Hakuba Now: Friday 27th December 2013
- Dec 27, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 140cm
Posted on Friday 27th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
By lunchtime yesterday it had become more grey than blue as it clouded over, though visibility remained decent on the resorts.
Out on the slopes yesterday, fairly heavy conditions outside of the main courses giving the old leg muscles a good work out, though the groomers were a lot of fun. We got rained on a bit last night down in the village but this morning light snowfall is being reported from the resorts around the valley as noted below. Hakuba 47 are giving us up to 10cm on upper slopes, but curiously the connected Goryu say 0cm... with just a thin layer down on the Iimori side.
I'm glad to report that it is snowing now, still a bit 'wet' lower down, but hopefully it will be snowing through the day and tomorrow. Temperatures look set to drop later today and then keep cold tomorrow. We could really do with some more good consistent snowfall to freshen things up and the weekly forecast seems promising to give us just that.
A quick look at the webcams from around the resorts this morning and I can see that visibility is pretty poor up there at the moment. Or not see, as the case may be! Not much to see at all.
Have a good day.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 1cm of new snowfall at Iimoro, 0cm up top.
Upper - 240cm
Toomi - 150cm
Iimori - 85cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 5-10cm of new snowfall on upper slopes, 2cm at base.
Upper - 180cm
Lower - 50cm
Happo-one:
Usagidaira - 215cm
Nakiyama - 80cm
Sakka - 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 175cm
Lower - 70cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 250cm
Maruyama - 90cm
Kanenonaruoka - 90cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 2-5cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 196cm
Lower - 100cm
Hakuba Minekata:
60cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Friday 27th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 140cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (21st December) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 105cm reported on 11 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.