Hakuba Now: Monday 16th December 2013
- Dec 16, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 97cm
Posted on Monday 16th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
I can see the sky! After those few crazy days of snow, this morning there's some blue sky to see and the sun is showing up. It may seem calmer, but actually we have wind to deal with today. At the time of writing Happo-one is closed with the gondola unable to open up and it looks like the upper areas of Goryu are closed as well with their gondola standing still. Hopefully that situation may change... there's some really fine conditions to be found up there, seems such a waste not to be able to get up there.
More new snowfall to report. About 5cm in village, 47 reporting 10cm at base and up to 30cm higher up. The Usagidaira area of Usagidaira reporting 10cm.
Looks like we are on for a break in snowfall over the next few days, but it's due back Wednesday and then another storm lined up for the weekend.
For mid December, conditions are excellent and there's a lot of snow to play in. It's easy to get excited about it all, but we need to remember to keep safe and always keep in mind there are dangers out there.
Hakuba Goryu
Reporting 10cm of new snowfall on upper slopes and 5cm at base.
Upper - 235cm
Toomi - 100cm
Iimori - 65cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 30cm of new snowfall on upper slopes and 10cm at base.
Upper - 220cm
Lower - 50cm
Happo-one:
Reporting 10cm of new snowfall at Usagidaira.
Usagidaira - 190cm
Nakiyama - -cm
Sakka - -cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 240cm
Maruyama - 60cm
Kanenonaruoka - 70cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 10-25cm of new snowfall since yesterday
Upper - 200cm
Lower - 125cm
Other resorts planned opening dates:
Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 16th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 97cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November and 15th December) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 62cm reported on 7 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.