Hakuba Now: Wednesday 5th February 2014
- Feb 5, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 257cm
Posted on Wednesday 5th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good news and not as good news. Which do you want first?
Let's go with the good news. A return to winter! It's a very cold morning in Hakuba. -8C at the moment and not looking likely to get much warmer during the day. We also have new snowfall to report. Not much down here in the village - up to 5cm or so in places - but Goryu is reporting up to 20cm which Hakuba Cortina has the most reported with 40cm of fresh. Nice.
The less good news is that it's also some strong winds this morning, and that is affecting some lift operations at resorts around the valley . At the time of writing here is the lifts I can see as being affected (and not moving), but of course this is subject to change depending on the conditions:
The Gondola at Hakuba 47.
Skyline Number 2 pair at Happo-one.
Cortina are saying that due to avalanche danger, the Number 4 and 5 pair lifts are closed.
Best to check before getting a ticket as the NNE winds are due to continue for the day.
OK so the snow doesn't look like it is going to continue today leaving us with mostly just cloudy weather. Cloud and cold is what is forecast tomorrow as well but importantly it is going to keep colder which is good to hear.
Later on Friday and through the weekend we are expecting snow to be falling. Hopefully lots of it. We want/need more.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 3cm of new snowfall on Toomi and Iimori, 20cm up top.
Upper - 280cm
Toomi - 155cm
Iimori - 125cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 5cm of new snowfall at base and 10cm up top.
Upper - 250cm
Lower - 85cm
Happo-one:
Reporting 5cm at village area, 8cm of new snowfall at Riesen area.
Usagidaira - 205cm
Nakiyama - 66cm
Sakka - 75cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 180cm
Lower - 60cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 310cm
Maruyama - 115cm
Kanenonaruoka - 120cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 40cm of new snowfall on lower and upper areas.
Upper - 280cm
Lower - 160cm
Hakuba Minekata:
60cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 257cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 122cm reported on 15 days January 2014 snowfall 97cm reported on 12 days February 2014 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day |
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.