Hakuba Now: Sunday 25th November 2012
- Nov 25, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 31, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 25cm
Weather overview Clear blue skies
Wind
-
Temperature -
Visibility Excellent
Posted on Sunday 25th November 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It is clear and sunny across all of Hakuba this morning, an absolutely beautiful morning indeed. At the base in the village the temperature is around 0C but seems destined to rise quickly and top out in the afternoon at around 8 degrees. For now though it is chilly and the air is cool. The sun is out and all is good. Though we could do with a nice fresh dump of snow of course!
Hakuba 47, Hakuba Goryu, Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen all remain operating as they have been with early skiers and boarders taking advantage of the un-crowded trails. Yesterday the higher parts of mountains actually enjoyed a bit of a topup of snowfall during the afternoon, which was of course welcome.
What you really want to know is when are we going to get our snow, right? Well, unfortunately it is looking likely that we will be rained on before we get snowed on. In the village at least, where tomorrow looks set to be a rainy day. The mountains may well be getting a new coat of snow at the same time, so fingers crossed on that. Tuesday should see a return to colder conditions.
I won't add in the snow depth numbers to the report below yet. For the record Goryu have 35cm and Happo 60cm as their official numbers at the moment. There's still decent cover up there which is good, but there's hardly any snow remaining on the lower areas now.
Resorts currently part open & operating lifts:
Happo-one:
Gondola
Usagidaira pair
Kurobishi No2 quad
Kokusai No3 pair
Panorama pair
(* expect the last two to not be open from tomorrow)
Hakuba Goryu:
Gondola
No1 pair lift
Hakuba 47:
Lline E lift (access via Goryu)
Tsugaike Kogen:
Gondola
Hannoki pair
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Data as of Sunday 25th November 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (15th November) November 2012 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.