Naeba Now: Sunday 5th April 2020
- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 16, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 430cm
Posted on Sunday 5th April 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Naeba.
So here we are. It is Sunday 5th April 2020 and the last day of the 2019-2020 season at Naeba.
We are ending the season with the Prince Number 2 Gondola and upper Takenokodaira pair lift operating this morning. You can still slide back down to base on a narrow course back, or choose to get the gondola back down.
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What a season it has been.
No-one could claim that it has been a classic, but it certainly has been memorable/eventful/challenging. Naeba has done well dealing with less snow than usual and then with the troubling coronavirus situation. There was also the World Cup event in the middle of it all - the first day happened but they had to cancel the second day due to weather conditions.
So a big thank you to all of the staff and everyone involved in keeping things going through it all. They all deserve a period of rest and recharge.
We might not have enjoyed the amount of snow that we usually expect, but that doesn't mean there hasn't been some great days. There has. And I personally am going to try and remember those.
If you came to Naeba I hope that you were able to come when conditions were good and enjoyed your time here.
Let us hope that for the 2020-2021 season we can get back to something more like 'normal'.
Thank you for reading. Take care. And bai-bai.
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PS: The Dragondola plans to be operating for the spring sightseeing season from 25th April until 31st May.
Naeba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 5th April 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 430cm Number of days snowfall observed 53 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 36cm (reported on 11th February) November 2019 snowfall 19cm observed on 5 days December 2019 snowfall 58cm observed on 9 days January 2020 snowfall 118cm observed on 12 days February 2020 snowfall 156cm observed on 15 days March 2020 snowfall 77cm observed on 11 days April 2020 snowfall 2cm 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.