Hakuba Now: Thursday 14th March 2013
- Mar 14, 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 555cm
Weather overview Variable
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Thursday 14th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
After the very warm spring of yesterday, this morning we are back for a short blast of more winter like conditions in Hakuba. A modest dusting of fresh snow in places at village level, and resorts reporting a few cm at base and up to 5cm this morning. Not enough to cover the generally hard and icy conditions under it of course, but hey... it's snow!
Mixed weather conditions this morning so far. Earlier on I saw quite a bit of blue sky behind the bank of clouds up there, but now it has really clouded over with some very poor visibility. A quick look at the Happo and Goryu upper webcams shows that visibility is down to almost nothing, but decent around the gondola at Hakuba 47.
A moderate wind on mountain but resorts seem to be open as scheduled.
Anyway the forecast tell us to expect the clouds to clear up today and expect clear and sunny weather along with warmer temps tomorrow.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 14th March 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
5cm of new snowfall reported on upper slopes of Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 265cm;
Toomi - 115cm;
Iimori - 100cm
Hakuba 47:
3cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 200cm
Lower - 100cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 245cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 70cm
Sakka - 70cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 300cm
Lower slopes - 120cm
Hakuba Cortina:
0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 315cm
Lower slopes - 190cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 180cm
Lower slopes - 65cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
110cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 14th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 555cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 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: 6cm reported on 2 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.