Nozawa Now: Saturday 26th December 2015
- Dec 26, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 38cm
Posted on Saturday 26th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa and we have a fresh blanket of snow with the resort reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas this morning. Colder too as well. It is not snowing as I write this report but snow is expected on and off during the day today, with temperatures not rising that much over freezing. Currently it is -1C here at base.
Should be some improved conditions up top this morning then and they are set to improve more in the coming days with decent snowfall forecast for tonight and into tomorrow and hopefully a bit beyond as well. The cold is going to continue as well with low temperatures tomorrow in particular expected.
I am hoping that my report tomorrow morning will bring you some exciting snow news.
In the meantime, a lot of people are expected in Nozawa this weekend. Early starts recommended especially as the whole mountain is not yet open.
Until tomorrow. Let it snow!
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko: 40cm (+15cm)
Uenotaira: 40cm (+15cm)
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday:
Yamabiko: 40cm
Uenotaira: 40cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Planned lift operations:
- Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am)
- Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am)
- Skyline link lift
- Yamabiko Four lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 lift
- Uenotaira
- Yu Road (from 8:30am)
Courses planned to be open:
- Yamabiko A course
- Yamabiko B course
- Yamabiko C course
- Yamabiko D course
- Yamabiko E course
- Paradise
- Kokenashi
- Uenotaira
- Bunabayashi
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Data as of Saturday 26th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 38cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 35cm reported on 5 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.