Hakuba Now: Friday 26th April 2013
- Apr 26, 2013
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 565cm
Weather overview Cloud, fog, light snow
Wind Calm
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Friday 26th April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It was just cloudy earlier on when I first looked out of the window this morning but rain is falling at the moment. Can't see much of the mountains as they are shrouded in cloud. And you know what, it looks like it is snowing at higher elevations taking a look at the Happo and 47 webcams right now. Yes, certainly looks like it, though visibility looks poor. Though I might just have to get up there to confirm!
The forecast seems to be telling us to expect similar conditions tomorrow as well.
Golden Week starts tomorrow with a 3-day long weekend in Japan.
We then have three 'normal' weekdays, followed by a 4-day holiday run from next Friday until the following Monday.
That last day of Golden Week of course also marks the end of the season for all of the ski resorts in Hakuba and Otari (though unofficially there's still lots of snow left in the mountains of course...)
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Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 26th April 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, upper Number 1 and Number 3 pair lifts.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 150cm;
Toomi - 0cm
Hakuba 47:
The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Line AB, C and E.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 100cm
Lower - 15cm
Happo-one:
The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Alpen quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Kurobishi Number 3 pair, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair, Skyline Number 2 pair, Grat quad, Usagidaira pair (Golden Week only)
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 125cm
Lower - 0cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
The following lifts planned to be operating - Gondola, Ropeway, Tsuga Number 2 pair, Hannoki pair.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 160cm
Lower slopes - 0cm
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field, Hakuba Sanosaka, Hakuba Cortina and Hakuba Minekata resorts are now closed for the season.
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 26th April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 565cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 10cm reported on 4 days April 2013 snowfall: 6cm reported on 3 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.