Nozawa Now: Monday 12th December 2016
- Dec 12, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 59cm
Posted on Monday 12th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa and it looks like it is going to be a beauty.
Blue skies above the remaining low early morning clouds, and all of that snow that we had over the weekend as well. Once again the resort is reporting a good 50cm of snow on the upper slopes and a decent amount down below as well. All of a sudden the snow depth up on Yamabiko is 130cm.
Excellent stuff and after the delay in opening things are now suddenly looking much more exciting. See how quickly things can change!
Anyway today we are going to be treated to lovely conditions this morning with perhaps cloud moving in this afternoon. It should be keeping cold.
Unfortunately there's a good chance that rain is going to spoil things a bit tomorrow - down at lower levels anyway - but the good news is that it should once again be snowing by the time I port my report on Wednesday.
In the meantime today should be a lot of fun for those lucky enough to be able to try it out.
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: 130cm
Uenotaira: 105cm
Hikage: 60cm
Nagasaka: 60cm
Karasawa: 30cm
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning
Yamabiko: 55cm
Uenotaira: 35cm
Hikage: 20cm
Nagasaka: 20cm
Karasawa: 15cm
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Data as of Monday 12th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 59cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 24cm (11th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 57cm reported 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 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.