Hakuba Now: Thursday 21st March 2013
- Mar 21, 2013
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 558cm
Weather overview Light snow
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Thursday 21st March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Fresh snow! Yes, a few cm of fresh snowfall here in Hakuba this morning and resorts around the valley reporting up to 10cm of new snow on upper slopes (see below). Hurray!
All a big chance from yesterday when we saw the mercury rise again and it got up to around 17 degrees as well. Very warm. March temperature records are being broken in many areas of Japan it seems this year.
So it's sweet to have them drop right back down again. Overnight it got as cold as -3 at village level and right now at 9am it is -2C here and around -7C up on the Usagidaira (1400m) area of Happo-one.
The snow is very likely going to ease off this morning completely and leave us with a fine and perhaps sunny day. Actually even now I can see more and more blue sky behind the departing clouds. Feels like it is going to clear up. It won't be getting as warm as it has been though and keep fairly cold (hopefully).
Fairly strong winds this morning as well on mountain but resorts seems relatively unaffected.
After this quick return to wintery conditions, tomorrow will probably be clear and sunny - and start warming up again.
It seems that the Japan Paralympics starting today until Sunday 24th March at Kokusai 3 and Kokusai 1 lifts. Gambatte! In other Happo news, last night was the last night of 'nighta' on the Nakiyama slopes.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 21st March 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
3cm of new snowfall on upper slopes, 1 cm on lower slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 240cm;
Toomi - 90cm;
Iimori - 70cm
Hakuba 47:
Up to 10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 165cm
Lower - 75cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 200cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 45cm
Sakka - 50cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 275cm
Lower slopes - 100cm
Hakuba Cortina:
5-10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 285cm
Lower slopes - 155cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 140cm
Lower slopes - 50cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
90cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 558cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 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: 9cm reported on 3 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.