Naeba Now: Tuesday 15th January 2013
- Jan 15, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 347cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
Moderate to strong
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Tuesday 15th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
OK today it's out turn for the wilder conditions.
20-40cm of new snow reported by Naeba.
20-30cm of new snow reported by Kagura.
(Yes, I know the official snow depth numbers don't jump up by anything like that...!)
But more importantly for the lifts and people out on the mountain today, strong winds are blowing about and affecting operations.
Looks like it's only going to be the lower part of the mountain open at Naeba today. At least this morning. Hopefully if the winds calm down a bit more might get to open later.
At Kagura, the Tashiro area is closed today. Mitsumata is open and up to the Kagura No 1 quad lift.
Poor visibility out there. I think many people might give today a miss.
Calmer weather forecast for tomorrow, maybe even sunny, followed by more snow the day after. Yey!
Official resort snow depth:
Naeba - 170cm
Kagura - 330cm
Splash Bowl is due to be open for a limited time today.
Naeba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Tuesday 15th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 347cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 219cm observed on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 125cm observed on 8 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Naeba. 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.