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Naeba Now: Saturday 14th December 2024

  • Dec 14, 2024
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata


New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 113cm

Posted on Saturday 14th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.


Good morning in this first day of the ski season at Naeba.


11cm of snow welcomes us and the continuing cold weather means the snow we have is good condition.


It is cloudy but there are some patches of blue sky at times too.


The Number 2 gondola, Takenokodaira lift and two lower lifts are operating and you can ski/board back down from the upper run.


A fine start with more snow on the horizon.


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Official snow depth:


Summit: 60cm

Base: 40cm


Scheduled lift operations:


Prince Number 2 Gondola

Number 5 high speed lift

Number 4 romance lift

Takenokodaira pair lift


Courses scheduled to be open:


6 of 24 runs available.

You can ski/board back down from Takenokodaira to base!



Naeba Now 2024-2025 season

Data as of Saturday 14th December 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 113cm Number of days snowfall observed 10 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 38cm (on 9th December) November 2024 snowfall 9cm observed on 2 days December 2024 snowfall 104cm observed on 8 days




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