Hakuba Now: Monday 17th December 2012
- Dec 17, 2012
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 152cm
Weather overview Clear and sunny
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Excellent
Posted on Monday 17th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It was a colder early morning in Hakuba, down to around -3C overnight and currently hovering around 0C, though likely to rise to around 6C later on in the day. The sun is out and blue skies all around with just a slight south westerly wind. So a clear morning likely with patches of cloud and fingers crossed later on it should be snowing, though it may well start off as rain and sleet before the white stuff starts to fall. Tomorrow should be colder though and bring with it fresh snow, so we can look forward to that. The colder temperatures should remain through the week as well, though at the moment the forecast doesn't promise any significant snowfall after what we get tonight into tomorrow, through into next week.
In resort news this morning, Happo-one seem to be saying that they will have all courses on the mountain open from Friday.
Hope to bring you news of snow in my report tomorrow.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 17th December 2012 AM:
Please note that resort lift operations are subject to change at any time.
Hakuba Goryu:
No new snow to report.
Lifts operating - Gondola, Alps No1 pair, Alps No3 pair, Toomi Sky Four, Toomi No1 pair, Cosmo Four, Milky Four, No1 high speed, No6 pair.
All main areas and courses at Hakuba Goryu now open.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 170cm;
Toomi - 85cm;
Iimori - 45cm
Hakuba 47:
No new snow to report.
All runs at Hakuba 47 are now open.
Lifts operating - Gondola, Line A, Line C and Line E.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 120cm
Lower - 40cm
Happo-one:
Ski lifts/courses:
Lifts operating - Gondola, Alpen quad, Kurobishi No2 quad, Panorama pair, Happo Riesen quad, Nakiyama No3 triple lift.
You can now ride down to gondola base.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 170cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 40cm
Sakka - 40cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The Gondola, Tsuga No2 pair, Hannoki pair, Shirakaba quad, Tsugaike Chuo triple lift and Karamatsu pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 260cm
Lower slopes - 70cm
Hakuba Cortina:
No new snow to report
Number 2 quad and Number 4 pair lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 145cm
Lower slopes - 70cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
The Gondola, 4 line East, 5 line South, Paradise triple lifts are operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 115cm
Lower slopes - 55cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Number 2 quad, Number 3 quad and Number 6 pair lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
50cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 17th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 152cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 105cm 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.