Naeba Now: Thursday 20th February 2025
- Feb 20, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 17, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 58cm
Snowfall at base this season 988cm
Posted on Thursday 20th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Naeba.
The snow continues to accumulate!
Today, 58 cm of fresh snow was recorded.
Currently, it's snowing lightly, with fair visibility and better contrast than yesterday.
The sun is shining through the clouds, and the wind is weaker.
We're waiting for Gondola 2 to maybe open at 9 AM.
Kagura will remain closed for the entire day.
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Official snow depth:
Summit: 380cm
Base: 280cm
Scheduled lift operations:
Number 2 gondola
Number 3 high speed lift (quad)
Number 4 high speed lift (quad)
Number 5 high speed lift (quad)
Number 4 romance lift (pair)
CHECK BEFORE HEADING OUT
* Note: the Hiuchi Number 1 pair lift will not be operating this season due a mechanical issue
Courses scheduled to be open:
8 (more?) of 24 runs available.
Naeba Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Thursday 20th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 988cm Number of days snowfall observed 57 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 58cm (on 20th February) November 2024 snowfall 9cm observed on 2 days December 2024 snowfall 359cm observed on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 221cm observed on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 399cm observed on 17 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.