Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 241cm Posted on Friday 26th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . The snow clouds remain over Hakuba this morning. It's a cold start to the day with light snow lazily falling from the skies as I sit here writing this report. A thin layer of snow at base with ski-jo generally reporting around 10cm of fresh on the slopes this morning. Hakuba Cortina coming up with the most goods and apparently 25cm on the upper areas over there. We are expecting milder weather patterns to move in by tomorrow and perhaps even the weekend will see sunny conditions in the region. Bring a camera! The 'Nighta' situation This information is mentioned in the area below for each of the resorts but I thought I would mention the options available for 'night skiing'. Great fun when the conditions are right - a bit like an ice-skating rink when they're not. Time it well though and it can be fantastic. Hakuba Goryu and Hakuba Cortina are open for floodlit nighta every day until 31st March. The night skiing at Happo-one will begin from tomorrow and then be open every day until the middle of March. Nighta at Kashiyamari is every day until 15th March (*sorry, I had that down as until 31st March in the report until today - my mistake). At Tsugaike Kogen there is night skiing from tomorrow until 1st January and then mainly on Saturdays. There is no nighta at the Hakuba 47, Hakuba Norikura Onsen and Hakuba Iwatake resort areas. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 26th December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 20cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 5cm on Toomi. All lifts operating except Alps Daira 2&4 and Toomi Number 2 Pair lift. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. - Alps Daira - 275cm - Toomi - 180cm - Iimori - 150cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 5cm of fresh this morning. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone not open yet. - Upper - 250cm - Lower - 135cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning. Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift still out of action due to damage to the snow nets - they hope to have it fixed up before the end of the year. Almost all areas of Happo-one are now open. The top Grad Quad lift is now open. Nakiyama night skiing will start from tomorrow (27th December) from 5pm until 9pm. Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open. - Usagidaira - 240cm - Nakiyama - 120cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 25cm of new snowfall on upper areas and 15cm on lower areas. Resort now mostly open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 320cm - Lower - 210cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open. Next night skiing is from 27th December through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays. - Tsuga-no-mori - 275cm - Maruyama - 145cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is mostly open, still a number of runs yet to open though. - Upper - 210cm - Lower - 120cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Resort is mostly open. - 230cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 15th March. - 160cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 26th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 241cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 241cm reported on 19 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 226cm Posted on Tuesday 23rd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . First of all, happy birthday to the Emperor of Japan - to celebrate we all get a holiday today! Snow still falling this morning mountain side, a bit clearer over by the roads on the other side of the valley. That's not the headline though... Loads of snow falling yesterday and large amounts of lovely fresh snow to report this morning. Here's what the resorts say this morning for the overnight haul: Hakuba Goryu: up to 50cm Hakuba 47: up to 40cm Hakuba Cortina: 30-40cm Hakuba Norikura: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake: 10-20cm Very nice. And the rest, I reckon. Just, lots. Enough for everyone that's for sure. Do I need to say that conditions should be excellent this morning? :) OK so yes snow clouds hanging on this morning but we are expecting them to clear up somewhat today and move on. Just how much it clears up remains to be seen of course but we could be on for some dramatic views later in the day. Expecting milder weather tomorrow maybe just cloud, maybe clearer, and then back to snow falling into Christmas Day. Lots of people arriving in Hakuba now for their Christmas break. I'm noticing lots of folk from all over the world, it's great to hear lots of different languages being spoken, even if I can't understand them. Have fun everyone and remember, take special care in all that snow out there. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 23rd December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 50cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 20-30cm lower down. All lifts operating except Alps Daira 2&4 and Toomi Number 2 Pair lift. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. - Alps Daira - 275cm - Toomi - 195cm - Iimori - 150cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 40-50cm on mountain and 10-20cm of fresh snowfall at base. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone not open yet. - Upper - 245cm - Lower - 130cm --- Happo-one: Most courses at Happo-one are now open. Grad Quad not open. Snow Chao Kids Park open; Happo Banks The Snow Park not yet open. - Usagidaira - 250cm - Nakiyama - 120cm - Sakka - 130cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at base and 40cm on upper areas. Lifts 5 and 7 not open - resort mostly open... Rabbit, Snake, Kamoshika, Ipponmatsu now open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 290cm - Lower - 200cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open. Next night skiing is from 27th December through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas. - Tsuga-no-mori - 260cm - Maruyama - 160cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part open. - Upper - 200cm - Lower - 120cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part open. - 220cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - 130cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 226cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 226cm reported on 17 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 243cm Posted on Saturday 27th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba. It looks like we're going to get some great views in today. Not much in terms of new snow to report this morning - and resorts report up to 10cm fresh - and it looks like we are going to be treated today with cloud early on already starting to clear up. Often get some amazing dramatic views when this happens. We are expecting fine, clear skies later today and tomorrow from the start of the day and maybe a day or two of slightly milder temperatures as well. Snow doesn't look like being too far away though with more due from Monday onwards. So make the most of the blue skies while you can. The Tree Riding Zone over at Hakuba 47 will be open from today. The resort describes it as 'a course for the adventurous, seeking a thrilling winter sports experience.' The area is ungroomed and unsupervised. You need to sign up and agree to the rules and also wear a fetching high visibility jacket to use the TRZ. Registration and all that stuff ovet at the school center at the resort. It should be a very fine weekend. I hope you can enjoy it. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 27th December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 1cm on Toomi area. All lifts operating. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. Early morning skiing from 6:30am from today until 4th January (and then on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). - Alps Daira - 280cm - Toomi - 180cm - Iimori - 155cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting no fresh this morning. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone plan to open from today. - Upper - 250cm - Lower - 135cm --- Happo-one: Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift still out of action due to damage to the snow nets - they hope to have it fixed up before the end of the year. Nakiyama night skiing will start from tomorrow (27th December) from 5pm until 9pm. Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open. - Usagidaira - 240cm - Nakiyama - 120cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall on both upper and lower areas. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 320cm - Lower - 210cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open. Next night skiing is from today through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays. - Tsuga-no-mori - 270cm - Maruyama - 145cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall. Most of Iwatake is now open, just View A, View B, North and Sonezawa yet to open. - Upper - 200cm - Lower - 120cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Resort is mostly open. - 230cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 15th March. - 170cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 27th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 243cm reported on 20 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 236cm Posted on Thursday 25th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Merry Christmas to all Hakuba Now and SnowJapan readers. It's a white Christmas here in Hakuba. Most new snowfall being reported by Hakuba Cortina resort who say there's been up to 40cm of fresh on the upper slopes over there. Goryu reporting 25cm, 47 reporting 30cm higher up and 10-15cm at base, Happo-one reporting 10cm. And my eyes report about 5-10cm or so on the ground in the village. It's not as fluffy and dry as it has been; a bit heavier and wet earlier on, but some good looking flakes coming down outside the window just now. Fresh snow is fresh snow, I'm sure it will be fine conditions out on the mountain this morning. Looks like it's really coming down out there now looking at the webcams from around the resorts - very poor visibility with nothing to see other than a sheet of grey/white. Snowfall is forecast on and off for the day today and tomorrow along with the continued cold conditions. Come Saturday the forecast is saying clearer skies and milder conditions through into at least early week. Have a fun Christmas day folk and take care on the slopes. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 25th December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 25cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 15cm on Toomi. All lifts operating except Alps Daira 2&4 and Toomi Number 2 Pair lift. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. - Alps Daira - 275cm - Toomi - 180cm - Iimori - 150cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 10-15cm at base this morning and up to 30cm higher up. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone not open yet. - Upper - 245cm - Lower - 135cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning. Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift still out of action due to damage to the snow nets - they hope to have it fixed up before the end of the year. Almost all areas of Happo-one are now open. The top Grad Quad lift is now open. Snow Chao Kids Park open; Happo Banks The Snow Park not yet open. - Usagidaira - 240cm - Nakiyama - 120cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 40cm of new snowfall on upper areas and 30cm on lower areas. Lifts 5 and 7 not open - resort now mostly open. Heavy snow so Lift 5 closed due to Avalanche danger. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 290cm - Lower - 200cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Most areas of Tsugaike Kogen are now open, most notably the Uma-no-se course not yet open. Next night skiing is from 27th December through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas. - Tsuga-no-mori - 275cm - Maruyama - 150cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is part/mostly open. - Upper - 200cm - Lower - 110cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Resort is mostly open. - 200cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - 130cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 25th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 236cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 236cm reported on 18 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 253cm Posted on Monday 29th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . It was a beautiful day yesterday in the area, but this morning I have new snow to report from Hakuba - around 10cm on lower areas and a bit more higher up with Hakuba 47 and Hakuba Cortina both reporting up to 20cm. With hardly any wind at all, it actually doesn't feel that cold this morning and we are forecast to have a high of around 3 degrees this afternoon. Hopefully we won't get any rain - for now it's snowing. Heavier snowfall is forecast as we click into 2015 around Wednesday into Thursday. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 29th December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 10cm of new snowfall. All lifts operating. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. Early morning skiing from 6:30am from today until 4th January (and then on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). - Alps Daira - 275cm - Toomi - 160cm - Iimori - 150cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 15cm of new snowfall at base and about 20cm higher up. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone open. - Upper - 265cm - Lower - 140cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall. Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift still out of action due to damage to the snow nets - they hope to have it fixed up before the end of the year. Night skiing at Nakiyama every day until mid March. Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open. - Usagidaira - 240cm - Nakiyama - 130cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 15cm of new snowfall at lower areas and 20cm on upper areas. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 290cm - Lower - 185cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Next night skiing through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays. - Tsuga-no-mori - 270cm - Maruyama - 145cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 20-25cm of fresh snowfall. Most of Iwatake is now open. - Upper - 210cm - Lower - 125cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is mostly open. - 230cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 15th March. - 180cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 29th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 253cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 253cm reported on 21 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 256cm Posted on Tuesday 30th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Snow falling and generally poor visibility out on the mountains yesterday, though not a huge amount in terms of cm. Heavy snow falling at the moment in Hakuba - it's really coming down with purpose! That's what we like to see. :) Just a few cm on the ground in the village overnight but if it carries on falling like this it will soon be piling up. Resorts around the valley generally reporting around 5cm of snow, bit more bit less depending - check the numbers that are available below. It's not actually that cold this morning with the thermometer outside telling me that it's currently +1C. Not much of a wind either. Just snow coming down. Poor visibility out on the slopes with all this snow falling this morning and foggy conditions. Expecting slightly milder conditions tomorrow with clearer skies during the day, with a return to snow in the evening. Going to get quite a bit colder as well as we go into 2015 and the year should start off with a heavy snow in the region. A number of 'Countdown' events planned for tomorrow night, as well as some healthy nightlife activities around the village I'm sure! Hopefully the weather won't prevent the fireworks from going up. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 30th December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 3cm at Toomi. All lifts operating. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. Early morning skiing from 6:30am until 4th January (and then on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). - Alps Daira - 270cm - Toomi - 170cm - Iimori - 160cm --- Hakuba 47: No numbers in yet at the time of writing. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone open. - Upper - 265cm - Lower - 140cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 6cm of fresh snowfall at Riesen. Good news in that the Kokusai Number 1 Pair lift is back running from this morning. Night skiing at Nakiyama every day until mid March. Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open. - Usagidaira - 240cm - Nakiyama - 110cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 2-5cm of new snowfall. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 280cm - Lower - 185cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Next night skiing through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays. - Tsuga-no-mori - 265cm - Maruyama - 145cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 180cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall. Most of Iwatake is now open. - Upper - 210cm - Lower - 125cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 2cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is mostly open. - 220cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 15th March. - 170cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 30th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 256cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 256cm reported on 22 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 276cm Posted on Wednesday 31st December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Some varying reports on snowfall this morning from around the valley and it looks like Hakuba 47 are reporting the most. Lots of snow higher up it would seem. Differing numbers aside, let's just go with.... lots. Poor visibility out. Safety first. A heavier kind of snow yesterday, but lighter snow has fallen overnight so it should make for very good conditions this morning. It was only snowing lightly as well when I got up this morning but coming down with purpose once again now. Good to fill in the tracks, not so good if you want the views as well. One local forecast says it should be sunny this afternoon. Doesn't feel like it will as things are now, but you never know. Heavy snow is forecast for tonight into tomorrow. It should be getting much colder as well... those who have arrived in Hakuba might be tricked into thinking that it doesn't get that cold with the curiously and relatively mild conditions at the moment even with the snow coming down. It's set to drop tonight into tomorrow quite considerably. Looks like it's going to be a very snowy New Year and a fine way to see out the old and in with the new. Start how we mean to carry on, I say! I hope that you enjoy your last day of 2014. I have 'duties' tonight (honest!) which means that my report tomorrow may well be late, for which I apologise in advance. --- Remember, I'm updating the info below every day as much as possible so keep your eye on those bits for resort-specific info! --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 31st December 2014. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 40cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira and 20cm at Toomi. All lifts operating. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. Early morning skiing from 6:30am until 4th January (and then on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). - Alps Daira - 290cm - Toomi - 180cm - Iimori - 160cm --- Hakuba 47: Reported 50cm of 'heavy' snow during the day yesterday by Line C. This morning reporting 5-10cm of fresh wet snow on lower slopes and up to 35cm of fresh powder snow on upper areas. Summary: Lots. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone open. - Upper - 280cm - Lower - 150cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall at Riesen, 10+cm at base. Countdown Event from 10pm tonight at Nakiyama, including free night skiing from 10pm (don't ride drunk!) and then all sorts of events until we clock into 2015. Night skiing at Nakiyama every day until mid March. Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open. - Usagidaira - 270cm - Nakiyama - 140cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 30-40cm of new snowfall since yesterday. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 310cm - Lower - 210cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Next night skiing through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays. - Tsuga-no-mori - 309cm - Maruyama - 160cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 185cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall. Most of Iwatake is now open. - Upper - 230cm - Lower - 130cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is mostly open. - 230cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Fireworks from 9pm tonight. Night skiing every day until 15th March. - 190cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 31st December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 276cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 286cm Posted on Thursday 1st January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A very happy new year to everyone reading this. We're enjoying continued fresh snow conditions here at the moment and it's expected to continue more at least for the rest of today and perhaps easing off tomorrow. Some lifts at Hakuba Cortina closed early due to avalanche danger. A reminder that while deep snow conditions are obviously very exciting for us, we need to keep that safety first thinking at the front of our minds as well. Do take care. For those looking forward to seeing the mountains and sunshine, the weekend should bring calmer and clearer conditions to enjoy. With all the new snow it should be an excellent weekend. After the fun of last night I think I'm going to take it easy for the day today and take an relaxing onsen. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations as of 1st January 2015. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 10cm at Toomi and 5cm at Iimori. All lifts operating. All courses open except Adventure Course. Night skiing at Toomi every day until 31st March. Early morning skiing from 6:30am until 4th January (and then on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). - Alps Daira - 295cm - Toomi - 175cm - Iimori - 175cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 10cm during the day yesterday on mountain and 20-25cm of new snowfall since last night at base. All courses open. Tree Riding Zone open. - Upper - 285cm - Lower - 155cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall at Riesen again, and another 10+cm at base. Night skiing at Nakiyama every day until mid March. Happo Banks The Snow Park yet to open. - Usagidaira - 285cm - Nakiyama - 150cm - Sakka - 120cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 60cm of new snowfall since yesterday. (Later report saying 30-40cm... situation unclear. But lots.) Number 4 and 5 lifts closed along with some courses due to avalanche danger. Night skiing every day until 31st March. - Upper - 310cm - Lower - 210cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Next night skiing through 1st January in both Kane-no-naru-oka and Karamatsu-Shirakaba areas; after that mostly Saturdays. - Tsuga-no-mori - 330cm - Maruyama - 190cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 195cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall. Most of Iwatake is now open. - Upper - 250cm - Lower - 150cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall. Resort is mostly open. - 230cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. Night skiing every day until 15th March. - 190cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 1st January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 286cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 10cm 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 463cm Posted on Saturday 14th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A very good morning from Hakuba where we have lots of new snowfall. Unfortunately for me I have to head into Nagano City this morning but for those venturing out onto the mountains, it should be a good one to say the least. Lots of different numbers to report from around the skijo - Hakuba 47 said they had 35cm of fresh up at Line C yesterday afternoon... and another 35cm this morning. If I'm not mistaken, that makes for 70cm up there. Tasty. Happo-one was also reporting over 50cm on upper slopes. This morning Cortina is posting 20-30cm and Hakuba Goryu is reporting 30cm up on Alps Daira. Down at base here I have at least 20cm outside my place. Hopefully you should get the picture - there should be lots of fresh everywhere this morning. Top conditions to enjoy. Just be careful out there and put on your best goggles to maximise vision... visibility limited once again this morning. This morning so far it's been snowing on and off but heavy snow possible today and tonight too. It's quite windy too apparently on upper areas with top lifts at Hakuba Goryu, Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen seem to be affected at the beginning of the day. Keep an eye on that situation if you are heading out. --- It's the Happo-one Fire Festival tonight if you want some cultural fun this evening... head over to the Nakiyama area, starting at 7:30pm. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Saturday 14th February 2015. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 15cm at Toomi. All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course) - Alps Daira - 360cm - Toomi - 180cm - Iimori - 180cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 35cm of new snowfall on mountain by yesterday afternoon; another 35cm overnight and 20cm at base. That sounds good indeed. Tree Riding Zone is open. - Upper - 350cm - Lower - 200cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 15cm of fresh snow. Lots fell during the day yesterday too. Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open. - Usagidaira - 330cm - Nakiyama - 180cm - Sakka - 190cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 20-30cm of fresh snowfall. Open as planned this morning. - Upper - 450cm - Lower - 280cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Uma-no-se and Forest course not open early on. Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season. - Tsuga-no-mori - 365cm - Maruyama - 190cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 220cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: - Upper - 260cm - Lower - 155cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: - 265cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. - 200cm --- Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area: Hakuba Goryu: Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm. Hakuba Happo-one: Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm. Hakuba Cortina: Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm. Tsugaike Kogen: Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm. Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm. Kashimayari: Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm. Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 14th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 463cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 61cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 443cm Posted on Friday 13th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . About 5cm of snow on the ground and it's coming down nicely just now as I sit here writing this report. Looking like it's going to be poor visibility out on the slopes, or certainly most of them, this morning, and with moderate to heavy snowfall due to continue I think that's going to be the story today. The price we must pay for the goods! Going to keep cold for the day too, and a real contrast with the relative warmth of yesterday which felt almost spring-like - and so did the snow in places as well. Don't want to even mention that word just yet! Luckily, we're back to winter today. The snow and cold should continue through tomorrow maybe easing off as we get into Sunday. Look for some decent numbers being reported tomorrow morning! Should be a good weekend. Just wrap up well and be ready for the weather. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Friday 13th February 2015. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 15cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 5cm at Toomi. All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course) - Alps Daira - 335cm - Toomi - 170cm - Iimori - 170cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 15-20cm of new snowfall at upper areas and 10cm at base. Tree Riding Zone is open. - Upper - 300cm - Lower - 185cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 10cm of fresh snow at Riesen. Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open. - Usagidaira - 320cm - Nakiyama - 170cm - Sakka - 190cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall. Open as planned this morning. - Upper - 450cm - Lower - 280cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Uma-no-se and Forest course not open early on. Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season. - Tsuga-no-mori - 365cm - Maruyama - 190cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 215cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall. - Upper - 260cm - Lower - 155cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: - 265cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. - 200cm --- Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area: Hakuba Goryu: Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm. Hakuba Happo-one: Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm. Hakuba Cortina: Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm. Tsugaike Kogen: Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm. Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm. Kashimayari: Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm. Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 13th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 443cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 41cm 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 437cm Posted on Tuesday 10th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . A very good morning to you from a snowy and cold Hakuba. It was very cold through the day yesterday with a bit of snowfall on the mountains, and then some heavy snowfall overnight. Cortina once again reporting 30-40cm of fresh but Hakuba Goryu wins the 'most snow reported' award this morning with 50cm up on the Alps Daira top area up there. Happo and 47 also reporting a good 25-30cm as well, so we are spoilt for choice this morning. Not a good day for scenery though as the snow continues to fall and it's generally very visibility out there. Cold too. Need the right goggles and gear this morning. Forecast telling us to expect it to not last much longer today, and we might get a clearer and sunny day tomorrow with temps rising into low positive numbers. It's a national holiday as well tomorrow, so good timing there. More snowfall is due after that though, late Friday going into the weekend. The goods are out there this morning. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Tuesday 10th February 2015. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 50cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 25cm at Toomi and 20cm at Iimori All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course) - once they clear the snow up there... delayed opening of top area. - Alps Daira - 325cm - Toomi - 170cm - Iimori - 170cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 30cm of new snowfall at base; reporting 5cm on mountain at 3pm yesterday Tree Riding Zone is open. - Upper - 315cm - Lower - 190cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 25cm of fresh snow at Usagidaira. Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open. - Usagidaira - 330cm - Nakiyama - 160cm - Sakka - 170cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 30-40cm of fresh snowfall. Open as planned this morning. - Upper - 460cm - Lower - 300cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Gondola not moving early on due to weather conditions. Uma-no-se and Forest courses not open. Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season. - Tsuga-no-mori - 365cm - Maruyama - 210cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 215cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall, seems low. - Upper - 270cm - Lower - 160cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: New snowfall not updated in time for report - 255cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. - 200cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 10th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 437cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 35cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 438cm Posted on Wednesday 11th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba and after that big delivery of snow to report yesterday morning, not much to add to that this morning. Though it must be noted that there were huge amounts of fun and excitement had between then and now of course! Conditions should be great this morning too. Earlier this morning there was quite a bit of blue sky to see, but since then the clouds have taken control of the skies and it's just generally cloudy now over the valley. We are expecting the sun today though as well as mild - slightly warm - conditions later today and tomorrow morning. Get ready for more cold and more importantly much more snow though... later on in the day tomorrow (night?) into Friday and into Saturday is looking like it might deliver in a big way. Today is a holiday in Japan - National Foundation Day - so that's why it'll surely be busier than a normal mid weekday. --- Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Wednesday 11th February 2015. Subject to change during the day: Hakuba Goryu: Reporting 2cm of new snowfall at Alps Daira, 0cm at base All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course) - Alps Daira - 335cm - Toomi - 170cm - Iimori - 170cm --- Hakuba 47: Reporting 0cm of new snowfall at base. Tree Riding Zone is open. - Upper - 315cm - Lower - 190cm --- Happo-one: Reporting 3cm of fresh snow at Riesen. Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open. - Usagidaira - 325cm - Nakiyama - 160cm - Sakka - 170cm --- Hakuba Cortina: Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall. Open as planned this morning. - Upper - 460cm - Lower - 300cm --- Tsugaike Kogen: Uma-no-se course not open early on. Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season. - Tsuga-no-mori - 360cm - Maruyama - 200cm - Kane-no-naru-oka - 215cm --- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall. - Upper - 270cm - Lower - 155cm --- Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall. - 265cm --- Kashimayari: All areas now open. - 200cm Hakuba Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 11th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 438cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 276cm reported on 23 days January 2015 snowfall 126cm reported on 14 days February 2015 snowfall 36cm 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