Hakuba Now: Sunday 9th December 2012
- Dec 9, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 102cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
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Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Sunday 9th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Now this is definitely more like it! Lots of snow to report in Hakuba and a good 30cm or so in village areas.
Hakuba Goryu this morning reporting 50cm of fluffy light snow up top since yesterday, and Hakuba 47 report 40cm. Happo-one are now reporting an impressive 180cm up at the Usagidaira area of the resort.
Hakuba Goryu have now opened up the Iimori Milky Way lift. Hakuba 47 are talking about the chance of Line C opening later on today, which would open up more of the mountain. It's all action as the snow arrives. And with the snow still falling and likely to continue through today and into at least tomorrow, I think we can expect to see more opening up very soon. I'll keep you informed.
Poor visibility out there this morning but not as windy as we were expecting, should be some very fine snow out there to play in.
Exciting!
Official snow depths and operations
Hakuba Goryu:
Goryu reported 50cm of new snow up top this morning.
Lifts operating - Gondola, Alps No1 pair, Alps No3 pair, Toomi Sky Four, Iimori Milky Way.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 100cm;
Toomi - 65cm;
Iimori - 40cm.
Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting up to 40cm of new snowfall this morning.
Lifts operating - Line E and Line A.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 93cm
Happo-one:
Ski lifts/courses:
Lifts operating - Gondola, Alpen quad, Kurobishi No2 quad, Kokusai No3 pair, Panorama pair lifts.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 180cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 180cm
Lower slopes - 30cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 9th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 102cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 55cm 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.