Nozawa Now: Wednesday 19th December 2012
- Dec 19, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 78cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Not great
Posted on Wednesday 19th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It has snowed all night in Nozawa and we are happy to welcome back the 'magic foot' with around 30cm of fresh snow falling overnight.
Great to see it and has given a beautiful powder top up to the slopes this morning. Many remained ungroomed so there will certainly be some nice powder runs to be had.
The snow is still dumping outside the window as I type so looks like we are in for a great cover. The forecast shows some clear skies ahead before another serous dump on Sunday night and into early next week.
The Winter patterns seem to have arrived in Nozawa.
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
130cm
Uenotaira
115cm
Hikage
55cm
Nagasaka
45cm
Karasawa
40cm
Official new snowfall:
25cm (Yamabiko)
30cm (Uenotaira)
25cm (Karasawa)
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 78cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 75cm 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.