Hakuba Now: Sunday 27th January 2013
- Jan 27, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 381cm
Weather overview Snow has eased off
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Sunday 27th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Anyone out there enjoy yesterday? Poor visibility but with snow continuing to come down there were some very very fine snow conditions out there. Oh yes.
It was Australia Day yesterday and as there are one or two friends from Australia in Hakuba at the moment there were a few lively gatherings last night. Maybe a few sore heads this morning, as well as sore limbs from efforts on the slopes during the daytime!
Visibility is better this morning as things have calmed down somewhat and it was clearer but clouds have been gradually moving in covering parts of the mountains as well. Right now it looks like variable visibility depending on where you are and generally less as you get higher up.
Here's what the resorts are reporting in terms of snowfall since yesterday:
Hakuba Goryu - 15-30cm
Hakuba 47 - 20cm
Hakuba Cortina - 35-45cm
15+cm here in village.
The snow has eased off this morning. It is a cold -6C with a brisk wind here in the village area but it looks like resorts are open as normal this morning.
Up at Usagidaira on Happo it is -9C, average northerly wind speed of 3.6m/s and a maximum of 6.4m/s.
We may see scattered snow showers but the local forecast for the day is generally just cloudy and similar for tomorrow. After that, a run of a few days of clearer weather is likely.
Should be another great day out on the slopes today. Hope you can get to enjoy these powder conditions.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 27th January 2013:
Hakuba Goryu:
Another 15cm of new reported on lower slopes and 30cm on upper slopes from Hakuba Goryu this morning.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 335cm;
Toomi - 180cm;
Iimori - 140cm
Hakuba 47:
20cm of new snowfall reported at base and 40cm up top by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 255cm
Lower - 170cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 240cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 160cm
Sakka - 160cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 345cm
Lower slopes - 150cm
Hakuba Cortina:
35-45cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 385cm
Lower slopes - 255cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 210cm
Lower slopes - 120cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
150cm
Hakuba Minekata:
130cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 27th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 381cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 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 |
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.