Nozawa Now: Saturday 10th December 2016
- Dec 10, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 17cm
Posted on Saturday 10th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa and it really does feel like a good one.
Snow is falling, 30cm being reported on the upper slopes by the resort, a chunk of 10cm down low at base and another lift (Yamabiko Four) and more courses (Yamabiko A and C) opening up.
The snow is forecast to continue falling through today and tomorrow as well and then after a break around Monday there's more on the way from mid-week.
We're getting there!
Lifts that are planned to be operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm)
Yamabiko Four Lift (9:00am-3:30pm)
Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift (8:55am-3:40pm)
Uenotaira Four Lift (9:00am-3:40pm)
Courses that are planned to be open
Yamabiko A course (1,300m in length)
Yamabiko C course (850m in length)
Yamabiko D course (1,250m in length)
Uenotaira course (2,500m in length)
Official snow depths
Yamabiko: 75cm
Uenotaira: 60cm
Hikage: 20cm
Nagasaka: 10cm
Karasawa: 5cm
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday
Yamabiko: 30cm
Uenotaira: 30cm
Hikage: 10cm
Nagasaka: 10cm
Karasawa: 5cm
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Data as of Saturday 10th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 17cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 9cm (10th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 15cm reported on 3 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. 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.