Naeba Now: Saturday 9th February 2019
- Feb 9, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 655cm
Posted on Saturday 9th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Morning from Naeba.
About 7cm to report this morning and a cloudy start to the day. More snow falling in Tokyo than here this morning.
Today is of course the start of the long weekend as Monday is a holiday in Japan. It will be a busy one! Fireworks after nighta this evening, and three lifts should be running tonight for that night (the Number 3 and 5 high speed lifts and Number 4 pair lift).
All lifts apart from Daishamen pair are in operation during the day today; all courses open apart from Splash Bowl.
Official snow depth:
- 200cm
All lifts plan to be operating apart from the following (some lifts rested on weekdays):
- Daishamen romance pair lift
All courses now open apart from the following:
- Splash Bowl
Planned night-time operations:
- Daily until Sunday 24th March 2019
- 4:00pm until 8:30pm
- Courses open: Number 5
- Lifts operating: Number 3 and 5 high speed lifts, Number 4 pair lift
Naeba Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 9th February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 655cm Number of days snowfall observed 42 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 51cm (reported on 9th January) November 2018 snowfall 1cm observed on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 223cm observed on 15 days January 2019 snowfall 399cm observed on 22 days February 2019 snowfall 32cm observed on 5 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.