Nozawa Now: Friday 22nd December 2023
- Dec 22, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 44cm
Posted on Friday 22nd December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We were all excited about the prospect of heavy snow. We do have snow, though perhaps not as much as we thought we might, certainly now down at base anyway.
Having said that, the ski area is reporting up to 30cm up top and that is allowing more of the mountain to open this morning. The Hikage gondola is moving, all Yamabiko runs are open and so is Kokenashi and Uenotaira.
We're still promised heavy snow later today. Early morning it is cloudy but quite bright at times. Cold too.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 30cm
Uenotaira: 23cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 50cm
Uenotaira: 45cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:30am)
Hikage Gondola (from 8:30am)
Yamabiko Four lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Skyline connecting pair lift
Uenotaira quad lift
Yu Road (from 8:00am)
Courses available:
Yamabiko A-E
Kokenashi A/B
Uenotaira (some restrictions)
Top areas of the ski area are open.
You need to get the gondola back down to base.
All base areas are closed.
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Friday 22nd December 2023 Total snowfall at base 44cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 13cm (25th November) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 23cm 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.