Nozawa Now: Thursday 13th December 2018
- Dec 13, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 26cm
Posted on Thursday 13th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
The good news is that Nozawa seem to be reporting 15cm of fresh up on the top Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas so something of a refresh to be expected up there.
Just slightly more than a dusting down to lower levels this morning but we are hoping for some decent snowfall tonight. There is some light snow lingering early this morning but it is likely going to stop and there might be some sun today.
Fingers crossed I can post a good snowy report tomorrow.
Lift operations and course openings remain the same for now. More will open up as soon as there is enough snow.
Lifts operations:
- Nagasaka Gondola (8:40am - 3:30pm; last one down at 4:00pm)
- Yamabiko Four Lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift
- Uenotaira Four Lift
Open courses:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Uenotaira
- Kokenashi (connecting course from Yamabiko)
- Bunabayashi (to mid-station)
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 40cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 40cm
- Hikage (660m): 20cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 20cm
- Karasawa (563m): 20cm
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 15cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 15cm
- Hikage (660m): 0cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 0cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Thursday 13th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 26cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (10th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 24cm 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.