Nozawa Now: Tuesday 23rd December 2014
- Dec 23, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 335cm
Posted on Tuesday 23rd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
A lot of snow up on the top areas of Nozawa - 35-37cm being reported by the resort on the top Uenotaira and Yamabiko areas respectively, so conditions should be great up there in particular this morning. Lower runs reporting up to 25cm, so good conditions all round and about that much since yesterday at base.
Forecast isn't for that much snow today though it is falling from the skies at the minute. The clouds may even clear and the sun say hello later on according to a local forecast. Tomorrow is due to be a bit warmer with temps rising to around 4 degrees but we should be back to snow again as we move into Wednesday.
Poor visibility at the start of the day on the upper areas in particular.
Santa was at Nozawa yesterday and he's here today as well, having a leisurely breakfast and hitting the slopes at 10am. First 100 people get a present off him as well, so give him a shout if you see him!
Today is a National Holiday in Japan for the Emperors Birthday.
Fresh snow this morning:
Yamabiko - 35cm
Uenotaira - 37cm
Hikage - 25cm
Nagasaka - 25cm
Karasawa - 25cm
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 260cm
Uenotaira - 235cm
Hikage - 165cm
Nagasaka - 155cm
Karasawa - 140cm
Courses open:
All courses are now open except:
Hikage no kabe
Grand Prix course
Jumping Course
Mukoubayashi
Challenge 39
Kandahara West
Kandahara East
Kamoshika Course
Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Total snowfall at base 335cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 335cm reported on 10 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.