Nozawa Now: Friday 20th December 2024
- Dec 20, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 114cm
Posted on Friday 20th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Snow started by the afternoon yesterday, and quite heavy at times, though it eased off by night time.
Lots of cloud this morning, but some blue sky too and it feels like it might clear up to be nice and sunny again.
The Hikage gondola, Paradise quad and Skyline connecting pair lifts are all joining in the fun from this morning. Paradise and Kokenashi courses opening too.
And... from tomorrow, more of the mountain is opening up, including the Schneider and Challenge courses as well as Rinkan and Utopia A.
Excellent!
With more snow due Saturday night (after what is expected to be a relatively mild daytime) and then through Sunday and Monday --- and maybe quite a lot of it according to forecasts --- it will not be long before the whole mountain is open. (That is just my guess).
And remember, tomorrow is your chance to meet the famous Naski at the Opening Festival (11am in front of the Resthouse Yamabiko).
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 10cm
Uenotaira: 10cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 130cm
Uenotaira: 130cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:30am)
Hikage Gondola (from 8:30am)
Yamabiko Four quad lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Uenotaira Four quad lift
Paradise Four quad lift
Skyline connecting pair
Yu Road (from 8:00am)
Courses available:
Yamabiko A-E courses
Uenotaira
Kokenashi
Paradise
You need to get the gondola up to (and back down from) the open ski runs... but not for much longer! The Uenotaira Cross Country course is also open.
Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 20th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 114cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 17cm (7th and 14th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 111cm reported on 13 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.