Nozawa Now: Sunday 16th December 2018
- Dec 16, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 80cm
Posted on Sunday 16th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa. And it is looking like it will be a cracker.
The snow clouds have cleared and the sun should be having a headline role to play today.
It was cold overnight but it is going to be somewhat milder during the day today, maybe rising to around +5C later on down at village.
It will probably be similarly milder tomorrow too... before more snow Tuesday/Wednesday.
There's not massive amounts of snow yet, but enough to have a great day out there. You can now ride back down to base via the winding Rinkan (Forest) course.
Lots more this coming week please!
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday):
- Yamabiko (1407m): -cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): -cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Lifts operations starting from 8:30am:
- Nagasaka Gondola
- Hikage Gondola
- Yamabiko Four Lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift
- Skyline connecting pair lift
- Yunomine pair lift
- Uenotaira Four Lift
- Hikage Four lift
- Shinyu pair lift
- Nagasaka triple lift
- Yu Road
Open courses:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko D
- Yamabiko E
- Uenotaira
- Kokenashi
- Paradise
- Bunabayashi (to mid-station)
- Rinkan
- Hikage (southern area)
- Nagasaka connecting
- Kumataka
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 80cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 75cm
- Hikage (660m): 55cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 45cm
- Karasawa (563m): 25cm
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Sunday 16th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 80cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 78cm reported on 6 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.