Hakuba Now: Sunday 10th February 2013
- Feb 10, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 412cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Fair to poor
Posted on Sunday 10th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
I came back to Hakuba early afternoon yesterday and had a look round the resorts. It isn't exactly surprising, but from what I could see it looked extremely busy out there. I suppose it would be surprising if it were any different. But a few of my friends told me that they came back early as they didn't like to deal with the crowds. It was probably a good thing and allowing a bit more space for everyone else.
It was a lovely day though. Just some clouds here and there around the mountains but lots of blue sky in the morning. It became overcast through the afternoon with more cloud developing mid resort levels.
Hopefully everyone out there had a fine day though and the lively parts of the town were as lively as you might expect last night. It might be a good morning to take advantage of a few other people's sore heads from last nights partying early.
Having said that, the resorts already look busy as of 9am. It started snowing earlier on this morning - the road outside my place was clear when I got up but had a thin covering of snow by 7am - and looks like it is coming down in all areas around Hakuba and Otari now. Nice light snow too by the looks.
It's all grey and monochrome looking but visibility generally seems to be ok out there - it's not total white-out... at the moment anyway. That can always change of course. Snow is likely to be with us on and off (hopefully more on than off, of course) through today and into tomorrow. At village now it is about -5C degrees with just a slight northerly wind. -7.5C degrees up on Usagidaira with a 2.2m/s wind.
Tomorrow of course is a national holiday and so we can expect it to be busier than a normal Monday. Crowds will likely start to thin out around lunchtime tomorrow though.
Let me take this opportunity to wish a very happy Chinese New Year to all of those who are celebrating this weekend!
Have fun, and take care.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 10th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
No new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu since yesterday.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 270cm;
Toomi - 135cm;
Iimori - 110cm
Hakuba 47:
1-3cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 220cm
Lower - 180cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 240cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 100cm
Sakka - 110cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 300cm
Lower slopes - 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
1-3cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 300cm
Lower slopes - 185cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 165cm
Lower slopes - 75cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
140cm
Hakuba Minekata:
100cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 10th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 412cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 31cm reported on 8 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.