Naeba Now: Wednesday 1st January 2020
- Jan 1, 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 80cm
Posted on Wednesday 1st January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Naeba.
Happy New Year to you. Here's to a snowy, snowy one.
I was hoping to relay info on more this morning. Hopefully tomorrow: the forecast is still looking promising.
The sun is out for the moment so maybe clouds will start appearing during the day.
I need to take a bit of a rest this morning and recover from a night out.
See you tomorrow.
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Official snow depth:
- 40cm
Planned operating lifts:
- Prince Number 1 Gondola
- Prince Number 2 Gondola
- Takenokodaira pair lift
- Number 4 romance pair lift
- Number 5 high speed lift
- Number 3 high speed lift
- Number 4 high speed lift
- Hiuchi Number 1 romance pair lift
- Dragondola
Courses planned to be open:
- Many base areas are now open
- The upper Takenokodaira course is open
- You can now ski or snowboard back down to base from the top of the Number 1 Gondola
- Sledding area open in base area
- Other courses will open up as soon as there is enough snow
- The Dragondola is now operating to get over to the Tashiro Area of Kagura
Naeba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Wednesday 1st January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 80cm Number of days snowfall observed 15 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 34cm (reported on 28th December) November 2019 snowfall 19cm observed on 5 days December 2019 snowfall 58cm observed on 9 days January 2020 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day |
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.