Nozawa Now: Wednesday 25th December 2019
- Dec 25, 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 15cm
Posted on Wednesday 25th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Merry Christmas!
After some more light snow falling yesterday, this morning the clouds have cleared and it is a fine, sunny morning here in northern Nagano.
After that first day of the season yesterday, more courses are open from today meaning that a good chunk of the top Yamabiko area is open. In fact this is what is now officially open:
- Yamabiko A Course (1300m)
- Yamabiko B Course (800m)
- Yamabiko C Course (850m)
- Yamabiko D Course (1250m)
- Yamabiko E Course (1000m)
- Kogenashi Course (200m)
- Bunabayashi Course (2500m)
It is of course excellent to see more opening up, and Nasuki is looking happy (see below), though remember the snow is not yet deep and of course we need much more. Hopefully Friday will deliver us some of that.
You need to get the Gondola back down to base.
In the meantime, have fun.
Guess where I'm heading. ;)
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 0cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 0cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 45cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 30cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
These lifts plan to be operating:
- Nagasaka Gondola (8:40am until 3:30pm, last one down at 4:00pm)
- Yamabiko Four (9:00am until 3:30pm)
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four (8:55am until 3:40pm)
- Skyline Connecting pair (8:55am until 3:50pm)
- Yu Road (8:30am until 4:30pm)
These courses plan to be open:
- Yamabiko A Course (1300m)
- Yamabiko B Course (800m)
- Yamabiko C Course (850m)
- Yamabiko D Course (1250m)
- Yamabiko E Course (1000m)
- Kogenashi Course (200m)
- Bunabayashi Course (2500m)
Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Wednesday 25th December 2019 Total snowfall at base 15cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (6th December) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 11cm reported on 3 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.