Hakuba Now: Monday 24th December 2012
- Dec 24, 2012
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 194cm
Weather overview Cloud, clearing up
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Varied
Posted on Monday 24th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Overcast skies with a temperature of around -2C degrees and a light north westerly breeze 1m/s.
But more importantly we have 20+ cm of fresh snow lying around the village. It snowed heavily all through the night and early morning, and now the snow has eased off. There are deep pockets of powder snow across the valley from Cortina, Tsugaike Kogen, Hakuba 47, Goryu and Happo-one. All nine resorts in the region will be enjoying last nights snowstorm, and from now no doubt so will all the people here to enjoy Christmas.
It's always a pleasure to report the dumps over at Hakuba Cortina and today is one of those... 60cm of new snowfall according to the resort. Hakuba Goryu are reporting 20cm of new snow at base and up top, with Hakuba 47 getting 35cm. The most important thing is that the whole valley got a nice new layer overnight and hopefully more today. Bring it on, Santa-san!
Vision has been poor in places with 'gas' has moving in from 8am but while I'm sure most of us would prefer the snow to continue, it does look like things are clearing up with more of the sun shining down on selected areas through the many remaining clouds. Visibility is going to depend on where you are for the moment at least - poor in some places, clear in others.
Hope you can get to enjoy it!
By the way just in case you are not aware, you can follow the latest forecasts on the resort pages of the site here - just click on the resorts in the right column of this page.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 24th December 2012 AM:
Please note that resort lift operations are subject to change at any time.
Hakuba Goryu:
20cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Goryu this morning.
All main areas and courses at Hakuba Goryu are now open.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 190cm;
Toomi - 95cm;
Iimori - 60cm
Hakuba 47:
35cm of new snow reported by Hakuba 47 this morning.
All runs at Hakuba 47 are now open.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 165cm
Lower - 70cm
Happo-one:
Ski lifts/courses:
Most courses now open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 160cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 50cm
Sakka - 60cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Large parts of the resort now open.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 260cm
Lower slopes - 60cm
Hakuba Cortina:
45-60cm of new snow to report from Hakuba Cortina today.
Number 1 pair, Number 2 quad, Number 6 pair lifts are operating. Number 4 pair not open this morning due to avalanche risk.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 170cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
The Gondola, 3 line North, View 2, 4 line East, 5 line South, Paradise triple and Line lifts are operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 120cm
Lower slopes - 60cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
60cm
Hakuba Minekata:
Both lifts operating.
40cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 24th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 194cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 147cm 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.