Nozawa Now: Monday 17th December 2012
- Dec 17, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 48cm
Weather overview Sunny
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Monday 17th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
So after some deep winter-like conditions early on we have bounced back in to a warm spell the last few days in Nozawa. It has meant some nice sunny fun days to enjoy and given everyone in town a bit of a chance to get more set up before the battle with the snow properly begins.
The resort shuttle bus started on the weekend and also as previously mentioned you can now ski top to bottom officially on the Forest trail giving a 12km run home.
With no serious fresh snow for a few days now the base has backed off and we are ready for a top up soon.
The forecast looks promising though with temps dropping right down, with freezing level hitting sea side and a good amount of snow on the cards over the next few days
Not the huge dump like we received a little while ago but should be consistent, with the decent base should be in for some fun conditions. Those coming now can enjoy the almost private slopes.
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four
Yamabiko No 2 Four
Uenotaira Four
Paradise Four
Yu Road
Courses open:
Yamabiko A Course
Yamabiko B Course
Yamabiko C Course
Yamabiko D Course
Yamabiko E Course
Kokenashi
Uenotaira
Paradise
Paradise connecting
Bundaraira
Yunomine A
Yunomine B
Rinkan
Nagasaka connecting
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
110cm
Uenotaira
100cm
Hikage
40cm
Nagasaka
40cm
Karasawa
30cm
Official new snowfall
0cm (Yamabiko)
0cm (Uenotaira)
0cm (Karasawa)
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 17th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 48cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (on 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 45cm reported on 7 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.