Hakuba Now: Sunday 13th January 2013
- Jan 13, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 260cm
Weather overview Mostly blue sky
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Very good
Posted on Sunday 13th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
One of the downsides of an early report like yesterday is that things sometimes end up rather different from early on. Like yesterday. The day ended up being much more cloudy that early on suggested and by late afternoon snow was falling on the mountain. Not enough to bring us news of new cm of snow though and ended up just being a dusting, so new fresh to report.
Waiting for a fresh supply....
Predominantly blue skies and some clouds in the area this morning. The clouds that were nestling up there on the upper areas of the mountains have been dispersing and it has been getting clearer. There'll be some great views on show this morning.
It was mild overnight with temperatures around the village in the positive and today it might end up being around 4C.
It has been quite windy on the mountain. The gondola at Hakuba 47 was delayed but is now operating. The top Number 2 and 4 pair lifts at Goryu have been affected as well. Happo seems to be unaffected at the moment apart from the top Grat lift which is not yet moving today at the time of writing. So it's one of those days when top lifts may need to be stopped without notice, but the good news is that the forecast predicts less wind as the day progresses. So we should be ok.
It's the second day of the three-day weekend and so as you might expect, busy out there!
New snow? Should have some to report by tomorrow morning and tomorrow will likely be a snowy day. Likely clearing up Tuesday and Wednesday before more snow now on the forecast for later on in the week.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 13th January 2013 AM:
Snow depths to be updated later today
Hakuba Goryu:
No new snow reported by Hakuba Goryu this morning.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 255cm;
Toomi - 115cm;
Iimori - 85cm
Hakuba 47:
No new snow reported by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 190cm
Lower - 110cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 180cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm
Sakka - 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 230cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Cortina:
No new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 245cm
Lower slopes - 130cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 115cm
Lower slopes - 50cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
80cm
Hakuba Minekata:
70cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 13th 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.