Hakuba Now: Saturday 28th December 2013
- Dec 28, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 143cm
Posted on Saturday 28th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Mostly cloudy and foggy up on the mountains yesterday, light snow falling at times, though some sunny spells in the village and glimpses of the sun depending where you were later in the afternoon.
Varying snowfall reports from across the valley this morning, ranging from 0cm to 40cm. Wind has played it's part in those numbers this morning but Goryu are talking about 20cm of fresh snow on upper slopes and Hakuba Cortina winning the 'most snow' competition this morning with up to 40cm reported over there since yesterday.
Visibility is generally better this morning than yesterday though still limited in places. Snow is falling down to village level this morning and temperatures remain cold. In fact, it's a very cold morning here with temperatures remaining at around -4C mid morning. It'll be minus double figures up there.
Snow clouds forecast to never be far away through into New Year now, though it does seem to be a case that it should be variable conditions each day rather than full on blizzard.
Weather conditions seem to be affecting a few lifts this morning including the top Grat quad lift at Happo-one and the top part of the Gondola and top Tsuga Number 2 lift at Tsugaike Kogen. Lifts at 47/Goryu seem to be operating as normal and not affected.
In resort news, nighta operations start today on the Nakiyama runs of Happo-one.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 1cm of new snowfall at Iimoro, 3cm at Toomi and 20cm up top.
Upper - 250cm
Toomi - 140cm
Iimori - 85cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 10-15cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 170cm
Lower - 60cm
Happo-one:
Reporting 0cm on Usagidaira (wind blown) and 2cm at base.
Usagidaira - 215cm
Nakiyama - 45cm
Sakka - 80cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 185cm
Lower - 75cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 250cm
Maruyama - 100cm
Kanenonaruoka - 90cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 25-40cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 255cm
Lower - 135cm
Hakuba Minekata:
60cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 143cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (21st December) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 108cm reported on 12 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.