Hakuba Now: Wednesday 5th December 2012
- Dec 5, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 60cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind
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Temperature -
Visibility Fair
Posted on Wednesday 5th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
As expected, it snowed a fair bit last night with 30 cm of fresh snow reported above the 1600m level. Around the village around 3cm of fresh snow is on the ground. Hakuba 47 are reporting 10cm of fresh snow at base, 20cm up at the top of the Gondola and 30-40cm at the top of the resort. Happo-one say they have 90cm.
So some new snowfall - and nice light snow too. It should be very nice up there today.
Light breezes this morning now and temperatures are between 0-2 degrees. There is a little bit of fog and cloud about the mountain ranges at the moment, but clear at base levels from 780-1200m. The main highways have been cleared but are wet and could be slippery.
We are still expecting that heavy snowfall and possibly blizzard like conditions over the weekend. Saturday and Sunday both look like they might bring with them some very considerable amounts of snow. Can't wait!
In resort operations, at Tsugaike Kogen they have an additional lift moving - the Tsuga No2 pair lift. It also looks like Hakuba Goryu plan to have the top Number 3 pair lift operating from tomorrow.
Resorts currently part open & operating lifts:
Happo-one:
Gondola
Alpen quad
Kurobishi No2 quad
Kokusai No3 pair
Hakuba Goryu:
Gondola
No1 pair lift
Tsugaike Kogen:
Gondola
Hannoki pair
Tsuga No2 pair
Official snow depths
Hakuba Goryu
Upper - 65cm
Lower - 25cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 60cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (27th November) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 13cm 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.