Hakuba Now: Monday 18th February 2013
- Feb 18, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 473cm
Weather overview Light snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Monday 18th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Hakuba.
A fine and calm day it was yesterday. The skies turned somewhat overcast from early afternoon but it stayed bright until evening arrived.
Snow clouds moved back in overnight and we have around 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning - both around base and higher up, so it seems. Most snow reported coming from Hakuba 47 with 20cm in upper areas.
It is continuing to snow now, though it isn't a particularly cold morning. Right now it is around -2C here at base and just a bit colder at 1400m. In fact some forecasts are calling for sleet or even rain later in the village and lower slopes areas. Hopefully we can avoid that. Not much of a wind this morning.
Should be colder again from tomorrow.
Unfortunately there's some very sad news to report. It seems that there was a death in recent days in the region. A male snowboarder was caught up and died due to avalanche burial in a North East aspect of out of bounds area (ie. not within the resort) of Tsugaike. Apparently he was riding alone during the snow storm conditions and triggered the slide on himself because of a cornice failure. It is always extremely sad to have to report this kind of incident of course, and hopefully hearing the reality of things like this happening might make people re-consider the potential dangers out there. If you are the type who likes to venture out of the course areas, make sure that you know what you are doing, are with someone who also knows what they are are doing and also have the right equipment. Please do take note of ski patrol closures - they're really not there to spoil the day. Our thoughts to the family.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 18th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 290cm;
Toomi - 150cm;
Iimori - 125cm
Hakuba 47:
10-20cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 250cm
Lower - 190cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 280cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 120cm
Sakka - 130cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 340cm
Lower slopes - 160cm
Hakuba Cortina:
10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 385cm
Lower slopes - 250cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 195cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
150cm
Hakuba Minekata:
130cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 18th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 473cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 92cm reported on 13 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.