Hakuba Now: Saturday 23rd March 2013
- Mar 23, 2013
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 559cm
Weather overview Clearing up?
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Saturday 23rd March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It got very overcast by the end of the day yesterday and this morning there's a lot of cloud lingering about. We actually got a dusting of snow down to lower slopes and resorts around the valley reporting 0-5cm of snowfall this morning. The 5cm award going to Hakuba 47.
After rising to around 15 degrees yesterday, temps dipped to around +4 overnight and interestingly it is actually colder now at around 0 degrees as of 9am.
Visibility out on the resorts seems to vary greatly this morning. Some places it's thick cloud and in others it even looks like the sun is managing to break through some clouds. The forecast does actually tell us to perhaps expect conditions to clear and it feels like that may well happen.
More of a chance of sun from the get go tomorrow along with warmer temps as well.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 23rd March 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
1cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 240cm;
Toomi - 85cm;
Iimori - 65cm
Hakuba 47:
1-5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 165cm
Lower - 75cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 180cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 35cm
Sakka - 40cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 270cm
Lower slopes - 100cm
Hakuba Cortina:
0-1cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 270cm
Lower slopes - 150cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 140cm
Lower slopes - 50cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
85cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 23rd March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 601days 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: 10cm reported on 4 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.