Hakuba Now: Sunday 24th February 2013
- Feb 24, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 527cm
Weather overview Snow!
Wind Moderate to strong
Temperature -
Visibility Not good
Posted on Sunday 24th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Snow and more snow. And wind. It continues to snow. Since yesterday up to 50cm being reported (Cortina), with an average of up to 30cm around the village. It's certainly coming down this weekend. The trees are laden with snow and we feel right slap bang in the middle of winter. Let this feeling continue, especially as we are fast approaching March.
Wind is affecting resorts. Happo is basically only lower lifts this morning as I write this, and the top lifts at Goryu are also on hold. Cortina has it's Number 4 and 5 lifts closed and related courses, due to avalanche risk, so all the goodies out there aren't accessible this morning. Hakuba 47 seems like it has most of it's area open this morning and so perhaps a good choice in terms of open terrain.
It's -7 degrees at village level with a moderate wind here and it doesn't look like it's going to calm down much for the day today.
Very dangerous avalanche conditions with all this new snow piling up. Please see yesterdays message and do take care.
The storm should begin easing off tomorrow and if you are keen to see the sun, Tuesday might be a good idea to get up there. Possible bluebird.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 24th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
15-25cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 330cm;
Toomi - 165cm;
Iimori - 150cm
Hakuba 47:
20-30cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 290cm
Lower - 190cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 300cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 160cm
Sakka - 160cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 380cm
Lower slopes - 180cm
Hakuba Cortina:
40-45cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 450cm
Lower slopes - 300cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 230cm
Lower slopes - 85cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
175cm
Hakuba Minekata:
160cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 527cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 146cm reported on 18 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.