Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 313cm Weather overview Varied Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Varied Posted on Sunday 20th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. Mixed conditions out on the slopes yesterday depending on where you were. I was at Happo and while the sun was out at times in the morning, by late afternoon there was snow falling and visibility at times was down to zero. I think generally the pattern was clearer conditions, clouding over and followed by snow. Overcast cloudy skies earlier on this morning and about 3cm of new snow at village level in Hakuba since last night. Resorts are reporting some decent fresh snowfall on upper slopes. Hakuba Goryu and 47 both on the receiving end of 20cm of new snow. That place to the north in Otari that sounds like a place in Italy got up to 30cm (and I've been told to tell people not to go there! I think they just want the powder to themselves). :) Strong NE winds on the mountain have been affecting some of the resorts early this morning. The Alpen Quad lift at Happo had suspended operations earlier, but now seems to be moving. It looks like the top pairs at Goryu are affected and Line E at Hakuba 47 started moving at 10:15am, but at reduced speed. Perhaps expect more of the same depending on the wind conditions out there. Today looks likely to generally be a cloudy day with intermittend snow showers, but nothing major. One of those days when it's a real mixed bag of quickly changing conditions as right now it looks like snow is falling on Hakuba 47 but there's a bit of sun breaking through the clouds at Happo. Tomorrow looks more clear cut with sun forecast along with milder temperatures. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 20th January 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 5cm on lower slopes and up to 20cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu this morning. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 300cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 105cm Hakuba 47: 3-20cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 this morning. Official snow depth: Upper - 220cm Lower - 160cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 200cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 110cm Sakka - 110cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 260cm Lower slopes - 110cm Hakuba Cortina: 20-25cm new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 325cm Lower slopes - 190cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 165cm Lower slopes - 80cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 115cm Hakuba Minekata: 100cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Sunday 20th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 313cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 81cm reported on 10 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 8cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Weather overview Light - but heavy - snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Varied Posted on Tuesday 22nd January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. Snow of the heavier variety falling this morning in the village. Yesterday it did continue clouding over, but the sun was still out in places by mid to late afternoon. It was snowing later on and through the night though and this morning the mountains are reporting varying amounts of new snowfall. 10cm at Goryu, 15cm at Hakuba 47 and a perhaps unexpected (but then again it's Cortina) 20-25cm at Hakuba Cortina to the north. Perhaps up to 10cm or so at base levels and areas around the village. As I said it's a heavier kind of snow rather than light and fluffy but it sure is better than anything beginning with the letter 'r' and so it's good with me. Hopefully it can stay this way though temperatures are forecast to rise to around 4C later on in the day today here in village so we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed. We might not be able to avoid it. Right now it is around +1C. Surely it will be snowing higher up though, so that's the place to be. (Isn't it always?!) Clearer conditions are still forecast for tomorrow and Thursday and it's going to keep mild until perhaps Thursday night. From then into Friday we should see a drop and a good chance of decent snowfall which will probably go through into the weekend. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 22nd January 2013 noon: Hakuba Goryu: 10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu this morning. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 290cm; Toomi - 150cm; Iimori - 110cm Hakuba 47: 15cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 this morning. Official snow depth: Upper - 220cm Lower - 165cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 210cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 110cm Sakka - 100cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 260cm Lower slopes - 110cm Hakuba Cortina: 20-25cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 315cm Lower slopes - 190cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 165cm Lower slopes - 80cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 115cm Hakuba Minekata: 100cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 22nd January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 89cm reported on 11 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 382cm Weather overview Cloud, sun Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Sunday 3rd February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . It's colder this morning in Hakuba I'm happy to report. We couldn't escape that rain yesterday. It wasn't the best day of the season, that's for sure. At 3pm, Hakuba 47 were reporting rain on the slopes and a temperature of +4C. If it were spring we might not have cause to complain but for early February it's not what we expect. Having said that most seasons do have one or two events like this and so it's perhaps something we just have to get through. The rain of yesterday means that snow conditions will be unstable and wet. A very slight dusting of snow overnight reported at some resorts around Hakuba and Otari, but enough to cover up the icy conditions. OK on to the more positive news! As I said it is colder this morning and we are back down into negative numbers, though later on it will likely rise to around +2 in village. -7C up at Usagidaira which is around 1400m above sea level, and a slight north easterly wind. Lots of cloud around the mountains this morning and so visibility is variable depending on where you are. Here down in the village there is some blue sky appearing and the sun shining down in places. Chance of light snow tomorrow on the mountains though it will be another mild day and there's a good chance it will be rain again down in the village areas. Tuesday onwards should see a return of more consistently cold temperatures in the region with snowfall forecast for Wednesday and Friday. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 3rd February 2013: Hakuba Goryu: 1cm of snow reported up top from Hakuba Goryu this morning. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 285cm; Toomi - 140cm; Iimori - 120cm Hakuba 47: 2cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 this morning. Official snow depth: Upper - 215cm Lower - 160cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 240cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 90cm Sakka - 90cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 295cm Lower slopes - 135cm Hakuba Cortina: 3-5cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 300cm Lower slopes - 170cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 165cm Lower slopes - 80cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 140cm Hakuba Minekata: 100cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Sunday 3rd February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 382cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 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 1cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

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. ------- 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 Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 389cm Weather overview Cloud, snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Variable Posted on Wednesday 6th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . The clouds lifter yesterday and we ended up with a fine afternoon - by mid afternoon the poor visibility of the morning in places had turned into nice clear views and all was calme. Before it went dark the skies went all 'silver' (sounds better than grey!) on us again. Snow clouds moved in overnight and this morning it is snowing. There's a bit of snow on the ground with the resorts reprting varying amounts - Goryu 3-5cm, Hakuba 47 5-8cm, Cortina 2-5cm - so that should give you an idea. It's snowing pretty good at the moment, nice big flakes, down to the village and the roads are getting a nice white covering. Drive carefully! Having said that, for now visibility on the slopes looks to be fairly ok - it's not totally whiteout. Let's hope these conditions continue for the day. An easing off later on and we might get to see the sun tomorrow. Then more snow into Friday. More sun on Saturday, then more snow on Sunday. See a pattern here? All forecast of course, so we'll just have to see how it all turns out. For the moment, fingers crossed we get a decent amount fall today. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 6th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 3cm of snow reported on lower slopes, 5cm on upper slopes at Hakuba Goryu this morning. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 270cm; Toomi - 135cm; Iimori - 110cm Hakuba 47: 8cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 this morning. Official snow depth: Upper - 225cm Lower - 170cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 240cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm Sakka - 90cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 280cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 2-5cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 300cm Lower slopes - 170cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 160cm Lower slopes - 75cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 140cm Hakuba Minekata: 90cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 6th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 389cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 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 8cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

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. ------- 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 Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 387cm Weather overview Cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Generally poor Posted on Tuesday 5th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Just a sprinkling of snow this morning in the village, with resorts around Hakuba and Otari reporting up to 10cm on the upper slopes. A better picture than yesterday for sure. It did end up raining and we got wet unfortunately. Quickly onto today and we have that slight dusting of new snow along with a colder start to the day. There'll be some hard and icy conditions out there this morning I would think. It's a mostly cloud morning with all but the lower parts of the mountains covered in cloud so generally poor visibility higher up on the upper slopes. Just cloudy though with nothing falling from them and as I said a colder temperature of around -3C in as of 9am. -8 degrees up at Usagidaira on Happo-one but only a slight wind at the moment. Snowfall is likely tonight and into tomorrow morning and we're likely to have snow showers on and off over the next few days. Later in the weekend some decent snowfall is on the forecast so a good idea to keep an eye on that. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 5th February 2013: Hakuba Goryu: 0cm of snow reported on lower slopes, 5cm up top from Hakuba Goryu this morning. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 280cm; Toomi - 140cm; Iimori - 115cm Hakuba 47: 3cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 this morning. Official snow depth: Upper - 220cm Lower - 170cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 240cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm Sakka - 90cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 280cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 5-10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 300cm Lower slopes - 170cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 160cm Lower slopes - 75cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 135cm Hakuba Minekata: 90cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 5th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 387cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 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 6cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 385cm Weather overview Cloud, light snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Generally poor Posted on Monday 4th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Clearer skies yesterday evening after all that cloud during the day. Overnight a bit of new snow. Just a few cm in the village. Goryu reporting 2cm, Hakuba 47 reporting 5cm at base and 10cm higher up. Hakuba Cortina reporting 5cm at base and 10cm up top. It's snowing at the moment but it's not a particularly cold morning though. Earlier on I saw -2C on the thermometer and currently close to 0 degrees and just a slight SW wind. If the forecast is correct though it will warm up a bit during the day today and perhaps rise to around +6 degrees - bringing with it the chance of that horrid rain stuff later on. We should be back to more pleasing colder conditions tomorrow. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 4th February 2013: Hakuba Goryu: 2cm of snow reported up top from Hakuba Goryu this morning. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 285cm; Toomi - 140cm; Iimori - 120cm Hakuba 47: 10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 this morning. Official snow depth: Upper - 220cm Lower - 170cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 240cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 90cm Sakka - 100cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 280cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 5-10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 305cm Lower slopes - 175cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 160cm Lower slopes - 75cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 135cm Hakuba Minekata: 100cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 4th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 385cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 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 4cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 412cm Weather overview Cloud, snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Fair to poor Posted on Sunday 10th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . I came back to Hakuba early afternoon yesterday and had a look round the resorts. It isn't exactly surprising, but from what I could see it looked extremely busy out there. I suppose it would be surprising if it were any different. But a few of my friends told me that they came back early as they didn't like to deal with the crowds. It was probably a good thing and allowing a bit more space for everyone else. It was a lovely day though. Just some clouds here and there around the mountains but lots of blue sky in the morning. It became overcast through the afternoon with more cloud developing mid resort levels. Hopefully everyone out there had a fine day though and the lively parts of the town were as lively as you might expect last night. It might be a good morning to take advantage of a few other people's sore heads from last nights partying early. Having said that, the resorts already look busy as of 9am. It started snowing earlier on this morning - the road outside my place was clear when I got up but had a thin covering of snow by 7am - and looks like it is coming down in all areas around Hakuba and Otari now. Nice light snow too by the looks. It's all grey and monochrome looking but visibility generally seems to be ok out there - it's not total white-out... at the moment anyway. That can always change of course. Snow is likely to be with us on and off (hopefully more on than off, of course) through today and into tomorrow. At village now it is about -5C degrees with just a slight northerly wind. -7.5C degrees up on Usagidaira with a 2.2m/s wind. Tomorrow of course is a national holiday and so we can expect it to be busier than a normal Monday. Crowds will likely start to thin out around lunchtime tomorrow though. Let me take this opportunity to wish a very happy Chinese New Year to all of those who are celebrating this weekend! Have fun, and take care. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Sunday 10th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: No new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu since yesterday. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 270cm; Toomi - 135cm; Iimori - 110cm Hakuba 47: 1-3cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 220cm Lower - 180cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 240cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 100cm Sakka - 110cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 300cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 1-3cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 300cm Lower slopes - 185cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 165cm Lower slopes - 75cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 140cm Hakuba Minekata: 100cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Sunday 10th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 412cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 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 31cm reported on 8 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 432cm Weather overview Cloud, snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Fair to poor Posted on Monday 11th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . It is a cold and snowy start to the day in Hakuba. And it was a snowy day yesterday as well only clearing up a bit early evening. Lots of nice 'new snowfall since last night numbers' to report this morning from around the resorts: Hakuba Goryu - 20cm on Iimori and Toomi, 30cm up top Hakuba 47 - 10-15cm on lower slopes, 20-25cm on upper slopes Happo-one - Usagidaira reporting 20cm of new Hakuba Cortina - 20cm on lower slopes, 30cm on upper slopes Add what fell during the daytime yesterday and there's a nice new layer out there. Nice fresh powdery snow. It is about -4 degrees in the village area at the moment. As of 9:20am, Usagidaira at 1400m on Happo is recording a temperature of around -8. Rather limited visibilty out there I would say again, though this morning it seems that a few of the normally reliable webcams have conked out. Not much wind this morning though the forecast does tell us to expect stronger winds later on in the day. As expected yesterday was generally very busy on the slopes around the village. This weekend has definitely been one of it if not the busiest two days of the season, I would say. Of course, some resorts more than others and the numbers were much more manageable at some of the 'smaller' (for want of a better word) resorts. Today is the last day of the long weekend and so there will be more people out than usual for a Monday. Usually on days like this the afternoon gets more like normal as visitors make their way back home in the after lunch. And tomorrow we will be back to normal once again. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 11th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 20cm on lower and 30cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu since yesterday. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 285cm; Toomi - 145cm; Iimori - 120cm Hakuba 47: 10-15cm on lower and up to 35cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper - 258cm Lower - 215cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 260cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 120cm Sakka - 130cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 320cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 20-30cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 305cm Lower slopes - 205cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 170cm Lower slopes - 70cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 140cm Hakuba Minekata: 110cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 11th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 432cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 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 51cm reported on 9 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 433cm Weather overview Cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Tuesday 12th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Another cold start to the day in Hakuba. When I got up the thermometer was telling me -8 degrees. Not quite so cold now at around -4. Up at Usagidaira on Happo, it's down to -11 degrees right now and similar temperatures being reported from other resorts. Earlier on there were some lovely pink colours going on as the sun came up. All was calm. Sometimes you are rewarded for getting up early! Since then the sun has been mostly blocked out by kind of overcast cloudy cover, though visibility today is generally good. The forecast for the day does seem to be mostly cloudy, followed by some snowfall tonight and into tomorrow. There's just a slight breeze. Resorts around the villages are reporting between 0cm and 15cm since yesterday, as noted in the list below. With the temperatures remaining cold the conditions should be very nice today. After the busy busy weekend, today is just a normal Tuesday and so should be less busy. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 12th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: 0cm on lower and 10cm on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 290cm; Toomi - 145cm; Iimori - 120cm Hakuba 47: 1cm on lower 5cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47. Official snow depth: Upper - 258cm Lower - 215cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 260cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 120cm Sakka - 130cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 310cm Lower slopes - 140cm Hakuba Cortina: 10-15cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 305cm Lower slopes - 205cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 170cm Lower slopes - 70cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 140cm Hakuba Minekata: 110cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 12th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 433cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 52cm reported on 10 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 411cm Weather overview Clear and sunny Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Excellent Posted on Saturday 9th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . An early report today as your reporter needs to get into Nagano City this morning. I'm glad it's an easy one. After a cloudy day with snow on and off yesterday, this morning it is blue skies and the sun is out! A few clouds nestling up to the peaks of the mountains early on this morning but I'd day it is going to be a beautiful day today. It was very cold overnight in Hakuba and right now it is still around -9 degrees here in the village near the base of Happo and there is just a slight wind. It will likely remain in the negatives all day. Rounding up the numbers from the resorts that are in so far - Cortina reporting 20cm of fresh snow this morning. 1cm at Hakuba 47 both up top and down at base. (One day I hope they report 47cm of new snow. Heck, every day please!) Again looks like the deepest fresh conditions will be found in the northerly resorts, but it should be a fun fun weekend everywhere. Hope you can enjoy it... more chance of snowfall later on tomorrow. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 9th February 2013 AM: Hakuba Goryu: Official snow depths: Alps daira - 275cm; Toomi - 135cm; Iimori - 110cm Hakuba 47: 1cm 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: 10-20cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 315cm Lower slopes - 190cm 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 Saturday 9th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 411cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 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 30cm reported on 7 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com