Hakuba Now: Saturday 29th December 2012
- Dec 29, 2012
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 230cm
Weather overview Cloud over village, clear higher
Wind
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Visibility Varied
Posted on Saturday 29th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Lots of lovely fresh snow to report from Hakuba this morning. It started snowing yesterday around mid afternoon and as a result of that continuing overnight we have about 25-30cm or so down in the village. Hakuba Cortina wins in the new snow stakes with up to 35cm reported on their slopes.
It's not that cold though definitely a milder feel to the morning and +1C here in central Hakuba and likely to rise to around 5C. Thick clouds cover the village this morning but hop on the ski lifts and go high up to be treated to some incredible views of that sea of cloud covering the valley and clear blue skies above it. The clouds will probably move on this morning and leave us with a fine day.
It will stay mild tomorrow and rain is forecast for the village. Higher slopes to escape that and it should be snowing everywhere later and the snow clouds will be with us through into mid week. Heavy snow anyone?
So there is lots of new snow to play in this morning - it's not the driest variety, but there should be some fine and very fun conditions to be found out there.
With New Year now just around the corner, expect lifts and slopes to get busier from today.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 29th December 2012 AM:
Please note that resort lift operations are subject to change at any time.
Hakuba Goryu:
15-20cm of new snow reported from Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 210cm;
Toomi - 110cm;
Iimori - 80cm
Hakuba 47:
30cm of new snow reported by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 157cm
Lower - 80cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 170cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm
Sakka - 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 250cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Cortina:
25-35cm of new snow to report from Hakuba Cortina.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 195cm
Lower slopes - 105cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 125cm
Lower slopes - 60cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
70cm
Hakuba Minekata:
60cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 29th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 230cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 183cm reported on 18 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.