Nozawa Now: Saturday 19th December 2020
- Dec 19, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 146cm
Posted on Saturday 19th December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
More snow to report this morning, though less in quantity. The resort yesterday was reporting 10cm of snow during the day on top areas, with an additional 10cm overnight... so 20cm cover up top.
Conditions should be really excellent there this morning. It's so exciting to remember that it is still the middle of December. :)
This morning the snow is easing off and there are some breaks in the cloud and visibility is much improved. Might we even get some sun? That's not going to last though, as more snow is due from tonight and over the weekend. Perhaps heavy snowfall too.
The Nagasaka Gondola is still not up and running today but the top area of the resort is once again available... via the Hikage Gondola. So you get that Gondola up to Uenotaira area and from there can get to the top Yamabiko lifts and runs. Taking the Gondola back down is also necessary.
The power supply issues at Uenotaira have been fixed.
Down below at base, you can also get from Nagasaka to Hikage via the Nasuki-go service. (Ah, Nasuki. Not mentioned that word yet this season - everyone's favourite bright green coloured skiing vegetable hasn't made much of an appearance yet. Probably waiting until the weekend when things are a bit calmer. But looking forward to seeing Nasuki).
Anyway, if you plan on being here over the weekend double check on transport situation.
You might have noticed that there are some serious issues going on over in the Yuzawa area in Niigata now with the Kanetsu Expressway basically snowed in. The Yuzawa Now report has more on that. Mind boggling amounts of serious snowfall over there in the last few days.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 20cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 20cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm (not reporting yet)
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm (not reporting yet)
- Karasawa (563m): -cm (not reporting yet)
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 170cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 165cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm (not reporting yet)
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm (not reporting yet)
- Karasawa (563m): -cm (not reporting yet)
Planned operating lifts:
- Hikage Gondola
- Yamabiko Four lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift
- Uenotaira
- Nagasaka Triple lift
- Yu Road
Courses currently open:
- Yamabiko (A-E)
- Uenotaira
Nozawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Saturday 19th December 2020 Total snowfall at base 146cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 56cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 146cm reported on 6 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.