Hakuba Now: Monday 25th February 2013
- Feb 25, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 547cm
Weather overview Fine with cloud
Wind Light to moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Generally good
Posted on Monday 25th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Conditions were rather... blustery... out on the mountain yesterday. Happo was largely closed for lots of the day and other places were limited due to the windy conditions. I made my way up to the top of Goryu in the afternoon along with a few other hardy souls. It kept on snowing, at times lovely great big flakes. 20cm or so during the day yesterday and another 10cm to add to that by this morning.
Snow conditions were excellent, weather and general visibility less so!
This morning I can see much more and the sun is making an early morning appearance too. There's quite a bit of blue sky up there, with some cloud hanging around covering the mountain backdrop to Hakuba. A cold morning and about minus seven degrees now in the Hakuba village area. Snow showers possible according to the local forecast, but it feels like the clear up may be happening now. Tomorrow might be bluebird time. From tomorrow through until the end of the week we can expect some milder temperatures with another topup of snow currently forecast just before the weekend.
Looks like most resort areas are open today, though it seems that the top lifts at Happo - including Skyline - remain closed, so the wind still causing some issues up there apparently. Cortina mostly open with the Number 4 lift moving and earlier on the Number 5 being checked.
Conditions today should be excellent, and the same avalanche advice applies. There's an abundance of untouched powder out there on lift-serviced terrain. Hope you can get to enjoy it.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 25th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 330cm;
Toomi - 165cm;
Iimori - 150cm
Hakuba 47:
30cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 290cm
Lower - 200cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 300cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 180cm
Sakka - 170cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 400cm
Lower slopes - 190cm
Hakuba Cortina:
25-30cm 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 - 95cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
180cm
Hakuba Minekata:
170cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 25th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 547cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 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 166cm reported on 19 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.