Hakuba Now: Wednesday 19th December 2012
- Dec 19, 2012
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 154cm
Weather overview Cloud but clearing up
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Good
Posted on Wednesday 19th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The snow was falling most of the time yesterday and overnight, but this morning just a few cm of new snow to report in the village. Goryu and 47 are both reporting 5cm of new snow on upper slopes, while just to the north in Otari the Hakuba Cortina resort received 10-15cm of new snow overnight.
It is a colder morning with a temperature of -6C earlier on, currently around -5C in the village.
Snow showers earlier on have been clearing up as and while there is still a lot of cloud there is an increasing amount of blue sky on show as well. It looks like things may well clear up further as the day moves on.
The current forecast tell us to expect somewhat milder conditions Friday and Saturday before a cold front moves in late weekend bringing with it potentially heavy snowfall. Hopefully it will once again be a very white and snowy Christmas!
Someone emailed us asking a question about the new snowfall numbers that we put on the page for some resorts - and why we present the numbers for some resorts and not others. The simple reason for that is that the information is readily available on a daily basis for the ones that we put on the page. Hopefully it will give a good idea of how the snow is falling around the Hakuba and Otari resorts.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 19th December 2012 AM:
Please note that resort lift operations are subject to change at any time.
Hakuba Goryu:
5cm of new snow to report on higher runs, just a sprinkling low down.
Lifts operating - Gondola, Alps No1 pair, Alps No3 pair, Toomi Sky Four, Toomi No1 pair, Cosmo Four, Milky Four, No1 high speed, No6 pair.
Goryu plans to get the Toomi No1 pair operating from tomorrow (Thursday)
All main areas and courses at Hakuba Goryu now open.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 170cm;
Toomi - 80cm;
Iimori - 35cm
Hakuba 47:
5cm of 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 - 125cm
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 - 150cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 40cm
Sakka - 30cm
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 - 250cm
Lower slopes - 70cm
Hakuba Cortina:
10-15cm of new snow to report from Hakuba Cortina.
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 and 5 line South lifts are operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 110cm
Lower slopes - 50cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Number 2 quad, Number 3 quad and Number 6 pair lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
50cm
Hakuba Minekata:
Minekata plans to open from Saturday 22nd December.
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 154cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 107cm reported on 12 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.