Nozawa Now: Tuesday 26th December 2023
- Dec 26, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 112cm
Posted on Tuesday 26th December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Early morning cloud, particularly a bunch of low clouds hovering across the valley, but that should clear fairly quickly and it should be another fine day with sunshine expected.
We did get a little snow overnight, though it only amounted to 5-6cm reported by the ski area on top areas.
The ski area is making a point of asking people not to venture out onto runs that are not yet officially open, citing various incidents. Let's keep to their 'rules'. Naski will, I know that.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 5cm
Uenotaira: 6cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 120cm
Uenotaira: 100cm
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
Paradise quad lift
Yu Road (from 8:00am)
Courses available:
Yamabiko A-E
Kokenashi A/B
Uenotaira (some restrictions)
Paraside
Top areas of the ski area are open.
You need to get a gondola back down to base.
All base areas are closed.
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Tuesday 26th December 2023 Total snowfall at base 112cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 91cm reported on 9 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.