Hakuba Now: Wednesday 2nd January 2013
- Jan 2, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 250cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Fair to poor
Posted on Wednesday 2nd January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Light powder snow. How does that sound? There has been around 10-15cm of it fall in the village overnight and up to 30cm being reported from the mountains around Hakuba and Otari this morning. Hakuba 47 reporting 30cm on the upper slopes, as is Hakuba Cortina. There should be a decent layer of new snow on all of the slopes in the valley this morning.
It's snowing now and the forecast is for more snow today and tomorrow. Fair to poor visibility on the slopes this morning depending on where you are, and there's hardly any wind to report.
Get wrapped up and the goggles on and it should be great out there today.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 2nd January 2013 AM:
Please note that resort lift operations are subject to change at any time.
Hakuba Goryu:
10-15cm of new snow reported from Hakuba Goryu.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 230cm;
Toomi - 120cm;
Iimori - 95cm
Hakuba 47:
30cm of new snow reported on upper slopes by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 190cm
Lower - 90cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 180cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 70cm
Sakka - 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 240cm
Lower slopes - 70cm
Hakuba Cortina:
20-30cm new snow to report from Hakuba Cortina.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 235cm
Lower slopes - 130cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 130cm
Lower slopes - 55cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
70cm
Hakuba Minekata:
60cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 2nd January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 250cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 18cm reported on 2 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.