Hakuba Now: Sunday 22nd December 2013
- Dec 22, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 139cm
Posted on Sunday 22nd December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
And yes... more snow.
10cm or so here in the valley, resorts reporting 10-30cm or so again on lower/upper slopes. Actually, no, Hakuba Cortina have come up with their usual impressive numbers with 40-50cm of new snowfall reported over there. Tsugaike Kogen numbers have taken a good jump as well. Those of you in the know of course will know that those two resorts are actually in Otari village, next to Hakuba village. But we like to include them in here as they are part of the 'Hakuba' picture. It's a wide area of course and snowfall can vary quite considerably from one area to the other. We'll try to keep on top of how things are going in the different areas.
Just in case you haven't noticed, do keep an eye on the "new snow reported" numbers that we will post in the lists below every day. If there isn't a number there, it's either because the resorts haven't been telling people, or we don't have the number in time at the time of the report going up.
And of course we'll be sure to say when it's 0cm too. Oh yes, we don't just talk about things when they are good here. That's how it should be, right? Though obviously it is always much nicer to be able to report good conditions and new snowfall of course!
OK sorry, back to today-specific news. I didn't mention yesterday, but nighta operations started in the valley yesterday. Hakuba Goryu is open each night from 6pm until 9:30pm. The nighta at Happo isn't open yet but they will get started asap. There was nighta last night at Tsugaike as well, and today too... also at Cortina.
Today started off as yesterday ended really with snow falling. It does seem to be perhaps clearing up though mid-morning. Looking at the forecast, we have clearer conditions on the way. Might be sunny for Christmas day before the next snow later in the week.
Looks busy out there this morning. Have fun.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 15-30cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 240cm
Toomi - 130cm
Iimori - 80cm
All open apart from Snow Diving and Adventure course.
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 10-30cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 235cm
Lower - 70cm
All open, including Tree Riding Zone.
Happo-one:
Reporting 25cm of new snowfall at Usagidaira.
Usagidaira - 220cm
Nakiyama - 90cm
Sakka - 100cm
All lifts operating, all courses except Kita One and the Kids Park now open.
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 170cm
Lower - 70cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 270cm
Maruyama - 120cm
Kanenonaruoka - 100cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 40-50cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 250cm
Lower - 150cm
Hakuba Minekata:
80cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Sunday 22nd December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 139cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (21st December) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 104cm reported on 10 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.