Hakuba Now: Sunday 16th February 2014
- Feb 16, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 343cm
Posted on Sunday 16th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Heavy snowfall has continued. But the weather conditions - strong winds, all that snow, and checking for safety - are causing some problems at resorts with some lifts at most of the resorts either delayed or just not moving.
If you are out today, checking before going is a good idea.
Back to yesterday. Heavy snowfall in the morning and after easing off in the afternoon a bit, it was coming down again during nighta in the evening. There's varying numbers from around the resorts this morning, but basically... a lot.
Hakuba 47 are recording 40cm of snow since yesterday morning; 30cm at Cortina.
In terms of snowfall numbers, this mid-February storm is treating us really well. It's all great and exciting to get all of this new snow of course, but at the same time extreme caution is advised out there as all this sudden snowfall poses real avalanche dangers outside of the resorts areas. Today is really not the day to go exploring. There's plenty of untouched snow on the resorts courses this weekend - especially with the traffic problems that are still preventing lots of people from actually getting here.
The snow is expected to ease off today and while we might still have some snow showers, we might also get to see a bit of the sun later tomorrow.
Take care out there.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 15cm of new snowfall on Iimori, 10cm on Toomi and 30cm up top.
Upper - 300cm
Toomi - 190cm
Iimori - 160cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 30-40cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 285cm
Lower - 120cm
Happo-one:
Reporting 15cm of new snowfall.
Usagidaira - 240cm
Nakiyama - 120cm
Sakka - 140cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 240cm
Lower - 100cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 340cm
Maruyama - 120cm
Kanenonaruoka - 190cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 20-30cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 310cm
Lower - 210cm
Hakuba Minekata:
120cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Sunday 16th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 343cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 122cm reported on 15 days January 2014 snowfall 97cm reported on 12 days February 2014 snowfall 89cm reported on 6 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.