Nozawa Now: Sunday 11th December 2016
- Dec 11, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 41cm
Posted on Sunday 11th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
A very good morning to you from Nozawa.
Smiles all around this morning as we have some very decent snowfall and the season really has started now - the lifts aren't just operating, it feels like winter has arrived.
The resort yesterday was reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall on the upper half of the mountain by mid afternoon, and another 40cm this morning - so that's up to 50cm of fresh snow in 24 hours! It goes without saying that a trip up there to check it all out is on the cards. Just to check, right. Can't wait.
Anyway, down here at base area I can add 24cm of observed snowfall to my record of the season and I have just wiped it off now as we are on for more during the day today.
Tomorrow we might see clearer skies but snow is forecast again from Tuesday (though sadly it might be rain before it turns into snow at lower levels) - but upper slopes should avoid that anyway.
Yamabiko A - E courses are all now open.
Enjoy!
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
Yamabiko B course
Yamabiko C course
Yamabiko D course
Yamabiko E course
Uenotaira course
Official snow depths
Yamabiko: 100cm
Uenotaira: 90cm
Hikage: 50cm
Nagasaka: 50cm
Karasawa: 20cm
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning
Yamabiko: 50cm
Uenotaira: 50cm
Hikage: 40cm
Nagasaka: 40cm
Karasawa: 25cm
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Data as of Sunday 11th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 41cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 24cm (11th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 39cm reported on 4 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.