Hakuba Now: Friday 1st March 2013
- Mar 1, 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 549cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Decent
Posted on Friday 1st March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
So yesterday we started off with those lovely blue skies. As often happens some thin clouds started to form early afternoon and we ended up with overcast skies by the time the lifts had closed for the day.
This morning we have heavy looking grey cloud cover over Hakuba. Visibility seems to be pretty good though. And it's warm, as predicted. Right now it's +5C and we might well be looking at the temperature hitting 10C today and unfortunately rain is still looking likely, even on the resort slopes. We can just hope that damage is limited. Stronger winds likely later on today as well. As of 9am it is +2C up at 1400m on the Usagidaira area of Happo-one.
The positive to take from this is that temps are set to drop as we move into tomorrow and hopefully by the time I'm posting tomorrow's report, I'll be able to report snow. The forecast for all of tomorrow is snow, though I don't think we are expecting heavy snowfall conditions.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 1st March 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 320cm;
Toomi - 160cm;
Iimori - 130cm
Hakuba 47:
0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 275cm
Lower - 175cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 300cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 130cm
Sakka - 130cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 350cm
Lower slopes - 160cm
Hakuba Cortina:
0cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 385cm
Lower slopes - 245cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 230cm
Lower slopes - 95cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
175cm
Hakuba Minekata:
150cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 1st March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 549cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 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: 0cm |
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.