Nozawa Now: Thursday 20th December 2012
- Dec 20, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 88cm
Weather overview Bluebird
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Great
Posted on Thursday 20th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It is a beautiful start to the day here in Nozawa Onsen. It snowed for most of the day yesterday and eased into the night, and then we woke up to blue skies and fresh snow on the courses this morning.
Yesterday was an amazing day and with the fresh foot of snow there was some great riding to be had on and off piste. There were some big powder stories around the fireplace last night.
Top to bottom on the Forest trail today and the resort plans to open everything from this weekend. After a bit of sunshine there is another rather large dump looming for Sunday night so prepare yourselves for a very White Christmas in Nozawa Onsen.
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
140cm
Uenotaira:
130cm
Hikage:
50cm
Nagasaka:
45cm
Karasawa:
30cm
Official new snowfall:
15cm (Yamabiko)
15cm (Uenotaira)
5cm (Karasawa)
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 20th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 88cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 85cm reported on 9 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.