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Nozawa Now: Wednesday 25th December 2024

  • Dec 25, 2024
  • 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 192cm

Posted on Wednesday 25th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Merry Christmas to you all from Nozawa Onsen.


And it is a very fine morning here.


After some early morning ho-ho-ho-ing, I can finally get to my report. (I just wish we could see Naski dressed up as Santa-san, wouldn't that be fun!)


Anyway, yes, it's a lovely morning. Relatively mild too, but it will get colder again from tomorrow and we should be getting snowed on before night time tomorrow and on Friday and perhaps on Saturday too.


All but 3 runs now officially open.


I am seriously liking the way this season is shaping up!


(PS Sorry, I mixed up Mukobayashi and Bunabayashi in my list over the last few reports. Bunabayashi is open, Mukobayashi not. My apologies).


Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 28cm

Uenotaira: 12cm

Hikage: 7cm

Nagasaka: 5cm

Karasawa: 5cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 190cm

Uenotaira: 155cm

Hikage: 115cm

Nagasaka: 120cm

Karasawa: 110cm


All lifts apart from the following are scheduled to be operating:

Challenge pair

Utopia pair


Courses not yet open:

Jumping

Mukobayashi

Challenge 39



Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season

Data as of Wednesday 25th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 192cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 33cm (22nd December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 189cm reported on 17 days




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