Nozawa Now: Sunday 15th December 2024
- Dec 15, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 87cm
Posted on Sunday 15th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
There is some low lying cloud early morning but higher up the sun is shining through the clouds in places. Not clear skies, but it looks like a fine start to the day up there.
Is that heavy snow I see on forecasts for tonight into tomorrow? I think it is! And more decent snowfall a few days later? I think it is.
Still no news on further expansion of operations but I can't see it being too long before more is open! As I said before though, we can enjoy some fine conditions while we wait.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 10cm
Uenotaira: ?cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 110cm
Uenotaira: 110cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:30am)
Yamabiko Four quad lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Uenotaira Four quad lift
Courses available:
Yamabiko A-E courses
Uenotaira
You need to get the gondola up to (and back down from) the open ski runs.
All base areas are not yet available.
Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Sunday 15th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 87cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 17cm (7th and 14th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 84cm reported on 8 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.