Hakuba Now: Friday 19th April 2013
- Apr 19, 2013
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 563cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind Calm
Temperature -
Visibility OK
Posted on Friday 19th April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It is a colder start to the day today with the temperature in village going down to around +2 degrees overnight. 1.5C at the moment and a high of around only eight degrees today, so not as warm as it has been.
And get this... it is actually trying to snow at the moment. Quite successfully too in places even at base and up on the mountains - I can see close to white-out conditions high up on Happo and the snow definitely falling on Hakuba Goryu and Hakuba 47. It's not sticking really at the moment but of course it is always welcome to see snow falling. It almost feels like back at the beginning of the season somehow.
Anyway it's due to clear up today so probably won't last long. We might even get some sun but it should keep quite cool today.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 19th April 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
The following lifts planned to be operating until May 6th - Gondola, upper Number 1 and Number 3 pair lifts. Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 165cm;
Toomi - 0cm
Hakuba 47:
The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Line AB, C and E.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 105cm
Lower - 25cm
Happo-one:
The following lifts planned to be operating until May 6th - Gondola, Alpen quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Kurobishi Number 3 pair, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair
Parallel pair, Skyline Number 2 pair, Grat quad, Kokusai Number 1 pair, Usagidaira pair
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 135cm
Lower - 0cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Ropeway, Tsuga Number 2 pair, Hannoki pair. Need to take the Gondola back down.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 180cm
Lower slopes - 0cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field, Hakuba Sanosaka, Hakuba Cortina and Hakuba Minekata resorts are now closed for the season.
Opening, lift & other notes
Hakuba Happo-one, Hakuba Goryu, Hakuba 47 and Tsugaike Kogen remain part open.
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 19th April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 563cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 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: 10cm reported on 4 days April 2013 snowfall: 4cm 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.