Hakuba Now: Friday 11th January 2013
- Jan 11, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 260cm
Weather overview Mostly cloud
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Friday 11th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba. The clouds stuck around for the most part yesterday.
Early on it seems to be a case of cloudy on the south side of the valley and patches of blue to the North. Some shadows and the sun peeking through at times again.
New snow of 1-5cm depending on your location around Hakuba. I would have thought more than that on upper slopes but apparently not, in Hakuba anyway. The Hakuba Cortina resort just to the north in Otari this morning is reporting up to 40cm of new snowfall this morning, so if that is to believed - and I have no reason to doubt it - then I know where I would be heading if I were having a day on the slopes. Tsugaike Kogen also apparently got a decent amount.
It is a cold -6 degrees at the moment with a wind at 2m/s. It looks like it will clear later today with the sun beaming through the clouds over the mountains. The upper parts of the mountains should be lovely to ski and ride on today especially if that clears up.
Clear skies tomorrow but it should hopefully stay cold. Still doesn't look like there's much snow on the horizon well into next week so we will have to make the most with what there is out there.
Tomorrow is the first day of a three day weekend here in Japan, as Monday is a national holiday. We can expect things to get pretty busy out there. Early start recommended! Should be a fun weekend.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 11th January 2013 AM:
Please note that resort lift operations are subject to change at any time.
Hakuba Goryu:
1cm of new snow reported on lower slopes and about 5cm upper areas at Hakuba Goryu this morning.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 255cm;
Toomi - 120cm;
Iimori - 90cm
Hakuba 47:
3cm new snow at base and 5cm new up top reported by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 190cm
Lower - 100cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 180cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm
Sakka - 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 270cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Cortina:
25-40cm of new snow reported from Hakuba Cortina! Nice.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 285cm
Lower slopes - 155cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 125cm
Lower slopes - 50cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
80cm
Hakuba Minekata:
70cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 11th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 260cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 28cm reported on 5 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.