Nozawa Now: Friday 20th December 2019
- Dec 20, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 12cm
Posted on Friday 20th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We are expecting some precipitation today; hopefully some snow.
But as we continue to wait for snow, some exciting news...
The Nagasaka Gondola at Nozawa Onsen first opened in 1979.
The current set up has a mid-station - Yunomine - before continuing up to the top Yamabiko area.
That is set to change come late 2020, in time for the 2020-2021 winter season.
The resort is building a brand-new gondola that will go straight up from the Nagasaka base to a new top Yamabiko station. There will be no mid-station, just one straight line up to the upper Yamabiko area.
The new gondola will have a length of 3129m and each cabin will seat 10 people. The trip up to the top from base will take about 8 minutes. It looks like the gondola cabins are going for a luxurious feel with really comfortable seats and there will a lot of glass windows too (including part of the floor), so there should be really good scenery on the way up.
Check out the Nagasaka webcam image below (the 5th photo) and see if you can spot any ‘new’ towers!
The resort will also be re-doing the base station too.
Excite!
Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 20th December 2019 Total snowfall at base 12cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (6th December) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 8cm reported on 2 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.