Nozawa Now: Thursday 18th December 2014
- Dec 18, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 70cm
Snowfall at base this season 285cm
Posted on Thursday 18th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Lower areas only open this morning due to windy conditions on the mountain.
As this snowstorm continues to make headlines in Japan, we keep getting more snow, but the strong winds mean that only the lower Hikage and Nagasaka runs are able to open. In some seasons, the resort would have to be totally closed as there wouldn't be enough snow down at base but not this time round. Different set of lifts moving this morning so it's a bit of a different 'look' to Nozawa.
The resort is reporting 43cm of fresh snowfall at top Yamabiko, 40cm on Uenotaira and 70cm on Nagasaka. Interesting numbers there! There's what we had yesterdaty as well to add to that. Just thing... lots.
Check out the official snow depths. Yamabiko - 270cm. Uenotaira - 250cm. Nagasaka - 200cm. It's only mid December! Sugoi.
Snow, possibly heavy snow, wind and cold conditions still forecast for the day today. It should clear up by morning though leaving us with sunny conditions tomorrow.
Top conditions ahead!
Courses open:
Hikage
Nagasaka
Nagasaka connecting
Lifts moving:
Hikage Number 2 Pair B
Yu Road (Moving walkway)
Hikage Triple
Nagasaka Four
Nagasaka Triple
Official snow depth:
Yamabiko - 270cm
Uenotaira - 250cm
Nagasaka - 200cm
Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 18th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 285cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 285cm 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.