Hakuba Now: Saturday 8th December 2012
- Dec 8, 2012
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 72cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
-
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Saturday 8th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
I bring good news! It is a very snow morning here in Hakuba. Yes, the snow is coming down very nicely this morning but curiously we are without the strong winds just at the moment, though they are still forecast to be with us as this snowfall is due to continue right through the weekend into early next week.
We have at least 10cm of fresh snow down at village level at the moment but higher up on the mountain, for example, Happo-one are reporting an impressive 40cm of fresh snow up in the Usagidaira part of the resort. For those willing to venture out in the snow, like I said not as windy as we had forecast but visibility out there is very poor. Can't see much at all really. So need to take special care out there.
It is still snowing and should be like this all weekend so it's really exciting to wonder just how much we can get this weekend and how awesome the conditions will be once this passes.
Around the resorts, Happo have opened up the Panorama lift and course this morning. Hakuba Goryu have opened the Sky Four lift at the lower Toomi area. This morning also sees Hakuba 47 open up the lower Route 4 course and they now have the Line A and Gondola lifts operating as well. So gradually we are seeing more terrain open up, and with this snowstorm likely to bring us a good amount of snow, we can expect more of that in the coming days.
Let it snow, I say!
Resorts currently part open & operating lifts:
Happo-one:
Gondola
Alpen quad
Kurobishi No2 quad
Kokusai No3 pair
Panorama lift
Hakuba Goryu:
Gondola
No1 pair lift
Sky Four
Hakuba 47
Gondola
Line A
Line E
Tsugaike Kogen:
Gondola
Hannoki pair
Tsuga No2 pair
Official snow depths
Hakuba Goryu
Upper - 70cm
Lower - 5cm
Happo-one
Upper - 130cm
Tsugaike Kogen
Upper - 115cm
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Planned opening dates:
Hakuba Cortina
December 15th 2012
Hakuba Iwakura
December 20th 2012
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Data as of Saturday 8th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 72cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (27th November) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 25cm 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.