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Hakuba Now: Monday 2nd December 2013

  • Dec 2, 2013
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 35cm

Posted on Monday 2nd December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Light snow falling on upper elevations earlier this morning and a bit wet with some rain here in the village as of 8am. It looks set to clear up though and cloud with sun later in forecast for the day. It is 2 degrees at the moment, with a high of around 8C forecast for later.


Not much else to report this morning. I'll be trying to keep up to date with all of the reported snowfall from the resorts below, as well as which lifts are moving at each of the resorts in this early stage of the season.


Hakuba Goryu

Reporting 1cm of new snow on upper slopes.

Upper - 80cm

Iimori - 0cm

Toomi - 0cm

Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3.


Hakuba 47:

Reporting 1cm of new snow on upper slopes.

Upper - 83cm

Lower - 10cm

Lifts operating: Line C, Line E


Happo-one:

Usagidaira - 90cm

Nakiyama - 0cm

Sakka - 0cm

Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair. The Gondola is just for 'getting there'.


Tsugaike Kogen:

Tsuganomori - 102cm

Maruyama - 30cm

Kanenonaruoka - 30cm

Lifts operating: Gondola, Hannoki pair, Tsuga Number 2 pair lift


Other resorts planned opening dates:

Hakuba Norikura - mid December

Cortina - 14th December

Hakuba Iwatake - 20th December



Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Monday 2nd December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 35cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 0cm




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