Nozawa Now: Friday 14th December 2018
- Dec 14, 2018
- 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 44cm
Posted on Friday 14th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa. This is a bit more like it. :)
Nearly 20cm of snow on the ground and 14-21cm being reported by the resort itself and snow is falling as I write this. It looks like visibility is limited on the mountain as well, as you might expect. Snowfall is due for today perhaps less so over the weekend but coming back early week.
This morning the Hikage Gondola and Yu road are also opening up, though you still need to get the Gondola down at the end of the day as lower slopes are not open.
Cheaper lift tickets until today!
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 14cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 21cm
- Hikage (660m): 19cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 19cm
- Karasawa (563m): 15cm
Lifts operations:
- Nagasaka Gondola (8:40am - 3:30pm; last at 4:00pm)
- Hikage Gondola (8:40am - 3:30pm; last at 4:00pm)
- Yamabiko Four Lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift
- Uenotaira Four Lift
- Yu Road (8:30am - 4:40pm)
Open courses:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Uenotaira
- Kokenashi (connecting course from Yamabiko)
- Bunabayashi (to mid-station)
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 55cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 55cm
- Hikage (660m): 35cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 35cm
- Karasawa (563m): 30cm
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 14th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 44cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (14th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 42cm 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.