Nozawa Now: Sunday 14th December 2014
- Dec 14, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 70cm
Snowfall at base this season 145cm
Posted on Sunday 14th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Some great big whopping ridiculously large numbers to report this morning.
The resort yesterday was noting 10cm of snowfall during the day on the upper slopes when I checked last night. Hmmm, ok, but where's the heavy snow we wanted.
Well, this morning, it's here!
For the period 3pm yesterday until 8am this morning, this is how much fresh snow they are reporting:
Yamabiko - 95cm (!)
Uenotaira - 90cm
Nagasaka - 80cm
That's new snowfall, not the snow depth.
That new snow has all of a sudden brough up the snow depth on the top Yamabiko runs up to 165cm. In previous reports I have mentioned how quickly things can change and today is a great example. All of a sudden, 1m of fresh snow.
Lifts and courses that are open seem to be the same as yesterday and while it's a decent area, it will be great to see the whole resort be able to open and I'm sure that will be fairly soon with all this snow.
Forecast: snow through today and getting weaker by tomorrow morning. Then more heavy snow late Tuesday and Wednesday.
We might get some sun on Friday. Lots more snow to get before then though.
It's all great to get very excited about the deep powder snow conditions, but care is most definitely needed.
Courses open:
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Kokenashi
Uenotaira
Mizunashi A
Mizunashi B
Bunabayashi
Yunomine B
Ushikubi
Nagasaka
Nagasaka connect
Lifts moving:
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four Lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift
Uenotaira Four
Yu Road (Moving walkway)
Official snow depth:
Yamabiko - 165cm
Uenotaira - 150cm
Nagasaka - 100cm
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Data as of Sunday 14th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 145cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 145cm 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.