Hakuba Now: Friday 8th February 2013
- Feb 8, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 410cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind Moderate+
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Friday 8th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Nice and cold in Hakuba this morning. Just a dusting of new snow at village level but up to 10cm on the slopes reported from around the resorts. Some fairly strong winds this morning but as far as I can tell all resorts are open as normal this morning.
As I mentioned temperatures have dropped a fair bit today and it's around -6C in the village now and -12C up at Usagidaira at 1440m with a 5m/s north westerly wind and gusts of over double that.
Snow is forecast for the day today and currenly the mountains are covered in cloud, it's not a day for the camera. Tomorrow should keep cold but it should be calmer and also clearer. Chance of the sun coming out to play.
In resort news, Hakuba 47's half pipe opens tomorrow. Hurray! Let's half pipe.
Monday is a national holiday in Japan - National Foundation Day - and so it's a long weekend coming up. Chinese New Year is also this coming Sunday. It's one of the busiest weekends of the season, so be prepared! You can expect places to be at their busiest over the next few days.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 8th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
1cm on lower slopes, 10cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu this morning
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 275cm;
Toomi - 135cm;
Iimori - 110cm
Hakuba 47:
5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
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:
10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 295cm
Lower slopes - 175cm
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 Friday 8th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 410cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 29cm reported on 6 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.