Hakuba Now: Monday 11th March 2013
- Mar 11, 2013
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 552cm
Weather overview Fine, cloud
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Decent
Posted on Monday 11th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Some wild weather conditions yesterday and lots of variation too. After the storm, rain, wind, fog and cloud, we ended the say with lots of blue sky above Hakuba village and the sun making a late appearance.
After the madness of yesterday, it's a much calmer start to this Monday morning. Much colder and some new snowfall on the mountains with, for example, 47 and Cortina reporting up to 5cm of fresh on their slopes. Currently around -2C at base and it won't warm up as much today.
Variable visibility on the slopes around the valley. The sun is out and quite a lot of blue sky this morning, but cloud hanging around the mountains.
Tomorrow is more likely to start off sunny and warm up to near 10C during the day and then be warmer until Thursday when we are due another short cold snap. A bit up and down at the moment.
The Hakuba Minekata hill has closed now for the season. Will post other closing dates as and when we get them, but it'll be a while before the next one, and of course some of the bigger resorts continue on into May.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 11th March 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 275cm;
Toomi - 130cm;
Iimori - 110cm
Hakuba 47:
5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 220cm
Lower - 120cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 270cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm
Sakka - 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 320cm
Lower slopes - 120cm
Hakuba Cortina:
0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 320cm
Lower slopes - 215cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 190cm
Lower slopes - 65cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
120cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 11th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 552cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 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 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 3cm |
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.