Naeba Now: Wednesday 1st January 2025
- Jan 1, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: May 25
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 386cm
Posted on Wednesday 1st January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Naeba and happy new year!
18cm of snowfall since yesterday to start the year in fine fashion.
It is a cold morning and still snowing, with good quality snow to enjoy.
That top lift is unfortunately still closed. Hopefully it will be able to get going again soon.
The coming few days is forecast to give us varied weather - ranging from cloud, snow at times and some sunny spells too.
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Official snow depth:
Summit: 240cm
Base: 190cm
Scheduled lift operations:
Prince Number 2 Gondola
Number 3 high speed lift
Number 4 high speed lift
Number 5 high speed lift
Number 8 high speed lift
Number 4 romance lift
Takenokodaira pair lift
Takenokoyama pair lift (* closed currently due to avalanche risk)
Dragondola
* Note: the Hiuchi Number 1 pair lift will not be operating this season due a mechanical issue
Courses scheduled to be open:
16 of 24 runs available.
Naeba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Wednesday 1st January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 386cm Number of days snowfall observed 24 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 45cm (on 24th December) November 2024 snowfall 9cm observed on 2 days December 2024 snowfall 359cm observed on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 18cm 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.