Hakuba Now: Tuesday 12th February 2013
- Feb 12, 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 433cm
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Posted on Tuesday 12th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Another cold start to the day in Hakuba. When I got up the thermometer was telling me -8 degrees. Not quite so cold now at around -4. Up at Usagidaira on Happo, it's down to -11 degrees right now and similar temperatures being reported from other resorts.
Earlier on there were some lovely pink colours going on as the sun came up. All was calm. Sometimes you are rewarded for getting up early! Since then the sun has been mostly blocked out by kind of overcast cloudy cover, though visibility today is generally good. The forecast for the day does seem to be mostly cloudy, followed by some snowfall tonight and into tomorrow. There's just a slight breeze.
Resorts around the villages are reporting between 0cm and 15cm since yesterday, as noted in the list below. With the temperatures remaining cold the conditions should be very nice today.
After the busy busy weekend, today is just a normal Tuesday and so should be less busy.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 12th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
0cm on lower and 10cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 290cm;
Toomi - 145cm;
Iimori - 120cm
Hakuba 47:
1cm on lower 5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47.
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 - 310cm
Lower slopes - 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
10-15cm 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 Tuesday 12th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 433cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 52cm reported on 10 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.