Hakuba Now: Monday 11th February 2013
- Feb 11, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 432cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Fair to poor
Posted on Monday 11th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It is a cold and snowy start to the day in Hakuba. And it was a snowy day yesterday as well only clearing up a bit early evening.
Lots of nice 'new snowfall since last night numbers' to report this morning from around the resorts:
Hakuba Goryu - 20cm on Iimori and Toomi, 30cm up top
Hakuba 47 - 10-15cm on lower slopes, 20-25cm on upper slopes
Happo-one - Usagidaira reporting 20cm of new
Hakuba Cortina - 20cm on lower slopes, 30cm on upper slopes
Add what fell during the daytime yesterday and there's a nice new layer out there. Nice fresh powdery snow. It is about -4 degrees in the village area at the moment. As of 9:20am, Usagidaira at 1400m on Happo is recording a temperature of around -8.
Rather limited visibilty out there I would say again, though this morning it seems that a few of the normally reliable webcams have conked out. Not much wind this morning though the forecast does tell us to expect stronger winds later on in the day.
As expected yesterday was generally very busy on the slopes around the village. This weekend has definitely been one of it if not the busiest two days of the season, I would say. Of course, some resorts more than others and the numbers were much more manageable at some of the 'smaller' (for want of a better word) resorts.
Today is the last day of the long weekend and so there will be more people out than usual for a Monday. Usually on days like this the afternoon gets more like normal as visitors make their way back home in the after lunch. And tomorrow we will be back to normal once again.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 11th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
20cm on lower and 30cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu since yesterday.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 285cm;
Toomi - 145cm;
Iimori - 120cm
Hakuba 47:
10-15cm on lower and up to 35cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 258cm
Lower - 215cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 260cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 120cm
Sakka - 130cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 320cm
Lower slopes - 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
20-30cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 305cm
Lower slopes - 205cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 170cm
Lower slopes - 70cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
140cm
Hakuba Minekata:
110cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 11th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 432cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 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 51cm reported on 9 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.