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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 313cm Posted on Friday 18th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . What a beautiful day it was yesterday. A stunner right through the day. We may not have been blessed with fresh snow, but the setting we enjoy here is hard to beat! Alas, it was as warm as we were hoping it wouldn't be with a lot of snow melt going on. Temperatures dropped down to just around zero overnight but it's going to warm up once again today with temperatures here in the village once again forecast to rise up to maybe as high as 14-15 degrees this afternoon. Poka-poka, as they say. This morning there's a nice blue backdrop to the mountain range though more cloud over to the east. Rain is forecast to be falling by the end of the day today and continue into tomorrow, possibly heavy at times. Not what you want to hear... sorry!! Sunday should be better, or dry at least - and somewhat colder. What's that on the forecast for Wednesday next week, heavy snow?! Mad season. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning. All courses set to open this morning. The Tree Riding Zone is open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper: 190cm Base: 80cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0cm 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: 248cm Toomi: 120cm Iimori: 50cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall again this morning. Happo Banks is open. Kurobishi Off-Piste seems to be closed this morning, though not sure of the reason. Parts of the lower areas of Happo-one are now closed due to insufficient snow. Upper mountain remains all open. Night skiing has now finished for the season. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 170cm Nakiyama: 45cm Sakka: 10cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall again 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: 150cm Base: 80cm 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: 231cm Maruyama: 60cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 50cm 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: 75cm Hakuba Sanosaka: All of the courses are open. There is no 'nighta' at Hakuba Sanosaka. Official snow depth: 55cm Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 18th 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 319cm Posted on Friday 25th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . More snow falling on mountain yesterday during the day. I spent a bit of time at 47 where visibility was rather limited while I was up there, and it kept pretty cold too. Great to see the snow hanging from the trees and of course feel it under the board(s). It's a mix of conditions this morning again. Depending on where you are in the valley you might be getting snowed on (higher up), have the sun shining down on you and/or just have lots of cloud hanging around. Generally it's mostly cloudy at the moment, but it doesn't quite seem to be able to make up it's mind. Currently -1C here at village base area. There's a bit of light snow hanging around on some forecasts - especially for higher elevations - at times over the next few days, with others telling us to expect sun all the way through tomorrow. Temperatures should start getting slightly higher from tomorrow, though not by too much thankfully (high of about +5C?) Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 reporting 2cm of fresh snow this morning. All courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The Tree Riding Zone is closed. Official snow depth: Upper: 185cm Base: 70cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu reporting 2-3cm of fresh snow this morning. All courses open apart from Snow Diving, Adventure, Cosmo River, Sunny Way and Straight Whisky. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 238cm Toomi: 95cm Iimori: 50cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one reporting 2cm of fresh snow this morning. The lower Nakiyama, Shirakaba North, Central Course, Kokusai, Sakka, Olympic Course II and Kita One areas are closed. The Nakiyama South and Shirakaba South lower courses remain open to get back down to base. All of upper mountain courses remain all open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 160cm Nakiyama: 40cm Sakka: 5cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning. Courses open - Ikenota, Mt Hieda 1, Itadaira and Ipponmatsu. Mt Hieda Ridge, Mt Hieda 1, Mt Hieda 3 open as 'self-responsibility area'. Official snow depth: Top: 150cm Base: 70cm Tsugaike Kogen: All areas open except part of Champion. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 216cm Maruyama: 50cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Just the 5 line and Gondola lifts remain open. Open courses: by1, Sunny and Paradise (part), South, Gezan (part) Official snow depth: Upper: 100cm Lower: 20cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Open courses: Hakunori Family, Wakaguri Central, Rabbit and Wakaguri Rinkan. Official snow depth: 50cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Sanosaka has now closed for the season Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 25th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 319cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 35cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 318cm Posted on Thursday 24th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Well, well, well! Snow started falling around mid afternoon yesterday to everyone's delight, and this morning here's what resorts are reporting as a result: Hakuba Cortina reporting 10-15cm of fresh snow this morning. Hakuba Goryu reporting 5cm of fresh snow on lower areas and 15cm on upper slopes. Hakuba 47 reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning. Hakuba Happo-one reporting 8cm of fresh snow this morning. So around 5cm of fresh snow at base areas, and up to 15cm higher up. Not bad at all, and people heading out for early lifts this morning will be happy. I'm off out there myself to enjoy this late season fresh... The weather is fine too this morning. Currently hovering around 0C and a bit of an early morning mix at the moment - cloud, blue sky, sunshine, fog - depending on where you are, but with the chance of more snow today and perhaps tomorrow as well it will be interesting to see how the day turns out. Temperatures look set to start rising once again from around Monday. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning. All courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The Tree Riding Zone is closed. Official snow depth: Upper: 185cm Base: 70cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu reporting 5cm of fresh snow on lower areas and 15cm on upper slopes. All courses open apart from Snow Diving, Adventure, Cosmo River, Sunny Way and Straight Whisky. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 238cm Toomi: 95cm Iimori: 50cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one reporting 8cm of fresh snow this morning. Happo Banks and Kurobishi Off Piste Area closed this morning. The lower Kokusai, Shirakaba North and Central Course areas are closed; other sections of the lower areas are only part available due to insufficient snow. Upper mountain remains all open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 160cm Nakiyama: 30cm Sakka: 5cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 10-15cm of fresh snow this morning. Courses open - Ikenota and Ipponmatsu. Unfortunately, risk of avalanche this morning means some other areas need to be closed. Nighta has now finished for the season. Official snow depth: Top: 150cm Base: 70cm Tsugaike Kogen: Uma-no-se course closed. Other courses open for part of Champion. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 215cm Maruyama: 50cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Just the 5 line and Gondola lifts remain open. Open courses: by1, Sunny and Paradise (part), South, Gezan (part) Official snow depth: Upper: 90cm Lower: 20cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Open courses: Hakunori Family, Wakaguri Central, Rabbit and Wakaguri Rinkan. Official snow depth: 50cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Sanosaka has now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 24th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 318cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 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 34cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 319cm Posted on Thursday 31st March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. After the decent weather in the morning, we got some light rain starting to fall later in the day yesterday... boooo! But this morning that's far from our minds as we are being treated to a beautiful clear morning. Just before 9am it's 6C with the temps rising to maybe around 14C later on here at village base. Blue skies and sunshine all around, and this fine weather is forecast to be with us for the next few days along with warm conditions. Later on Saturday and Sunday rain is there on the forecast - could it perhaps snow at higher elevations perhaps? If we're lucky perhaps. Probably best to just expect rain. Hakuba 47: All courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 170cm Base: 55cm Hakuba Goryu: Top area remains open. Lower main Toomi and Soft Cream courses also open. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta' - last night tonight. Official snow depth Alps: 220cm Toomi: 70cm Iimori: 35cm Hakuba Happo-one: The lower Nakiyama, Shirakaba North, Central Course, Kokusai, Sakka, Olympic Course II and Kita One areas are closed. The Nakiyama South and Shirakaba South lower courses remain open (very limited). All of upper mountain courses remain all open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 140cm Nakiyama: 30cm Hakuba Cortina: Courses open - Ikenota, Mt Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda 1 and Itadaira. Official snow depth: Top: 125cm Base: 45cm Tsugaike Kogen: Areas now closed: Uma-no-se, Kano-no-naru-oka. Champion and Rinkan just part open due to insufficient snow. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 195cm Maruyama: 35cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Open courses: Hakunori Family and Wakaguri Central. Official snow depth: 25cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Hakuba Iwatake has now closed for the season. Hakuba Sanosaka: Sanosaka has now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 31st March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 319cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 35cm 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 319cm Posted on Monday 4th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . After the mostly cloudy but warm weather of yesterday, it's raining this morning both here at base and up top too, as we expected really. Expect some soft snow conditions this morning but temperatures not to be quite as warm as yesterday. It doesn't look like it's going to really belt it down with rain, but waterproofs recommended. Hopefully the rain will ease off later on early afternoon. Tomorrow and Wednesday should see a return to sunny skies before more rain due on Thursday. Hakuba 47: Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The lower part of R1 course has now closed - but the resort is still open top to bottom. Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 150cm Base: 40cm Hakuba Goryu: The top area of Goryu remains open except Champion Expert course. The lower main Toomi run remains open, but just as a way to get back to base; the Iimori area is closed. Official snow depth Alps: 206cm Toomi: 45cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: The lower areas of the resort - apart from Nakiyama South - are now closed. Upper mountain courses remain open. To get back down from the upper areas either ski down to Nakiyama South (not suitable for beginners) or get the Gondola back to base. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 120cm Nakiyama: 30cm Tsugaike Kogen: The Tsuga-no-mori, Upper Han-no-ki, (part of) Lower Han-no-ki and (part of) Oya-no-hara remain open. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is also now open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 176cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 4th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 319cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 snowfall 0cm Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Friday 22nd April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from here in Hakuba. It was a decent morning but rain started falling early in the afternoon yesterday, as expected. And as can only be expected, the rain hasn't done the snow conditions -- and indeed the amount of snow still remaining -- any favours unfortunately. There's lots of cloud around this morning with fog as well. And while we were hoping for things to be dry, light rain is still with us early morning unfortunately. Hopefully things will dry up fairly quickly though. Lifts either seem to be shrouded in low visibility conditions and cloud. The forecast actually says that we may well be seeing some sun during the day today, and similarly tomorrow. Thanks to my friend up in Niseko for providing an explanation of Golden Week in his Niseko Now reports on SnowJapan: 'Golden Week' is fast approaching. So what exactly is Golden Week? For those of you who don't know, Golden Week is a number of national holidays that happen close to each other giving lots of people a nice holiday in late April and early May. Most tourist spots get very busy as a result! Depending on what days they fall, some years it is a considerably long period. This year, the actual national holidays are 'Showa Day' on Friday 29th April, 'Constitution Day' on Tuesday 3rd May, 'Greenery Day' on Wednesday 4th May and 'Children's Day' on Thursday May 5th. This means that this year Golden Week looks like this: * Friday 29th April - Sunday 1st May (3 day long weekend) * Tuesday 3rd May - Thursday 5th May (3 day holiday mid-week) * Saturday 7th May - Sunday 8th May (normal weekend) No doubt some folk will be taking Monday 2nd May and Friday 6th May as a holiday as well giving them a 10 day break. Nice. Hakuba 47: The following courses are now closed: Upper part of Route 1, Route 3, Route 4 and Route 6. Official snow depth: Upper: 55cm Base: 25cm Hakuba Goryu: The top area of Goryu - Panorama, Grand Prix and Super courses - remain open. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth Alps: 125cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: All lower areas of the resort are now closed. The upper Riesen Grat Course, Usagidaira and Kurobishi areas remain open; Skyline and Panorama are now just part open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 80cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: The top Tsuga-no-mori and Upper Han-no-ki areas remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 100cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 22nd April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Friday 15th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. What are you going to be doing today then? There's no ski lifts moving this morning as far as I can tell due to strong winds up there and so it has to be something other than skiing or snowboarding. Doesn't look like there's much chance of that changing either... Wind aside it's sunny and a fine morning! More sun is expected tomorrow and more importantly, less wind, so at least places should be open as planned. Some more rain might be falling before/during Sunday as well, so if I were choosing one day over the weekend it would be Saturday. Hakuba 47: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The lower part of R1 course is closed - but all courses are still available top to bottom. Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 85cm Base: 30cm Hakuba Goryu: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** The top area of Goryu - Panorama, Grand Prix and Super courses - remain open. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth Alps: 166cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** The lower areas of the resort - apart from part of Nakiyama South - are now closed. Riesen Slalom Course and the lower Nakiyama South courses are now closed, there is no longer any courses open back down to base. Upper Riesen Grat Course, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Skyline and Panorama course areas remain open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 95cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** The top Tsuga-no-mori and Upper Han-no-ki areas remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 145cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 15th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 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 321cm Posted on Monday 11th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Hurray! We got snow! Good morning from Hakuba. And yes, fresh snow has actually been falling down to village level overnight and there is a couple of cm of it on my car as well. A very nice sight to see, though I would get out early as it will no doubt not last long. Goryu is reporting 2cm of fresh on the upper slopes with Hakuba 47 reporting 1-3cm. It is cold this morning and still snowing as I write this and while it is probably going to keep cold for the day, clearer skies are forecast for this afternoon. Tomorrow and beyond we expect warmer conditions once again and more sunshine. For now though, it's snowing! I need to get up there to see what that fresh snow feeling is like again! Hakuba 47: Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The lower part of R1 course is closed - but all courses are still available top to bottom. Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 100cm Base: 30cm Hakuba Goryu: The top area of Goryu - Panorama, Grand Prix and Super courses - remain open. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth Alps: 178cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: The lower areas of the resort - apart from part of Nakiyama South - are now closed. Riesen Slalom Course and the lower Nakiyama South courses are now closed, there is no longer any courses open back down to base. Upper Riesen Grat Course, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Skyline and Panorama course areas remain open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 100cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: The top Tsuga-no-mori and Upper Han-no-ki areas remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 160cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 11th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Friday 29th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Has the rain eased off now for the day? I hope so! It's the first day of Golden Week today as we enter the last bit of the last bit of the season. It is quite chilly too this morning with temperatures down into single digits. Tomorrow should be warmer and the sun should be with us especially in the morning. Some forecasts have rain later in the day tomorrow while others don't so we'll just have to wait and see on that. Golden Week holidays this year: * Friday 29th April - Sunday 1st May (3 day long weekend) * Tuesday 3rd May - Thursday 5th May (3 day holiday mid-week) * Saturday 7th May - Sunday 8th May (normal weekend) Hakuba 47: Only the top Route 8 course by Line E lift remains open (along with the top Panorama course of Hakuba Goryu). Top Line E lift only operating. Access is via Hakuba Goryu - the base area of Hakuba 47 resort is now closed. Line E plans to be operating until 5th May. Official snow depth: Upper: 75cm Base: -cm Hakuba Goryu: Just the top Panorama course remains open (along with the Route 8 course of Hakuba 47). Gondola and Alps Number 1 pair lift operating. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. 47/Goryu lift tickets are now 2500 yen for adults and 1350 yen for children. Hakuba Goryu plans to be operating until 8th May. Official snow depth Alps: 75cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: Just part of Panorama and Kurobishi now remain open. The Riesen Grat course is now closed due to insufficient snow but the Grat quad lift remains operating - for climbers only. All other areas of the resort are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 25cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: The top Upper Han-no-ki and part of Tsuga-no-mori courses remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 40cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 29th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 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