Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 34cm Snowfall at base this season 260cm Posted on Wednesday 10th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A short report as not many words needed today for a change: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 80cm (eighty) of fresh snow this morning and all of the major resorts reporting numbers above 50cm, there's been over 30cm down in the village too. Now this is more like it and what we expect! I have to dispatch this report before lifts are open but there may well be disruptions this morning with the weather still doing it's big snow storm thing. Just be extra careful out there with so much sudden snowfall and visibility - though it may well clear up mid day. Sun is expected tomorrow so it should be excellent, then we've got the strange warming up and rain still on the radar for the weekend. For now though...... 80cm in one day! :) Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain. All courses are open. Part of the Tree Riding Zone is open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 260cm Base: 140cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 80cm up top! All courses except Snow Diving are open. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 270cm Toomi: 140cm Iimori: 140cm Hakuba Happo-one: Happo-one is reporting 50cm of fresh snowfall on mountain. All open (apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area). Happo Banks Snow Park is now open. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 250cm Nakiyama: 120cm Sakka: 120cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 80cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are open. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight. Official snow depth: Top: 250cm Base: 160cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open. Nighta at Kane-no-naru-oka on 13th February; at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 13th/20th February and 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 300cm Maruyama: 140cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 30-50cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All of Village Side is now open but parts of the Mountain Side not yet available (Sonezawa, View A, View B). There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 180cm Lower: 80cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses except Snake are now open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 160cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 100cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 10th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 260cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 58cm 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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 276cm Posted on Saturday 20th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A fine day again yesterday weather-wise, just getting warm and toasty once again leaving us with fairly wet and heavy snow conditions on lower areas in particular. It is a cloudy start to this Saturday morning here in Hakuba and a temperature of +2C at 8:30am. I would expect fairly icy snow conditions early on but things should loosen up fairly quick as the temperatures rise further. Today we are expecting a high of around 6 degrees in the village and rain/sleet to move in from the south. Different forecasts have different details but let's hope that we can avoid the 'heavy rain' that some of them threaten. Thankfully even that shouldn't be too prolonged though with snow due overnight, so hopefully I'll have good snow news in my report tomorrow morning. The forecast over the coming week is fairly promising with a return to mid-winter like temperatures and heavy snow due around Tuesday into Wednesday. It's the 46th Fire Festival at Happo-one tonight, starting at 7:30pm over at the Nakiyama area of the resort. Weather: please be friendly! I have mentioned this before, but if you are new to our reports and indeed new to Hakuba, please do take a bit of time to look back at previous season reports to get a good idea of how a season usually goes. Not just in Hakuba but in many regions of Japan, this winter season is proving to be very 'not normal' in terms of weather, temperatures and snowfall. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses are open. The Osaru (lower) area of the Tree Riding Zone open (Gate 3). There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 210cm Base: 115cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses except Snow Diving and Adventure are open. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 245cm Toomi: 125cm Iimori: 125cm Hakuba Happo-one: Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All open - including Kurobishi Off Piste Area. Happo Banks Snow Park is also now open. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 205cm Nakiyama: 70cm Sakka: 50cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All lifts open. All courses open except Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2, Mt Hieda 3, Itadaira Ridge and Giant. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 9pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 180cm Base: 110cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open apart from Uma-no-se and part of Rinkan course. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 20th February and 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 215cm Maruyama: 80cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All of the Village Side is open but parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). Winter Triathlon Festa today and tomorrow, so the cross country area is currently closed to general public. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 120cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses apart from Expert Course are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 140cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 85cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 20th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 276cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 74cm reported on 8 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. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 276cm Posted on Thursday 18th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Yesterday was a good day. Lots of snow falling mountain side and some very good snow conditions to enjoy. What we like. Hakuba Cortina were reporting an impressive 40cm of fresh snowfall during the day yesterday with Hakuba 47 also reporting a good 20cm and over. It always seems rather odd to me that the resorts don't seem to keep an ongoing clear record of all of this - not counting some social media posts which are sometimes a bit all over the place. I know that if I had a ski resort and 20cm of fresh snow had fallen since the previous morning, I'd want to be letting everyone know about it... but for example, up there on the 47 website they have "New snow: 0cm" this morning. Curious. /End personal observation! Anyway, it was certainly falling on the mountain for lots of the day yesterday - big smiling faces - though not a huge amount down in the village with about 10cm to add to the total for down here. This morning as expected it's all change again with clear blue skies and sunshine. One of those stunningly beautiful Hakuba mornings. It has started off cold but it's going to be a fine day and probably going to feel warm as well especially down in the village - perhaps rising to about 5 degrees. Tomorrow looks likely to be more of the same, and perhaps a little bit warmer still (but we hope not). The next snow will probably over the weekend. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall. There was on the mountain during the day yesterday. All courses are open. The Osaru (lower) area of the Tree Riding Zone open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 215cm Base: 120cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-2cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper area. There was more on the mountain during the day yesterday. All courses except Snow Diving and Adventure are open. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 250cm Toomi: 125cm Iimori: 125cm Hakuba Happo-one: Happo-one is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on mountain. There was more on the mountain during the day yesterday. All open - including Kurobishi Off Piste Area! Happo Banks Snow Park is also now open. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 220cm Nakiyama: 90cm Sakka: 60cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 40cm of fresh snowfall during the day yesterday. All courses scheduled to be open apart from Itadaira Ridge. Currently being checked at time of writing. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 210cm Base: 135cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open apart from Uma-no-se and part of Rinkan course. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 20th February and 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 228cm Maruyama: 100cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0-10cm of fresh snowfall this morning since last night. There was more on the mountain during the day yesterday. All of the Village Side is open but parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 130cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses apart from Expert Course are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 150cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 90cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 18th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 276cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 74cm reported on 8 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. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 266cm Posted on Wednesday 17th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Hello and good morning from Hakuba where we have a bit more fresh snow and hoping for some decent snowfall during the day today. Light snow during the day yesterday, nothing major, but this morning the snow has started up again and there's up to 10cm of snow being reported on upper slopes by a few resorts, with mostly just a few cm around base areas (47 report 10cm at base too). It's coming down pretty good at the moment and with snow forecast for the day hopefully we can get some decent numbers in. The forecast shows clearer conditions tomorrow and perhaps Friday before a return to more snowfall over the weekend (with a bit of a worry of possible rain on Saturday unfortunately - but let's deal with that possibility later on!) On Saturday it's the 46th Fire Festival at Happo-one, over on their Nakiyama lower area. Lots of festival-type events going on including a torchlit skiing display, performances and fireworks. It's usually fun to see and mingle with the crowds. Anyway, that starts at 7:30pm over at Nakiyama (Happo-one) - on Saturday 20th. Might see you there! Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are open. The Osaru (lower) area of the Tree Riding Zone open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 205cm Base: 100cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper area. All courses except Snow Diving and Adventure are open. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 250cm Toomi: 125cm Iimori: 125cm Hakuba Happo-one: Happo-one is reporting 3cm of fresh snowfall on mountain. All open (apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area). Happo Banks Snow Park is now open. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 215cm Nakiyama: 75cm Sakka: 50cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. All courses scheduled to be open apart from Itadaira Ridge. Currently being checked at time of writing. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 165cm Base: 110cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open apart from Uma-no-se. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 20th February and 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 242cm Maruyama: 100cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 80cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0-10cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All of the Village Side is open but parts of the Mountain Side not open (Hikage A, Hikage B, Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 120cm Lower: 40cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses apart from Expert Course are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 115cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 90cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 17th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 266cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 64cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 261cm Posted on Tuesday 16th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . We did have light snow falling yesterday morning but there's just 1cm of fresh to report from here at base, with resorts reporting a few cm on average on mountain. That's not as much as we were hoping for (of course), but at least we enjoyed a return to colder conditions yesterday. It's a cold start to the day again and we can probably expect some icy hard conditions early morning. There's lots of cloud around this morning but a few breaks in the clouds too with some sun shining through in places. We are expecting snow again later today and through the day tomorrow. I'm happy to (cautiously) report the 'heavy snow' on the forecast below... We'll have that please! Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 2cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are open. The Tree Riding Zone is closed today due to poor conditions. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 195cm Base: 90cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 1-5cm of fresh snowfall. All courses except Snow Diving are open. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 245cm Toomi: 125cm Iimori: 125cm Hakuba Happo-one: Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall on mountain. All open (apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area). Happo Banks Snow Park is now open. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 210cm Nakiyama: 70cm Sakka: 40cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall. All courses are open apart from Itadaira Ridge. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 165cm Base: 110cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open apart from Uma-no-se. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 20th February and 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 232cm Maruyama: 90cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 70cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All of the Village Side is open but parts of the Mountain Side not open (Hikage A, Hikage B, Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 110cm Lower: 40cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses are now open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 110cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 90cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 16th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 261cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 59cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 284cm Posted on Sunday 28th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba where we have had some snowfall on the mountains, just a bit down here at base. After the fine start to the day yesterday, snow started falling around mid afternoon. I am hearing unofficial reports of up to 20cm of fresh snow higher up this morning, though the official numbers from resorts are keeping in the up to 10cm kind of range. Info as it is available in the respective resort areas below. The sun is out as I sit here writing this report and again there's a rather hazy kind of feel at the moment. It feels rather mild as well, certainly more than yesterday morning, and local forecasts say that temps might rise to about +7 later on in the day. By tomorrow morning there should be more snow on the ground and we're hoping for the chance of a decent amount through Monday. Some forecasts still show good potential. Fingers crossed. Once we get to mid-week though it does seem that we'll be back to clearer skies once again and milder/warmer conditions. The Hakuba Goryu Telecabin gondola is still closed this morning. It sounds like there was some kind of fire in the gondola station that they need to fix up. If you wish to ride the top lifts at Hakuba Goryu, you'll need to get there via Hakuba 47 which is of course on the same ticket. There's also a shuttle bus going between Escal Plaza at Hakuba Goryu and the base of Hakuba 47 if you need to get from one to the other. In other news, half pipe fans might be interested to know that the half-pipe-making folk at Hakuba 47 have been putting in a lot of effort and the result is that their pipe is able to open from this morning. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses are open and all of the Tree Riding Zone is open. Half pipe open from today in the Hakuba 47 Terrain Park. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 230cm Base: 125cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall at Iimori, 3cm at Toomi and 10-15cm on upper areas this morning. The Hakuba Goryu Gondola is closed as they deal with an incident in the station. Access to the top of the mountain is now via Hakuba 47 only. All courses are generally open except Champion Dynamic, Champion Expert, Woody, Snow Diving and Adventure. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 220cm Toomi: 110cm Iimori: 100cm Hakuba Happo-one: All courses/areas open. Happo Banks and Kuroboshi Off Piste Area open. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 205cm Nakiyama: 60cm Sakka: 55cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 7-12cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses open except Itadaira Ridge. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (8pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 188cm Base: 115cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 256cm Maruyama: 80cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Hakuba Iwatake is reporting 0-10cm of fresh snowfall this morning. Parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). An event is currently being held on Kamoshika Pocket, Big Bahn and Up Bahn areas of the Village Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 130cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses apart from Snake are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 110cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 75cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 28th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 284cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm 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. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 309cm Posted on Thursday 10th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba and there's a bit more fresh snow to report today. Yesterday it was snowing for lots of the day and about 5cm or so reported from on the slopes. Better than none of course and great to see it falling once again and the feeling of fresh under the board(s). Some nice big flakes as well at times while I was up at Hakuba 47. This morning just another slight dusting and light snow was falling earlier on and may well still be higher up now but the forecast for the day is generally just cloudy, with a high of around +2C in the village. It's pretty cold start to the morning though, so wrap up more than you have been the last week or so if you're venturing out. And it appears to be limited visibility in lots of places on mountain as well early on - cloud, 'gas' or fog? One or more of them! There's still snow on (some of) the forecast(s) from time to time over the next few days. But as they don't all agree, I suspect it's going to be a borderline kind of situation once again. Around the resorts it looks like the Tree Riding Zone at Hakuba 47 has re-opened. Not sure what the story is there, perhaps the fresh snowfall. And also the night skiing at Happo-one has now closed for the season due to the snow conditions down on those lower slopes. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses set to open this morning. It appears that the Tree Riding Zone has re-opened. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 190cm Base: 85cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-3cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 251cm Toomi: 125cm Iimori: 65cm Hakuba Happo-one: All courses appear to be open. Due to the snow conditions on the lower slopes, night skiing has now finished for the season. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 180cm Nakiyama: 40cm Sakka: 20cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 2-5cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses open apart from Itadaira Ridge, Itadaira Forest and Giant. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 165cm Base: 97cm Tsugaike Kogen: All courses are open except Uma-no-se. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring (no news yet). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 233cm Maruyama: 60cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Areas of Village Side that remain open - Sunny Valley, by2, by3, Shinden connecting. Kometsuga and Paradise remain part open. Parts of the Mountain Side that are closed - View A, View B, Kamo 4, Dangan, Sonezawa, Five Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 110cm Lower: 35cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Closed courses are Kamoshika, Highway, Snake, Expert and Satomi Ridge. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Norikura. Official snow depth: 85cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 70cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 10th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 309cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 25cm 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 23cm Snowfall at base this season 307cm Posted on Tuesday 1st March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Excellent news this morning. Check out these numbers being reported by resorts around the village: Hakuba Cortina: 45-50cm of fresh snowfall Hakuba Goryu: 20-40cm of fresh snowfall Hakuba 47: up to 40cm of fresh snowfall Hakuba Happo-one: 20cm of fresh snowfall at base Top marks going to Cortina with up to 50cm of fresh snow being reported over there (problem is, they aren't fully open as they cope with the new snowfall and also deal with avalanche risks). There's also some upper lift disruption this morning at Happo-one, Goryu and 47 and Tsugaike Kogen due to strong winds. But I think even with the wind most of us are just really happy to see some decent mid-winter like snowfall again. And with a decent cover of fresh snow everywhere, you should find good conditions wherever you choose to ride this morning. The snow is expected to ease off sometime this morning leaving us with just cloudy skies and it should remain cold. The sun might be out tomorrow and if it keeps cold and winds calm then it should be a top day to be on the snow. There's not much snow on the weekly forecast beyond today other than a few scattered showers here and there, and as we approach the weekend temperatures are set to rise and it get warm again. My osusume (recommendation) -- enjoy this fresh snow now, while you can! See you out there. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 20-40cm of fresh snowfall this morning. Some lifts including the gondola on hold currently due to strong winds. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 235cm Base: 135cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 40cm on upper areas this morning. The Hakuba Goryu Gondola remains closed as they deal with an incident in the station. Top lifts on hold at the start of the day due to strong winds. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 265cm Toomi: 130cm Iimori: 100cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall at village base, more on mountain. Top areas closed at start of day due to strong wind conditions. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 220cm Nakiyama: 80cm Sakka: 60cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 45-50cm of fresh snowfall this morning! Looks like some course closures this morning as they deal with all the snow and avalanche danger - check with them before going! The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (8pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 185cm Base: 100cm Tsugaike Kogen: Top areas and lifts on hold this morning due to strong winds. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 270cm Maruyama: 80cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 100cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). An event is currently being held on areas of the Village Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 160cm Lower: 60cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses apart from Snake are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 100cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 90cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 1st March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 307cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 23cm 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 4cm Snowfall at base this season 313cm Posted on Monday 14th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Fresh snow! Good morning from Hakuba where we are enjoying some fresh snowfall. It's probably a bit on the heavy side, but I don't care... it's fresh snow! About 4cm outside my place and resorts this morning are reporting up to around 10-15cm of fresh early morning. It's really great to see some fresh snow on the ground in the village, and think of how much more of it up there might be on the slopes. Even better to strap on the board(s) and get out playing in it! It's also great to see the official numbers going up at most resorts this morning. Much better than seeing them go down. But anyway fingers crossed we might get a bit more during the day today - snow is forecast - as today we're expecting more of a chance of clearer conditions and sunshine. It has been a cold day today and tomorrow temperatures will probably be slightly higher... and beyond tomorrow through until the weekend it will probably warm up further with temps reaching double digits down here in the village around Friday. Back to the fresh snow today and I hope you can get to enjoy it. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses set to open this morning. The Tree Riding Zone is also open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 200cm Base: 90cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall on lower slopes and 15cm on upper slopes this morning. All courses open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 260cm Toomi: 120cm Iimori: 70cm Hakuba Happo-one: Parts of the lower areas of Happo-one are now closed due to insufficient snow - still lots of upper mountain open though. Night skiing has now finished for the season. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 175cm Nakiyama: 55cm Sakka: 35cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses open apart from Itadaira Ridge, Itadaira Forest and Giant. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 155cm Base: 90cm Tsugaike Kogen: All courses are generally open. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 19th March. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 240cm Maruyama: 60cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Insufficient snow means that only limited areas of Village Side remain open - by3, Shinden connecting. Sunny Valley and Paradise remain part open. Parts of the Mountain Side that are closed - View A, View B, Kamo 4, Dangan, Sonezawa, Five Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 120cm Lower: 40cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Closed courses are Kamoshika, Highway, Snake, Expert, Skyview and lower part of Satomi Ridge. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Norikura. Official snow depth: 80cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 75cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 14th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 313cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 29cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 307cm Posted on Saturday 5th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . There was no wind yesterday, it was just clear skies, warmth... and a distinct spring feel going on. Interesting to see some people hooded up in full winter gear and the next person wearing just a t-shirt! As expected it's going to be warm again today rising to around 10C here in the village. There's more cloud around this morning but some sunshine and blue sky as well, though the forecast is generally for cloudy conditions during the day. Snow conditions may be a bit hard at first but will soon loosen up and get heavier... good thigh exercise. What about the rain that has been threatening? Well, different forecasts are painting different pictures but it would seem that we should see some rain tomorrow (less than feared?) and then more on Monday. Tomorrow will probably be the warmest day so far this year as well, rising a further few more degrees than today even. You want more exciting snowy news right? It will be getting colder early in the week once again and there's a chance of snow around Tuesday/Wednesday, particularly higher up. Fingers crossed. Wherever you are, I hope you have a good Saturday. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All areas and courses set to open this morning. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 205cm Base: 110cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. The Hakuba Goryu Gondola has re-opened and is operating as normal. All courses open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 265cm Toomi: 130cm Iimori: 90cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses appear to be open apart from the Kurobishi Off Piste Area. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 220cm Nakiyama: 60cm Sakka: 40cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses set to open. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 9pm tonight (8pm on weekdays). Official snow depth: Top: 200cm Base: 120cm Tsugaike Kogen: All courses and areas are generally open. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring (no fixed date yet). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 243cm Maruyama: 80cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 100cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Parts of the Village Side not open - by4. Parts of the Mountain Side not open - View A, View B, Sonezawa, Five Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 140cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 120cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 80cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 5th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 307cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 23cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 277cm Posted on Wednesday 24th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . After the fine and sunny start to the day yesterday, things started to get more cloudy by late morning and by mid afternoon it was mostly grey and cloudy. It got a bit colder as the day went on as well after sun-fuelled warmth of the morning. This morning there's some new snow to report. Just a cm down here at base with resorts reporting up to a light cover on lower slopes and 5-10cm at higher elevations. Light snow is still falling now but we seem to be forecast a day of cloud and so I wouldn't expect much out of it. It's colder this morning too which is good - always good to feel a chill in the morning air - and it should remain close to or under zero for the day here at base and considerably colder higher up. We may enjoy some sunshine tomorrow morning but after that by evening it should be snowing again... and that forecast is still looking quite promising. Fingers crossed! Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 2-5cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses are generally open. All of the Tree Riding Zone is open. The R4 Snow Park has re-opened from this morning. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 215cm Base: 110cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-1cm of fresh snowfall on lower areas and 10cm on upper areas. All courses are open except Snow Diving and Adventure. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 215cm Toomi: 110cm Iimori: 110cm Hakuba Happo-one: All courses/areas open except the Kurobishi Off Piste Area. The Happo Banks Snow Park will be closed today for maintenance. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 195cm Nakiyama: 50cm Sakka: 40cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 3-5cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses open except Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 2, Mt Hieda 3, Itadaira Ridge and Giant. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 8pm tonight (9pm on Saturdays). Official snow depth: Top: 175cm Base: 103cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 223cm Maruyama: 75cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). An event is currently being held on Kamoshika Pocket, Big Bahn and Up Bahn areas of the Village Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 120cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses apart from Expert and Snake are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 105cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 75cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 24th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 277cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 75cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 282cm Posted on Saturday 27th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A good cold overnight here in Hakuba and a nice cold morning as well. Resorts reporting up to 10cm of fresh snow on upper slopes after some good snowy conditions on the slopes yesterday. This morning it's more of a bright, hazy and sunny start to the day in Hakuba and while it's a cold start it will be warming up somewhat during the day. Hopefully it'll be snowing by the end of the day though, but we might get a bit of drizzle before that. Perhaps a similar kind of story for tomorrow as well though as the weather people on the news said last night 'it's hard to read'. Tell me about it! I'm looking forward to the decent snowfall that's forecast for Monday, let's see if that happens. Looks like Hakuba Goryu have some kind of issue with their Gondola this morning meaning it's not running this morning. Anyway, have a great weekend wherever you are. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses are open and all of the Tree Riding Zone is open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 220cm Base: 120cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-5cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses are generally open except Snow Diving and Adventure. However there seems to be a problem with the Gondola this morning meaning the top area is closed. The Toomi area will be open until 8:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 220cm Toomi: 110cm Iimori: 100cm Hakuba Happo-one: All courses/areas open. The lower Nakiyama area is open for 'nighta' every day until 9pm. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 200cm Nakiyama: 60cm Sakka: 50cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses open except Itadaira Ridge. The Ikenota area will be open for 'nighta' until 9pm tonight (8pm on weekdays). Official snow depth: Top: 188cm Base: 115cm Tsugaike Kogen: All course areas are open. Nighta at Karamatsu/Shirakaba on 5th/12th/19th March. Note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens from spring. Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 242cm Maruyama: 75cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 60cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Parts of the Mountain Side not open (Sonezawa, Dangan, Kamo 4, Five Side, View A, View B). An event is currently being held on Kamoshika Pocket, Big Bahn and Up Bahn areas of the Village Side. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: Upper: 120cm Lower: 50cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: All courses apart from Snake are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Iwatake. Official snow depth: 110cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 75cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 27th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 282cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 80cm 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