Naeba Now: Wednesday 19th February 2020
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 322cm
Posted on Wednesday 19th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Naeba.
Early morning there's some light snow, cloud and some blue sky too. Maybe it will clear up.
Looks like Saturday, first day of the World Cup, is going to be rather warm. Please, Dear Weather, please be kind... we have all been very good boys and girls.
The Audi FIX Alpen Ski World Cup 2020 event will be held at Naeba on 22nd and 23rd February.
Preparations are being made.
Planned course restrictions for the above event and others are as follows:
Daishamen:
18th-22nd February
Mens Riesen + Number 3 course:
Until 22nd February
Mens Riesen Slalom
24th-28th February
Number 1 course:
24th February - 1st March
Number 2 course:
24th-25th February
Number 3 course:
Until 1st March
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Official snow depth:
- 90cm
Planned operating lifts:
- Prince Number 2 Gondola
- Takenokodaira romance pair lift
- Takenokoyama romance pair lift
- Number 4 romance pair lift
- Number 3 high speed lift
- Number 4 high speed lift
- Number 5 high speed lift (open for nighta until 8:30pm)
- Hiuchi Number 1 romance pair lift
- Dragondola
Courses planned to be open:
- 19 of 22 courses are normally open
- The Dragondola is operating to get over to the Tashiro Area of the Kagura resort
Naeba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 322cm Number of days snowfall observed 37 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 36cm (reported on 11th February) November 2019 snowfall 19cm observed on 5 days December 2019 snowfall 58cm observed on 9 days January 2020 snowfall 118cm observed on 12 days February 2020 snowfall 127cm observed on 11 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.