Hakuba Now: Monday 10th December 2012
- Dec 10, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 132cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
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Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Monday 10th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
You want snow? We got it! It has been an amazing few days for snowfall in Hakuba and I hope that some of you have been able to enjoy it.
Hakuba Goryu this morning is reporting another 40cm of fresh snowfall yesterday, and Hakuba 47 reporting another 30-40cm. Not a bad haul for the weekend?!
Yesterday in all my excitement I renamed the Goryu 'Milky Four' lift the 'Milky Way' lift, my mistake - though actually today that lift is now closed and Goryu plans to open up the Iimori area again from the weekend. More news from Goryu is that they plan to have the Champion Dynamic downhill course open as soon as they have got it ready today, and they also hope to open the Champion Expert course from tomorrow.
Hakuba 47 are opening up more today. The upper part of Route 1, and Routes 2,3,4,5,6 and 8 are planned to be open this morning so a large part of the resort should be open.
At Happo-one, lifts that are open this week are as yesterday. I think we can hope to expect more opening up soon.
Tsugaike Kogen are now reporting a whopping 240cm of snow on the upper slopes of the resort, though at the time of writing this morning strong winds on the mountain are preventing anything other than the lower part of the Gondola there from opening.
The snow continues to fall, the roads are covered in snow. It's a cold -3C degrees this morning. It feels like mid-winter.
Brilliant!
(Forecast tells us that conditions should calm down and clear up somewhat around mid-week).
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 10th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 132cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 85cm reported on 7 days |
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.