Hakuba Now: Wednesday 6th February 2013
- Feb 6, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 389cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Wednesday 6th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
The clouds lifter yesterday and we ended up with a fine afternoon - by mid afternoon the poor visibility of the morning in places had turned into nice clear views and all was calme. Before it went dark the skies went all 'silver' (sounds better than grey!) on us again.
Snow clouds moved in overnight and this morning it is snowing. There's a bit of snow on the ground with the resorts reprting varying amounts - Goryu 3-5cm, Hakuba 47 5-8cm, Cortina 2-5cm - so that should give you an idea.
It's snowing pretty good at the moment, nice big flakes, down to the village and the roads are getting a nice white covering. Drive carefully! Having said that, for now visibility on the slopes looks to be fairly ok - it's not totally whiteout. Let's hope these conditions continue for the day.
An easing off later on and we might get to see the sun tomorrow. Then more snow into Friday. More sun on Saturday, then more snow on Sunday. See a pattern here? All forecast of course, so we'll just have to see how it all turns out.
For the moment, fingers crossed we get a decent amount fall today.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 6th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
3cm of snow reported on lower slopes, 5cm on upper slopes at Hakuba Goryu this morning.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 270cm;
Toomi - 135cm;
Iimori - 110cm
Hakuba 47:
8cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 225cm
Lower - 170cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 240cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm
Sakka - 90cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 280cm
Lower slopes - 140cm
Hakuba Cortina:
2-5cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 300cm
Lower slopes - 170cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 160cm
Lower slopes - 75cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
140cm
Hakuba Minekata:
90cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 6th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 389cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 8cm reported on 4 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.