Hakuba Now: Wednesday 13th February 2013
- Feb 13, 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 453cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Varied
Posted on Wednesday 13th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba and it's snowy news I bring this morning. Around 20cm or so of snow at village/base level this morning with resorts around Hakuba and Otari reporting up to 30cm on the slopes. Hearing reports of up to 40cm.
Conditions on slopes should be excellent this morning. It's actually a relatively mild morning here with the temperature around 0 degrees at base at the moment. Usagidaira at 1400m is reporting a temperature of -7 degrees and a NW wind of about 3.5m/s.
The wind has been affecting lifts early on. Seems some lifts on 47 affected. Over at Cortina the Number 4 and 5 lifts are closed today due to avalanche danger along with some of the popular courses over there.
Snow is still falling on the mountain though lower down in the village there's even a few small areas of blue sky from time to time, though still mostly cloud cover. The forecast is for snow for most of the day in the region, followed by likely clearer conditions tomorrow morning.
[I want to believe the '250cm' of new snow reported by Hakuba Goryu on upper slopes this morning, but I reckon it's more like 25cm. Having said that, 250cm of snow overnight is a scary prospect, if not somewhat exciting. Can you just imagine that. We have been known to post typos from time to time - I remember once Hakuba 47 was on 4700cm snow depth once a few years back acccoring to our report. We fixed that up of course as soon as about 20 people mailed us to let us know!]
Back to serious hat...
So lots of new snow and enough great conditions on the courses of the resorts to enjoy. With heightened avalanche riskes out of bounds it is highly recommended that people stay within the boundaries. Going outside is just asking for trouble. Nobody wants to hear about people being buried or injured on the slopes... Have fun but take care.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 13th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
20cm on lower and 25cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 295cm;
Toomi - 155cm;
Iimori - 130cm
Hakuba 47:
30cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 258cm
Lower - 215cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 280cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 140cm
Sakka - 140cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 340cm
Lower slopes - 150cm
Hakuba Cortina:
20-30cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 395cm
Lower slopes - 245cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 175cm
Lower slopes - 75cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
150cm
Hakuba Minekata:
120cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 13th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 453cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 72cm reported on 11 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.