Naeba Now: Monday 1st January 2024
- Jan 1, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 67cm
Posted on Monday 1st January 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Happy New Year!
The snowfall overnight at Naeba was... a bit underwhelming, with less than 10cm of wet snow at the base.
Currently, there's a light dusting coming from cloudy skies, but visibility at the bottom remains limited. Unfortunately, the snow quality isn't meeting expectations. Keep an eye out for updates when conditions improve!
Wind is also preventing the Dragondola and Daishamen lift from operating this morning.
Sun is expected tomorrow with the next snow due into Thursday.
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Welcome back, Naeba Now
It is always great to add new content to SnowJapan, so after an unavoidable pause for three seasons, we are very pleased to be able to restart the Naeba Now reports for the 2023-2024 season.
The plan is to once again bring you daily snow and weather reports from our reporter based in Naeba.
The ski area opened on 21st December and is still only partially open as of 1st January. Due to these reports starting beyond the opening date, snowfall at the base until the present has been posted as back-dated reports (as best we can). While that early season circumstance is less than ideal, it is our effort to cover the entire season.
Hopefully, January will bring some good snowfall, allowing the ski area to open fully.
Anyway, welcome back 'Naeba Now' as we hand it over to our Naeba reporter.
Please note that there may be a bit of 'settling in' as we get this up and running....
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Official snow depth:
Summit: 40cm
Base: 20cm
Scheduled lift operations:
Prince Number 2 Gondola
Takenokodaira romance pair lift
Number 4 romance pair lift
Number 4 high speed lift
Number 5 high speed lift (scheduled to be open for night skiing until 8:30pm)
Daishamen pair lift [* on hold at time of report due to wind]
Dragondola [* on hold at time of report due to wind]
Courses planned to be open:
- 6 of 24 courses are open
- You can ski/board back down from Takenokodaira back to base
Naeba Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Monday 1st January 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 67cm Number of days snowfall observed 4 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 50cm (23rd December) * total over the days before 23rd December 2023 snowfall 58cm observed on 3 days January 2024 snowfall 9cm 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.