Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 369cm Posted on Monday 10th March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Resorts this morning reporting up to 10cm of fresh snowfall and outside my place I have up to 5cm. It is still snowing now. Light winds early but stronger are forecast for later today, let's hope they don't mess with lifts. Clearer conditions are expected tomorrow and maybe Wednesday. Right now there's the ominous sign of potential rain around Thursday as we hit a warmer spell of weather, but hopefully if that happens it won't last long and be followed again by snow. In resort news, Hakuba Minekata has now closed for the season. Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 3cm of new snowfall at Iimori and 0cm (?) on upper slopes Upper - 275cm Toomi - 170cm Iimori - 120cm Hakuba 47: Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at base and 10cm on upper areas. Upper - 255cm Lower - 85cm Happo-one: Reporting 3cm of new snow on Usagidaira. Usagidaira - 240cm Nakiyama - 80cm Sakka - 85cm Hakuba Iwatake: Upper - 240cm Lower - 70cm Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 320cm Maruyama - 120cm Kanenonaruoka - 160cm Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall. Upper - 330cm Lower - 195cm Hakuba Minekata: Now closed for the season Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 10th March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 369cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 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 24cm 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 25cm Snowfall at base this season 415cm Posted on Saturday 22nd March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba and what a fine morning it really is. That was one good March storm yesterday. Hakuba Cortina report 40-60cm. Hakuba 47 were talking about 20cm during the day yesterday and another 0-5cm overnight. Other resorts seem reluctant to brag about numbers; which to me always seems odd. If I were a skijo, I'd be shouting it out on a morning like this. But, as I am not a skijo and aren't being told those numbers, I just have to imagine it! Never mind the exact numbers though, there'll be some great conditions to enjoy today pretty much anywhere you decided to slide. The sun is out as well this morning and it is a cold start, so pretty much as perfect conditions as we can expect for the second half of March. There's every likelihood that we have just experienced the last blast of winter with sun and a real warming trend ahead of us starting tomorrow. Let's worry about warm conditions later; for now it should be a really great weekend for Hakuba. Do take care out there - fresh snow on hard ice; an avalanche incident apparently involving a fatality over near Tsugaike Kogen made the national news yesterday. Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 0-5cm of fresh snow on lower slopes and 10cm on upper slopes. Shy about what they got yesterday. Upper - 255cm Toomi - 125cm Iimori - 80cm Hakuba 47: Reporting 0cm of new snowfall at base and 5cm on upper slopes overnight. 20cm during the day yesterday. Upper - 225cm Lower - 60cm Happo-one: Usagidaira - 225cm Nakiyama - 80cm Sakka - 95cm Hakuba Iwatake: Upper - 245cm Lower - 80cm Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 340cm Maruyama - 155cm Kanenonaruoka - 170cm Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 40-60cm of new snowfall. Upper - 350cm Lower - 210cm Hakuba Minekata: Now closed for the season Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 22nd March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 415cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 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 380cm Posted on Saturday 15th March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba, and a fine morning it is as well. Lots of blue sky above Hakuba village this morning, some clouds still hanging on around the peaks of the mountain backdrop, but mostly fine and sunny. A splattering of snow on the mountains though a few cm at most. It got quite cold overnight with a low of -5C, but by mid afternoon today it should have risen to perhaps around +5C. Tomorrow should continue with the sun in the morning and it's due to get warmer than today and rain is expected later on. Hopefully once the lifts have stopped for the day, and there might be some snowfall at higher elevations at night. Warmer temperatures through at least the first half of the coming week and more chance of rain than snow. Though, there's some promise around Thursday of the chance of a cold snap and more snowfall so let's keep an eye on that. For now though, best to come expecting spring conditions and enjoy them for what they are. Quite a few events going on today on the slopes - at Happo-one alone they have the All Nihon Technical Competition at Usagidaira, Ladies Snowsurf Day at Happo Banks and the Hakuba Snowshoe Trail run at Nakiyama. Gambatte everyone! Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 0cm of new snowfall on Iimori; 1cm at Toomi and 2cm on upper slopes. Upper - 260cm Toomi - 150cm Iimori - 105cm Hakuba 47: Reporting 2cm of new snowfall on lower slopes; 5cm of on upper slopes. Upper - 240cm Lower - 70cm Happo-one: Usagidaira - 220cm Nakiyama - 70cm Sakka - 70cm Hakuba Iwatake: Upper - 200cm Lower - 70cm Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 296cm Maruyama - 110cm Kanenonaruoka - 170cm Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 2cm of new snowfall on lower areas; 2cm on upper areas. Upper - 315cm Lower - 190cm Hakuba Minekata: Now closed for the season Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 15th March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 380cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 35cm reported on 9 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 390cm Posted on Friday 21st March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning and good news I have. Yes, we do have that snow that we were promised. I haven't been up myself yet of course but resorts are reporting 15-20cm of fresh on upper resort areas this morning. 5-10cm on lower areas, but it is still snowing now and hopefully should be for the rest of the day today and tonight. Good to see snow on the roads again. Let's see how much we can get piling up! Tomorrow onwards it's looking like the coming week will be mostly clearer and lots of sun and really warming up mid week, so this could well be our last taste of 'winter' for the season. So we want as much snow squeezed out of those clouds as possible. Anyway I'm off to play in this fresh snow. Until tomorrow! Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 5cm of fresh snow on lower slopes and 15cm on upper slopes. Upper - 250cm Toomi - 120cm Iimori - 80cm Hakuba 47: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall at base and 20cm on upper slopes. Upper - 205cm Lower - 45cm Happo-one: Reporting 0cm of new snowfall. Usagidaira - 215cm Nakiyama - 60cm Sakka - 65cm Hakuba Iwatake: Upper - 190cm Lower - 40cm Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 312cm Maruyama - 110cm Kanenonaruoka - 150cm Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 15-20cm of new snowfall. Upper - 285cm Lower - 170cm Hakuba Minekata: Now closed for the season Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 21st March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 390cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 45cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 415cm Posted on Saturday 29th March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . The sun is out and it's going to be another warm day in Hakuba. A bit less warm tomorrow and rain on the forecast, though still I see snow mentioned for high elevations with the freezing point set to drop below 1500m. It's going to be interesting to see if we get anything out of that. For now though, a very fine sunny day for spring skiing and boarding. Hakuba Goryu: Plans to be open until early May. Upper - 230cm Toomi - 90cm Iimori - 50cm Hakuba 47: Plans to be open until early May. Upper - 180cm Lower - 40cm Happo-one: Plans to be open until early May. Usagidaira - 195cm Nakiyama - 35cm Sakka - 35cm Tsugaike Kogen: Plans to be open until early May. Tsuganomori - 280cm Maruyama - 70cm Kanenonaruoka - 120cm Hakuba Cortina: Plans to be open until 6th April. Upper - 275cm Lower - 155cm Hakuba Sanosaka and Hakuba Norikura plan to be open until 31st March. Hakuba Iwatake and Hakuba Minekata are already closed. Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 29th March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 415cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 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 35cm Posted on Saturday 30th November 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . It's a beautiful morning in Hakuba. Not only do we have a nice fresh layer of snow on the ground (10cm or so), but it's beautiful blue skies with just a few clouds hanging around. Stunning views of the mountains this morning and all is calm. Hakuba 47 reporting 30cm of new snow up top with 10cm at base. Cold -4 as if 7am. At the time of writing it is 2C here near Happo base and with the sun out a high of about 7C is likely later on in the day. The forecast is... well, a bit dry looking actually with more of a chance of rain in the village than snow. But we can hope that if and when that happens, it will be snow on the upper slopes. In terms of resort openings and skiable terrain, we're mostly unchanged this morning. At Happo, they have the Alpen quad lift moving today, in place of the previously operating Usagidaira pair lift. The Kokusai Number 1 pair is also moving but like the Gondola just to get people up to the snow and back. Tsugaike Kogen now also has the Tsuga Number 2 lift operating this weekend. Hakuba Goryu Upper - 80cm Iimori - 0cm Toomi - 0cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1. Hakuba 47: Upper - 90cm Lower - 15cm Lifts operating: Line E Happo-one: Usagidaira - 90cm Nakiyama - 0cm Sakka - 0cm Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair, Kokusai Number 1 pair. The Gondola is just for 'getting there'. Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 97cm Maruyama - 30cm Kanenonaruoka - 30cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair lift Other resorts planned opening dates: Hakuba Norikura - mid December Cortina - 14th December Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 30th November 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 35cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 37cm Posted on Saturday 7th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . I bring good news! After that rain and wet yesterday possibly dampening some spirits, it was snowing up on the mountains and this morning we are getting reports of some decent snowfalls up there. Hakuba 47 - reporting 30cm of fresh Hakuba Goryu - reporting 15cm of fresh Happo-one - reporting 20cm of fresh Tsugaike Kogen - reporting 20+cm of fresh Nice. Down here in the village you might not think it as we have only seen a slight sprinkling of snow. Luckily it's not the village that we ski or board in! It's still snowing up there with generally pretty poor visibility. I'm sure the snow will make up for that though. Anyway, changes in resort operations that I can tell this morning so far - Hakuba 47 are opening up this morning with the Gondola moving as well (though you need to take it back down to base just yet). Snow clearing up and eventually the sun tomorrow? What's looking good though is the potential for a decent blast of snow mid week. Keep all eyes on that one. Hakuba Goryu Upper - 70cm Iimori - -cm Toomi - -cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3. Hakuba 47: Upper - 100cm Lower - 2cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Line A, Line C, Line E Happo-one: Usagidaira - 95cm Nakiyama - -cm Sakka - -cm Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair, Kokusai Number 1 pair. The Gondola and Kokusai Number 1 pair lifts are just for getting to and from the open slopes. Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 121cm Maruyama - 10cm Kanenonaruoka - 10cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair lift Other resorts planned opening dates: Hakuba Norikura - mid December Cortina - 14th December Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 7th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 37cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 2cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 39cm Posted on Wednesday 11th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Bad weather yesterday with lifts actually stopping because of it, with Happo completely closed from lunchtime. It's a calmer scene this morning and a thin new layer of snow down at village level to report. 1-2cm or so, with resorts reporting 5-15cm at higher elevations. There's lots of thin cloud around but perhaps we will get to see more of the sun as the day moves on. At the moment it is about +1C. We still wait for serious dumpage. While there has been fun to be had, we still feel very much like we're on standby for the main course to be served. Tonight into Saturday is still looking exciting in terms of potential snowfall. I'll say no more and just report what happens tomorrow morning. Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 1cm of fresh snow this morning. Upper - 80cm Iimori - -cm Toomi - -cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3. Upper slope area open. Hakuba 47: Reporting 15cm of fresh snow this morning. Upper - 100cm Lower - 2cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Line A, Line C, Line E. Upper and mid slope area open. Happo-one: Reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning at Usagidaira Usagidaira - 100cm Nakiyama - -cm Sakka - -cm Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair. The Gondola is just for getting to and from the open slopes. Upper slopes (excluding top quad lift) area open. Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 128cm Maruyama - 10cm Kanenonaruoka - 10cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair lift. Other resorts planned opening dates: Hakuba Norikura - mid December Cortina - 14th December Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Wednesday 11th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 39cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 35cm Posted on Monday 2nd December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Light snow falling on upper elevations earlier this morning and a bit wet with some rain here in the village as of 8am. It looks set to clear up though and cloud with sun later in forecast for the day. It is 2 degrees at the moment, with a high of around 8C forecast for later. Not much else to report this morning. I'll be trying to keep up to date with all of the reported snowfall from the resorts below, as well as which lifts are moving at each of the resorts in this early stage of the season. Hakuba Goryu Reporting 1cm of new snow on upper slopes. Upper - 80cm Iimori - 0cm Toomi - 0cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3. Hakuba 47: Reporting 1cm of new snow on upper slopes. Upper - 83cm Lower - 10cm Lifts operating: Line C, Line E Happo-one: Usagidaira - 90cm Nakiyama - 0cm Sakka - 0cm Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair. The Gondola is just for 'getting there'. Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 102cm Maruyama - 30cm Kanenonaruoka - 30cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair lift Other resorts planned opening dates: Hakuba Norikura - mid December Cortina - 14th December Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 2nd December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 35cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 97cm Posted on Monday 16th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . I can see the sky! After those few crazy days of snow, this morning there's some blue sky to see and the sun is showing up. It may seem calmer, but actually we have wind to deal with today. At the time of writing Happo-one is closed with the gondola unable to open up and it looks like the upper areas of Goryu are closed as well with their gondola standing still. Hopefully that situation may change... there's some really fine conditions to be found up there, seems such a waste not to be able to get up there. More new snowfall to report. About 5cm in village, 47 reporting 10cm at base and up to 30cm higher up. The Usagidaira area of Usagidaira reporting 10cm. Looks like we are on for a break in snowfall over the next few days, but it's due back Wednesday and then another storm lined up for the weekend. For mid December, conditions are excellent and there's a lot of snow to play in. It's easy to get excited about it all, but we need to remember to keep safe and always keep in mind there are dangers out there. Hakuba Goryu Reporting 10cm of new snowfall on upper slopes and 5cm at base. Upper - 235cm Toomi - 100cm Iimori - 65cm Hakuba 47: Reporting 30cm of new snowfall on upper slopes and 10cm at base. Upper - 220cm Lower - 50cm Happo-one: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall at Usagidaira. Usagidaira - 190cm Nakiyama - -cm Sakka - -cm Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 240cm Maruyama - 60cm Kanenonaruoka - 70cm Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 10-25cm of new snowfall since yesterday Upper - 200cm Lower - 125cm Other resorts planned opening dates: Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 16th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 97cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November and 15th December) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 62cm 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 57cm Posted on Friday 13th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . More snow since the report yesterday.... Happo have added 20cm to their upper slopes, Goryu reporting 10cm and Hakuba 47 reporting 15cm up top. Just a few more cm down at base areas. Snow still falling I am happy to report. And we should be seeing snow clouds over the valley until the end of the weekend, so there is more to fall. I'm liking it. Loving it, even! I'm going to try and keep up with the news from around the resorts in each report as the season kicks off properly here. Gambarimasu! Things may well change during the day so please keep that in mind. Pretty much all of Hakuba 47 is now open, with Hakuba Goryu planning on opening at least part of Toomi from tomorrow. Happo plan to be operating the Kokusai Number 1 pair and Skyline Number 2 pair lifts tomorrow in addition to what they already have going, the Gondola will still be just used for getting up to the open slopes. Tsugaike Kogen has 192cm as the official snow depth on it's upper slopes. That's impressive. I don't see any changes in lift and course openings there, but would expect that for tomorrow. So we're not quite there yet with resort operations, but there's certainly going to be more open this weekend and from what I have heard from a few friends yesterday the conditions were great out there. Deep as you would want. While they were very excited and using all sorts of adjectives freely, I do believe them! ;) Hakuba Cortina of course is well known as getting excellent snow, and they are opening up tomorrow for the season. Norikura seem a bit shy with details but we have found out that they plan to have one lift operating from tomorrow morning. Anyway, should be a very fine weekend. Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning on upper slopes. Upper - 125cm Iimori - -cm Toomi - 65cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3. Upper slope area open. Toomi area will open from tomorrow (Saturday). Hakuba 47: Reporting 3cm at base and 15cm of fresh snow on upper slopes this morning. Upper - 155cm Lower - 35cm Lifts operating: All moving apart from Line D. All areas basically open apart from Route 4 Snow Park and Tree Riding Zone. Happo-one: Usagidaira - 170cm Nakiyama - -cm Sakka - -cm Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair. The Gondola is just for getting to and from the open slopes. Upper slopes (excluding top quad lift) area open. Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 192cm Maruyama - 25cm Kanenonaruoka - 25cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair lift. Other resorts planned opening dates: Hakuba Norikura - mid December Cortina - 14th December Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 13th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 57cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 22cm 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 15cm Snowfall at base this season 72cm Posted on Saturday 14th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Snow snow snow! Lots of it, oh yes. Resorts around Hakuba reporting 30-50cm on upper slopes this morning, with base areas getting another 10-15cm or so. And it continues to come down. This really is what we needed to kick things off in style. Wind doesn't seem to be causing problems in terms of lift operations, but snow is being blown about up there and visibility is poor on the slopes as it continues to snow and heavily at times. Snow is likely through tomorrow but we should see an easing off as we get into the new week. Resorts aren't fully open as yet, and are probably coping with the snowfall this morning - I would expect more lifts to be moving very soon now. Some details I have been able to gather include: Skyline is now open at Happo, Toomi opening at Goryu, all of Hakuba 47 now open, and more lifts operating over at Tsugaike Kogen. Hakuba Cortina and Norikura have also both opened this morning. Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 40cm of fresh snow this morning on upper slopes and 30cm at Toomi. Upper - 185cm Iimori - -cm Toomi - 90cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3. Toomi area open from today with the Toomi Ski Four lift running. Milky Four lift at Iimori also being prepared. Champion Dynamic course, Woody course and the main Toomi run now open. Hakuba 47: Reporting 10-20cm at base and 35cm of fresh snow on upper slopes this morning. Upper - 190cm Lower - 50cm Lifts operating: All moving apart from Line D. All areas basically open apart from Route 4 Snow Park and Tree Riding Zone. Happo-one: Reporting up to a whopping 50cm of new snow in places. Usagidaira - 180cm Nakiyama - -cm Sakka - -cm Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair. The Gondola is just for getting to and from the open slopes. Upper slopes (excluding top quad lift) area open. Skyline course open from today. Tsugaike Kogen: Tsuganomori - 207cm Maruyama - 60cm Kanenonaruoka - 50cm Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair, Shirakaba quad, Tsugaike Chuo triple, Kanononaruoka Skyliner II Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 20-30cm of new snowfall Upper - 140cm Lower - 60cm Lifts operating: Number 2 quad, Number 4 pair Hakuba Norikura: Part open Other resorts planned opening dates: Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 14th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 72cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 37cm reported on 5 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