Nozawa Now: Monday 16th December 2024
- Dec 16, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 94cm
Posted on Monday 16th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
And we are back to snow. Not a huge amount - the ski area reporting 15cm from top Yamabiko, and me and JMA are agreeing on just a bit over 5cm overnight. But it's steady and there's more forecast.
It seems the ski area is waiting to open up more terrain... perhaps until next weekend? There will be more people around by then as Christmas approaches and more snow too, so I suppose that makes sense.
Anyway, let the snow continue!
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 15cm
Uenotaira: ?cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 110cm
Uenotaira: 105cm
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 (Family Lane)
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 Monday 16th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 94cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 17cm (7th and 14th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 91cm reported on 9 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.