Naeba Now: Sunday 24th February 2013
- Feb 24, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 722cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Sunday 24th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Yet another 30cm of snow this morning, but also strong winds. Only the Mitsumata bit of Kagura is open I'm afraid, so greatly limiting up there for the Sunday folk making the trip.
The only compensation being that there should be tons of fresh and particularly spectacular snow up there.
(Ignore the official snow depth numbers and lack of increases!)
20-30cm here in Naeba and the Gondolas and top lifts are on hold here too.
So, all limited today. Things should calm down a bit tomorrow and then clearer conditions due Tuesday.
Apparently I am hearing that the Kanetsu Expressway is closed from Tsukiyono in Gunma to Shiozawa Ishiuchi in Niigata and so if you are on the way up and reading this and planning on coming through to Yuzawa, know that you'll be getting off at Tsukiyono.
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Official resort snow depth:
Naeba - 320cm
Kagura - 390cm
Naeba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 722cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 219cm observed on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 283cm observed on 19 days February 2013 snowfall 217cm 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.