Hakuba Now: Friday 7th December 2012
- Dec 7, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 62cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow expected
Wind
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Temperature -
Visibility Fair
Posted on Friday 7th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Last night the snowfall was around 2-3 cm but strong winds blew a lot of that snow off the main mountain at Happo-one which is around 90cm. The village base has not changed and pretty much the same conditions as we saw yesterday with just a bit of snow on the ground now.
This morning the sun has been out, but grey clouds persist over Hakuba's peaks and it actually seems to be getting greyer and we do have snow showers forecast for the day.
The temperature is between 0 and -3 degrees Celsius it feels fairly mild around the village. Presently there is close to no wind though, above 1200m slight breezes are blowing bringing the chill factor to about -3 degrees up top.
Yesterday, the Hakuba Goryu resort opened the Alps No3 pair lift and with it the Grand Prix course. After a days rest, the Line E lift at Hakuba 47 also re-opens today.
If the weather forecast is spot on later in the evening as temperatures drop to a freezing -7 more light dry snowfall is expected in the area and then we have that heavy snowfall forecast for the weekend. There is a high chance of strong winds over the weekend as well which may well affect the lifts at resorts. If we get all that snow though, into next week conditions should be very nice indeed.
Resorts currently part open & operating lifts:
Happo-one:
Gondola
Alpen quad
Kurobishi No2 quad
Kokusai No3 pair
Hakuba Goryu:
Gondola
No1 pair lift
Hakuba 47
Line E
Tsugaike Kogen:
Gondola
Hannoki pair
Tsuga No2 pair
Official snow depths
Hakuba Goryu
Upper - 60cm
Lower - 5cm
Tsugaike Kogen
115cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 7th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 62cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (27th November) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 15cm 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.