Hakuba Now: Friday 22nd November 2013
- Nov 22, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 25cm
Posted on Friday 22nd November 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The lifts are moving, 2013-2014 is on!
So this morning the Gondolas at Goryu and Happo-one kicked the season off in Hakuba at 8:30am, at least with what Happo are calling 'pre-open'. Sounds like open to me that - it's just the Panorama course at Happo and the actually the same named course over at Goryu.
No new snowfall to report since yesterday in the village and there's a lot of cloud hanging around this morning but resorts reporting some snowfall on higher elevations. There seems to be a chance of some snowfall especially higher up today but we are looking at clearer weather for the weekend and a run of milder days going into next week.
For the moment it is +3C in the village area now.
From tomorrow some more of Happo should be open (more of the top area) as well as the first lifts moving over at Tsugaike Kogen.
It will all depend on the weather and snow conditions of course, but from now on we can expect those resorts to try and open up as much as is possible. We'll try to keep you updated on the situation every day from now on.
Have fun if you can get out there today.
Official snow depth numbers:
Hakuba 47:
Upper - 80cm
Lower - 30cm
Happo-one:
Usagidaira - 90cm
Nakiyama - 20cm
Sakka - 20cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Friday 22nd November 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 25cm reported on 2 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.