Hakuba Now: Saturday 30th November 2013
- Nov 30, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 35cm
Posted on Saturday 30th November 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It's a beautiful morning in Hakuba.
Not only do we have a nice fresh layer of snow on the ground (10cm or so), but it's beautiful blue skies with just a few clouds hanging around. Stunning views of the mountains this morning and all is calm.
Hakuba 47 reporting 30cm of new snow up top with 10cm at base. Cold -4 as if 7am.
At the time of writing it is 2C here near Happo base and with the sun out a high of about 7C is likely later on in the day.
The forecast is... well, a bit dry looking actually with more of a chance of rain in the village than snow. But we can hope that if and when that happens, it will be snow on the upper slopes.
In terms of resort openings and skiable terrain, we're mostly unchanged this morning. At Happo, they have the Alpen quad lift moving today, in place of the previously operating Usagidaira pair lift. The Kokusai Number 1 pair is also moving but like the Gondola just to get people up to the snow and back.
Tsugaike Kogen now also has the Tsuga Number 2 lift operating this weekend.
Hakuba Goryu
Upper - 80cm
Iimori - 0cm
Toomi - 0cm
Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1.
Hakuba 47:
Upper - 90cm
Lower - 15cm
Lifts operating: 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, Kokusai Number 1 pair. The Gondola is just for 'getting there'.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 97cm
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
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Data as of Saturday 30th November 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 |
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.