Naeba Now: Saturday 28th December 2019
- Dec 28, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 34cm
Snowfall at base this season 75cm
Posted on Saturday 28th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Excellent news this morning my friends.
How does more than 30cm of fresh snowfall sound? :)
This fresh snowfall is allowing more of the mountain to open this morning. The resort has the Number 4 quad lift moving and you can also ski/board back down from the upper Takenokodaira area (top of the Number 2 Gondola) down to base. From 10:00am.
Great news, though please do remember that it is still limited.
The Dragondola is open from today too, though as previously mentioned you need to get a bus over to the base station as those lower areas are not yet open.
After today, next snow due Tuesday.
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Official snow depth:
- 40cm
Planned operating lifts:
- Prince Number 2 Gondola
- Takenokodaira pair lift
- Number 4 romance pair lift
- Number 5 high speed lift
- Dragondola
Courses planned to be open:
- The Lower base course area between Number 4 and 5 lifts is open, and the Number 5 course is also open
- The upper Takenokodaira course is open 400m in length
- You can now ski or snowboard back down to base from Takenokodaira
- Sledding area open at the top Takenokodaira area
- Other courses will open up as soon as there is enough snow
- The Dragondola will be open from Saturday 28th December - need to get a bus to the base station
Naeba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 75cm Number of days snowfall observed 13 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 34cm (reported on 28th December) November 2019 snowfall 19cm observed on 5 days December 2019 snowfall 56cm observed on 8 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.