Hakuba Now: Thursday 21st February 2013
- Feb 21, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 481cm
Weather overview Cloud
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Visibility Variable
Posted on Thursday 21st February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
New snow to report from Hakuba this morning. Yesterday by afternoon it was snowing and visibility up at Hakuba 47 where I boarding was pretty poor at times. Some nice big flakes coming down.
This morning resorts around the village here are bringing in new snowfall numbers of just a few cm down at base and up to 20cm of fresh snow on the upper slopes.
It's one of those mornings where there has been more snowfall to the north in Otari, and Hakuba Cortina this morning at reporting 25cm on the lower areas and up to 40cm up top. If you want the most fresh snow this morning, the Otari resorts would seem to be the place to be. Just be careful as all that new snow once again will increase the chance of avalanche or mishaps in the back and side country.
Right now it is around -5C at Happo base and closer to -10C on the upper slopes, so nice and cold. Just a slight wind.
This morning starts off generally just cloudy again with the chance of light snowfall through the day. There may be clearings though and a chance of seeing some sun. I can actually see some shadows being cast through the clouds now even over parts of the village.
Tomorrow though, back to snow, perhaps with a vengeance. Some of the forecasts tell us to expect heavy snowfall going into the weekend. Will give you an update on that tomorrow morning.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 21st February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
3cm of new snowfall on lower slopes, up to 20cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 320cm;
Toomi - 150cm;
Iimori - 130cm
Hakuba 47:
10cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 255cm
Lower - 180cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 280cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 140cm
Sakka - 140cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 350cm
Lower slopes - 160cm
Hakuba Cortina:
25-40cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 400cm
Lower slopes - 270cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 210cm
Lower slopes - 85cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
150cm
Hakuba Minekata:
140cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 481cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 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 100cm reported on 15 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.