Naeba Now: Monday 20th November 2017
- Nov 20, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 5cm
Posted on Monday 20th November 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Hello and welcome back to Naeba Now.
Here were are in the second half of November, and after a somewhat wet summer period things have got colder quite quickly this year, and I must say things are looking and feeling rather good for the run up to the coming snow season. Are we in for a bumper season? We shall see.
5cm of first snow to get us going.
Naeba itself this season plans to open from Saturday 9th December, so we are just over three weeks away from that opening.
Before then, Kagura is planning on starting the season next Thursday, 23rd November. Just one week away! Some seasons they only can manage to open a small part of the upper part with complicated bus services taking folk up there, while others things get off to a good start right from the beginning.
This season we have already seen snowfall up on the mountains and all areas of Kagura are looking covered in white as I write this.
And it's actually snowing lightly down to base of Naeba early this morning... it's not sticking just yet, but there's a thin dusting of snow on the ski runs down to base.
The forecast is good too, with snow planned even down to Yuzawa town level Saturday into Sunday.
Here's to a very snowy season.
Official planned opening dates
Thursday 23rd November 2017
Kagura, via the Mitsumata Ropeway.
Saturday 9th December 2017
Naeba
The Tashiro area of Kagura
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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.