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Nozawa Now: Wednesday 18th December 2024

  • Dec 18, 2024
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 99cm

Posted on Wednesday 18th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


After some clearer and not-as-cold yesterday, we start this morning with a modest amount of fresh snow on the ground and the skijo is reporting 7cm overnight.


Today should be a cold day and we do expect snow today and during the day tomorrow too. Let's see how much Nature decides to bless us with!


Right now forecasts are saying clearer and sunny maybe Friday and Saturday with some moderate to heavy snow possibly going into Sunday and Monday. That looks like it has real potential!


Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 8cm (including 1cm from yesterday)

Uenotaira: -cm

Hikage: -

Nagasaka: -

Karasawa: -


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 115cm

Uenotaira: 110cm

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 Wednesday 18th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 99cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 17cm (7th and 14th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 96cm reported on 11 days




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