Hakuba Now: Friday 29th March 2013
- Mar 29, 2013
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 559cm
Weather overview Cloudy
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Friday 29th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Interesting this morning. Quite cool and now about 7 degrees at Happo base and 5 degrees up at Usagidaira @ 1400m.
Lots of low cloud around this morning. Early morning fog in the valley. Couldn't see much in front of me out on the roads earlier.
Some of the views on show from the Happo webcams this morning were awesome - the lifts peeking over a complete cover of cloud. Amazing. Still looks pretty good now from up there, though the clouds have started to break up. In other areas visibility ranges from decent to poor as the band of cloud continues to hang around mid mountain areas.
Yesterday was a really warm day out there. Temperatures roase to around 18 degrees at base and well into the mid teens on mountain - it was almost riding in t-shirt kind of weather.
So a bit cooler today. A chance of rain today, lets hope that doesn't happen.
The weekend should keep about the same with sunny conditions currently forecast for tomorrow.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 29th March 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
No new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 230cm;
Toomi - 70cm;
Iimori - 50cm
Hakuba 47:
0cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 145cm
Lower - 60cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 170cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 20cm
Sakka - 30cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 250cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Cortina:
No new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 260cm
Lower slopes - 135cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 100cm
Lower slopes - 30cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
70cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 29th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 601days 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 February 2013 snowfall 168cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall: 10cm reported on 4 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.