Hakuba Now: Wednesday 29th January 2014
- Jan 29, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 254cm
Posted on Wednesday 29th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Well I'm happy to report that we did get some new snow overnight on the mountains with the most being reported by Hakuba Goryu, Hakuba 47 and Happo-one - all saying 15cm of fresh up top. Other resorts are coming in with numbers up to 10cm, while down here in the village we just got a few cm or so.
It was a round lunchtime yesterday when the snow clouds moved in on the area and snow in the mountains, gradually coming down to village level.
There's lots of cloud hanging around this morning, but blue sky and sun as well. The forecast is for sun and I can believe it, we're on for a clear up I would say this morning. It's going to maybe warm up to a mild +5C today and tomorrow similarly mild. I hate to say it but rain looks likely before snowfall hopefully on Friday.
Back to right now - one of the Happo-one webcams is giving some pretty spectacular images at the moment with the lift rising above a thick bank of cloud but blue skies and the sun shining down on the slopes at the same time.
Amazing scenery.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at Iimori; 10cm at Toomi and 15cm on upper slopes.
Upper - 280cm
Toomi - 160cm
Iimori - 140cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at base and 15cm on upper areas.
Upper - 260cm
Lower - 95cm
Happo-one:
Reporting 15cm of new snowfall at Riesen area.
Usagidaira - 245cm
Nakiyama - 80cm
Sakka - 100cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 205cm
Lower - 70cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 310cm
Maruyama - 130cm
Kanenonaruoka - 150cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 10cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 300cm
Lower - 160cm
Hakuba Minekata:
60cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Wednesday 29th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 254cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 122cm reported on 15 days January 2014 snowfall 97cm 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.