Hakuba Now: Thursday 7th February 2013
- Feb 7, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 409cm
Weather overview Cloud, wet snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Variable to poor
Posted on Thursday 7th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Snow yesterday and I'd say 15cm or so at village level by the evening time. Not the lightest powdery kind of snow, somewhat heavy. Resorts around the village will have got that and a bit more and I hear reports of up to 30cm in the resorts of Otari, perhaps slight less in Hakuba. Curiously the resorts seem to be almost coy about this new snow on their official reports this morning in a classic case of under-reporting.
Anyway as for today, overnight snow showers continued and at the moment again somewhat wet snow falling in village - hopefully lighter consistency snow on the mountain. Add a few more cm to the tally this morning so far.
As of 9:40am it is -1C at village level and around -4C up at 1400m on Usagidaira over in Happo, and a slight southerly wind. Generally poor visibility out on the slopes this morning with cloud cover and the snow.
This new 30cm or so is of course on top of the rain affected slopes that we had in the days previous, creating increased surface instability. It is recommended to stay inbounds at the moment and enjoy the conditions on the resort runs with the increased risks.
Snow forecast to continue on and off through tomorrow and according to some of the local forecasts we might have a clear and calm Saturday. Then back to snow for Sunday.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Thursday 7th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
No numbers yet from Hakuba Goryu
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 270cm;
Toomi - 135cm;
Iimori - 110cm
Hakuba 47:
1-2cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since last night.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 225cm
Lower - 170cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 240cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 100cm
Sakka - 110cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 285cm
Lower slopes - 135cm
Hakuba Cortina:
15-20cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 310cm
Lower slopes - 185cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 170cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
140cm
Hakuba Minekata:
100cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 7th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 409cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 28cm reported on 5 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.