Hakuba Now: Saturday 7th December 2013
- Dec 7, 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 37cm
Posted on Saturday 7th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
I bring good news!
After that rain and wet yesterday possibly dampening some spirits, it was snowing up on the mountains and this morning we are getting reports of some decent snowfalls up there.
Hakuba 47 - reporting 30cm of fresh
Hakuba Goryu - reporting 15cm of fresh
Happo-one - reporting 20cm of fresh
Tsugaike Kogen - reporting 20+cm of fresh
Nice.
Down here in the village you might not think it as we have only seen a slight sprinkling of snow. Luckily it's not the village that we ski or board in!
It's still snowing up there with generally pretty poor visibility. I'm sure the snow will make up for that though.
Anyway, changes in resort operations that I can tell this morning so far - Hakuba 47 are opening up this morning with the Gondola moving as well (though you need to take it back down to base just yet).
Snow clearing up and eventually the sun tomorrow?
What's looking good though is the potential for a decent blast of snow mid week. Keep all eyes on that one.
Hakuba Goryu
Upper - 70cm
Iimori - -cm
Toomi - -cm
Lifts operating: Gondola, Alps Number 1, Alps Number 3.
Hakuba 47:
Upper - 100cm
Lower - 2cm
Lifts operating: Gondola, Line A, Line C, Line E
Happo-one:
Usagidaira - 95cm
Nakiyama - -cm
Sakka - -cm
Lifts operating: Adam Gondola, Alpen Quad, Kurobishi Number 2 quad, Hakuba Kokusai Number 3 pair, Panorama pair, Kokusai Number 1 pair. The Gondola and Kokusai Number 1 pair lifts are just for getting to and from the open slopes.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 121cm
Maruyama - 10cm
Kanenonaruoka - 10cm
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 7th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 37cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (21st November) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 2cm 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.