entrance. For those of you in Japan you might have seen on the news about the winter low pressure weather pattern that is about to hit Japan and bring with it lots of snow. We're probably going to get our fair share, and hopefully more - it's lining up to be a very snowy weekend. There's another wave of snow due mid week next week as well. So hopefully we will soon not need to be talking about which lifts and courses are open - because they'll soon all be open. That's the plan anyway. Weather this morning? It's 0 degrees, and there's a few cm of snow on the ground in places from overnight, but while it has been snowing very lightly it's just cloudy right now. Looks like really bad visibility on the mountains early on this morning. The snow I keep on going on about (see above) is due to start later on today, perhaps this evening, so I am crossing all fingers that we'll have something decent to report tomorrow morning. Hakuba Norikura Onsen, Kashimayari and Hakuba Cortina all planning on being part open from tomorrow. I'll try to bring details of that in my report tomorrow (sorry if that means it might be a bit later - so much to check!) -- Happo-one Part of upper areas open. Official Snow depths: Base - 20cm Usagidaira - 85cm Open lifts: -Kokusai Number 3 -Panorama -Alpen Quad -Kurobishi Number 2 Quad -Adam Gondola open to take people up to the open area. Open courses: -Panorama (part) -Usagidaira -Kurobishi (part) -Please note, can't ski back down to base. -- Hakuba 47 I think I'm reading this correctly - due to lack of staff, Line E won't be opening today (!), but Line C is open once again. Hakuba 47 plans to be fully open from tomorrow, Saturday. Official Snow depths: Base - 20cm Upper - 80cm Open courses: -Route 1 Upper -Route 1 Lower -Route 2 -Route 3 -Route 5 -Route 6 -Route 7 -Route 8 -The Tree Riding Zone is not open yet. Open lifts: -Gondola -Line A -Line C -- Hakuba Goryu The top area of Hakuba Goryu is open. Goryu is reporting 3cm of fresh snow on upper slopes and 2cm in the Iimori area. Open area remains unchanged for the moment. Official Snow depths: Base - 30cm Alps Daira - 90cm Open lifts: -Alps Number 1 Pair lift -Alps Number 3 Pair lift -Gondola is open to take people up to the open area Open courses: -Alps Daira Panorama -Alps Daira Grand Prix -Super Course -- Tsugaike Kogen 4000m long course is open from top to bottom. Official Snow depths: Base - 30cm Upper - 100cm Open lifts: -Han-no-ki High Speed Pair -Gondola Open course areas: -Upper Han-no-ki -Lower Han-no-ki -Part of Maruyama -Part of Oya-no-hara --- Other planned opening dates: Hakuba Norikura Onsen - Saturday 13th December Kashimayari Sports Village - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December Hakuba Sanosaka - Saturday 20th December Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 12th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 42cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (4th, 5th and 7th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 42cm reported on 7 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 40cm Posted on Tuesday 9th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A cloudy day forecast today with snow at times, one of those times being now and it will be staying cold not straying too far above the zero mark. We're expecting clearer and warmer and sunny conditions again tomorrow. Later in the week though all eyes on that cold and snowy winter pattern that seems to be scheduled to arrive over Hakuba and also quite a few other areas on the Japan Sea side of Japan. Looks like it could bring with it quite a lot of snow. Would be good! Hakuba 47 reporting no fresh snowfall on the mountain overnight though there was some that came down during the day yesterday. Goryu reporting 3cm, while Happo-one mention 5cm at Usagidaira. --- Happo-one Reporting 5cm of new snow at Usagidaira, few at base since yesterday. Official Snow depths: Base - 20cm Usagidaira - 95cm Open lifts: -Kokusai Number 3 -Panorama -Alpen Quad -Kurobishi Number 2 Quad -Adam Gondola open to take people up to the open area. Open courses: -Panorama (part) -Usagidaira -Kurobishi (part) -Please note, can't ski back down to base. -- Hakuba 47 The upper part of Hakuba 47 it seems is not open until Thursday due to a commercial being filmed - they hope to have it back fully open from Friday. Official Snow depths: Base - 30cm Upper - 90cm Open courses: -Lower part of Route 1 -Route 5 -Route 6 -Route 7. -The Tree Riding Zone is not open yet. Open lifts: -Gondola -Line A -- Hakuba Goryu The top area of Hakuba Goryu is open. Official Snow depths: Base - n/a Alps Daira - 95cm Open lifts: -Alps Number 1 Pair lift -Alps Number 3 Pair lift -Gondola is open to take people up to the open area Open courses: -Alps Daira Panorama -Alps Daira Grand Prix -Super Course -- Tsugaike Kogen From yesterday, more of Tsugaike Kogen opened, now 4000m long course open from top to bottom. Official Snow depths: Base - n/a Upper - 133cm Open lifts: -Han-no-ki High Speed Pair -Gondola is open to take people up to the open area Open course areas: -Upper Han-no-ki -Lower Han-no-ki -Part of Maruyama -Part of Oya-no-hara --- Other planned opening dates: Hakuba Sanosaka - mid December Hakuba Norikura Onsen - mid December Kashimayari Sports Village - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Cortina - Saturday 13th December Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field - Friday 19th December Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 9th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 40cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (4th, 5th and 7th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 40cm reported on 6 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 30cm Snowfall at base this season 226cm Posted on Tuesday 23rd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . First of all, happy birthday to the Emperor of Japan - to celebrate we all get a holiday today! Snow still falling this morning mountain side, a bit clearer over by the roads on the other side of the valley. That's not the headline though... Loads of snow falling yesterday and large amounts of lovely fresh snow to report this morning. Here's what the resorts say this morning for the overnight haul: Hakuba Goryu: up to 50cm Hakuba 47: up to 40cm Hakuba Cortina: 30-40cm Hakuba Norikura: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake: 10-20cm Very nice. And the rest, I reckon. Just, lots. Enough for everyone that's for sure. Do I need to say that conditions should be excellent this morning? :) OK so yes snow clouds hanging on this morning but we are expecting them to clear up somewhat today and move on. Just how much it clears up remains to be seen of course but we could be on for some dramatic views later in the day. Expecting milder weather tomorrow maybe just cloud, maybe clearer, and then back to snow falling into Christmas Day. Lots of people arriving in Hakuba now for their Christmas break. I'm noticing lots of folk from all over the world, it's great to hear lots of different languages being spoken, even if I can't understand them. Have fun everyone and remember, take special care in all that snow out there. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 23rd December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 50cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 20-30cm lower down. All lifts operating except Alps Daira 2&4 and Toomi Number 2 Pair lift. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. - Alps Daira - 275cm - Toomi - 195cm - Iimori - 150cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 40-50cm on mountain and 10-20cm of fresh snowfall at base. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone not open yet. - Upper - 245cm - Lower - 130cm --- Happo-one: Most courses at Happo-one are now open. Grad Quad not open. Snow Chao Kids Park open; Happo Banks The Snow Park not yet open. - Usagidaira - 250cm - Nakiyama - 120cm - Sakka - 130cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at base and 40cm on upper areas. Lifts 5 and 7 not open - resort mostly open... Rabbit, Snake, Kamoshika, Ipponmatsu now open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 290cm - Lower - 200cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open. Next night skiing is from 27th December through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas. - Tsuga-no-mori - 260cm - Maruyama - 160cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part open. - Upper - 200cm - Lower - 120cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part open. - 220cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - 130cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 226cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 226cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 196cm Posted on Monday 22nd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Fresh snow to report this morning from Hakuba. Around 5cm on the ground here by my place in the village but resorts around the valley reporting around 10cm at base and up to 30cm on upper slopes overnight. It's coming down very nicely at the moment as well, so the cm should be building up quite quickly once again if this continues. Visibility generally poor.. it's the price we must pay for heavy snow. Those who brave the conditions this morning will be rewarded with some fine fresh snow conditions. Those who wait until tomorrow - looks like they'll be able to enjoy the fresh conditions with clearer skies above Hakuba....decent chance of sun making an appearance tomorrow and it'll be slightly warmer as well. Do keep an eye on the data below as I do go through them all and update each morning... wouldn't want you to miss those updates! Takes time to get it all together each day. Gambarimasu. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 22nd December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, now official 2.5m snow depth up there. All lifts operating except Alps Daira 2&4 and Toomi Number 2 Pair lift. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. - Alps Daira - 250cm - Toomi - 175cm - Iimori - 150cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 10cm at base and 20cm of fresh snowfall on upper slopes this morning. 5cm during the day yesterday as well on mountain. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone not open yet. - Upper - 215cm - Lower - 120cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall on the upper slopes this morning. Most courses at Happo-one are now open. The Kokusai Lift closed early on because of heavy snow fall on the safety nets. Snow Chao Kids Park is now open. Happo Banks The Snow Park not yet open. - Usagidaira - 210cm - Nakiyama - 120cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall at base and 20cm on upper areas. Lifts 3, 5 and 7 not open - resort part open (Giant, Rabbit, Snake, Kamoshika not yet open). Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 245cm - Lower - 155cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open. Han-no-ki Number 3 Quad and Han-no-ki high speed pair lifts delayed due to clearing snow. Next night skiing is from 27th December through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas. - Tsuga-no-mori - 260cm - Maruyama - 210cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 160cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0-5cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part open. - Upper - 170cm - Lower - 90cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part open. - 200cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - 120cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 22nd December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 196cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 196cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 191cm Posted on Sunday 21st December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba. Don't like using the word wet, but we have just a thin bit of wet snow on the ground this morning in places - though it's better than just rain I suppose. Did look like it was trying to snow last night but obviously didn't turn into much in the end. Lots of 'gas' and cloud around this morning, but some blue sky as well. Bit of sun as well and mild conditions. We're forecast snow though and expecting potentially decent amounts of fresh snowfall over today and tomorrow. That would be good. There has been a fairly strong wind early morning but it doesn't seem to be affecting resort openings at all. New snow please! --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 21st December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 15cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira. All lifts operating except Alps Daira 2&4. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi - every day from tonight until 31st March. - Alps Daira - 235cm - Toomi - 175cm - Iimori - 150cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 5cm of new snowfall yesterday afternoon by Line C; this morning 5cm of wet snow at base. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone not open yet. - Upper - 190cm - Lower - 110cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall. Most courses at Happo-one are now open. Happo Banks The Snow Park not yet open. Snow Chao Kids Park is open but only able to operate the moving carpet, ski zone and sleigh zone. - Usagidaira - 200cm - Nakiyama - 100cm - Sakka - 90cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 0cm of new snowfall. Lifts 3, 5 and 7 not open - resort part open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 275cm - Lower - 180cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open. Next night skiing is from 27th December through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas. - Tsuga-no-mori - 256cm - Maruyama - 200cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 160cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0-5cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part open - Upper - 165cm - Lower - 90cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - 120cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 21st December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 191cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 191cm 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 256cm Posted on Tuesday 30th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Snow falling and generally poor visibility out on the mountains yesterday, though not a huge amount in terms of cm. Heavy snow falling at the moment in Hakuba - it's really coming down with purpose! That's what we like to see. :) Just a few cm on the ground in the village overnight but if it carries on falling like this it will soon be piling up. Resorts around the valley generally reporting around 5cm of snow, bit more bit less depending - check the numbers that are available below. It's not actually that cold this morning with the thermometer outside telling me that it's currently +1C. Not much of a wind either. Just snow coming down. Poor visibility out on the slopes with all this snow falling this morning and foggy conditions. Expecting slightly milder conditions tomorrow with clearer skies during the day, with a return to snow in the evening. Going to get quite a bit colder as well as we go into 2015 and the year should start off with a heavy snow in the region. A number of 'Countdown' events planned for tomorrow night, as well as some healthy nightlife activities around the village I'm sure! Hopefully the weather won't prevent the fireworks from going up. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 30th December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 3cm at Toomi. All lifts operating. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. Early morning skiing from 6:30am until 4th January (and then on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). - Alps Daira - 270cm - Toomi - 170cm - Iimori - 160cm --- Hakuba 47: No numbers in yet at the time of writing. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone open. - Upper - 265cm - Lower - 140cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 6cm of fresh snowfall at Riesen. Good news in that the Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift is back running from this morning. Night skiing at Nakiyama every day until mid March. Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open. - Usagidaira - 240cm - Nakiyama - 110cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 2-5cm of new snowfall. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 280cm - Lower - 185cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Next night skiing through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays. - Tsuga-no-mori - 265cm - Maruyama - 145cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall. Most of Iwatake is now open. - Upper - 210cm - Lower - 125cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 2cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is mostly open. - 220cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 15th March. - 170cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 30th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 256cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 256cm reported on 22 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 423cm Posted on Saturday 19th April 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . We were expecting sun this morning but to start the day off there's lots of cloud, it's rather dull and actually poor visibility up on the mountains by the looks of the webcams. Forecasts still say it's sun for the day, so perhaps it will clear up this morning. High temps or around 10C expected. Mixed forecasts for tomorrow as well with some telling us to expect some rain, others not. They agree that it will probably be warmer tomorrow though. No sakura to report yet! Hakuba Goryu: Plans to be open until early May. Top area open, Champion Expert closed, Toomi used to get back to base though very narrow! Iimori area closed. Upper - 165cm Toomi - 30cm Hakuba 47: Plans to be open until early May. Almost all of Hakuba 47 remains open. Upper - 140cm Lower - 30cm Happo-one: Plans to be open until early May. Top areas (Riesen Grat, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Panorama, Skyline) open. Need to get lift back down to base. Usagidaira - 110cm Tsugaike Kogen: Plans to be open until early May. Upper areas remain open. Tsuganomori - 210cm All other resorts now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 19th April 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 423cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 122cm reported on 15 days January 2014 snowfall 97cm reported on 12 days February 2014 snowfall 91cm reported on 8 days March 2014 snowfall 70cm reported on 11 days April 2014 snowfall 8cm 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