Nozawa Now: Sunday 19th December 2021
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 70cm
Posted on Sunday 19th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We had some more snow during the day yesterday. The ski area was reporting an extra 15cm on the top areas by 3pm and another 10cm this morning... so that's 25cm since yesterday morning. And there has been a good 10cm down low too.
Wind disrupted the gondola in the afternoon and there were a few breaks in the clouds at times.
Snow has eased off for this morning and it's a very fine one to be out skiing and snowboarding, if you are able to do so. And there are a few more lifts now officially open - from this morning the Hikage Gondola, Hikage triple and Nagasaka lifts are now operating. The below list has been updated.
We are going to get some sun today but it should remain fairly cold (it's a cold start to the morning), and snow is due on the forecast over the coming week. I wouldn't be surprised to see our favourite bright green vegetable, Naski, out there on the board(s) today. Or at least greeting people.
Information checked each morning. All subject to change.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 25cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 24cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm (not reporting yet)
- Nagasaka (616m): -cm (not reporting yet)
- Karasawa (563m): -cm (not reporting yet)
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 100cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 95cm
- Hikage (660m): 50cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 40cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm (not reporting yet)
Planned operating lifts:
- Nagasaka Gondola
- Hikage Gondola
- Yamabiko Four lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift
- Uenotaira quad
- Paradise quad
- Skyline connecting lift
- Hikage triple lift
- Nagasaka triple lift
- Yu Road
Courses currently open:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Yamabiko E
- Uenotaira
- Kokenashi A/B
- Paradise
- Rinkan (Forest)
- Nagasaka connecting
- Kumataka
- Nagasaka and Hikage runs open as connecting courses
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Sunday 19th December 2021 Total snowfall at base 70cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 55cm 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.