Nozawa Now: Sunday 18th December 2022
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 7cm
Posted on Sunday 18th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
There is another very light cover (dusting) on the ground outside the Nagasaka Gondola, and the ski area is reporting 7-10cm of fresh snow on the open upper areas since yesterday. The official snow depth up there is 45cm.
We still expect decent snowfall over the next few days, so I'm really looking forward to being able to report that tomorrow. Let it snow!
In ski area news, the Hikage Gondola is now open and Yamabiko A-D courses are now available.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 7cm
- Uenotaira: 10cm
- Hikage: -
- Nagasaka: -
- Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 45cm
- Uenotaira: 45cm
- Hikage: -
- Nagasaka: -
- Karasawa: -
Lifts:
- Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am open)
- Hikage Gondola (8:30am open)
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad
- Yamabiko Four quad
- Uenotaira Four quad
- Skyline pair
- Yu Road (8:00am open)
Courses:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Uenotaira
- Uenotaira Family Lane
- Kokenashi AB (200m)
Parts of the top section of the ski area are now open. You need to get a gondola back down to base.
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Sunday 18th December 2022 Total snowfall at base 7cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 2cm (3rd and 16th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 7cm reported on 5 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.