Nozawa Now: Saturday 27th December 2014
- Dec 27, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 435cm
Posted on Saturday 27th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
I have more snow to report from Nozawa this morning. There was snowfall during the day yesterday and add that to the numbers posted by the resort this morning and we'll have close to another 50cm on the upper areas of the resort. Deep enough? I actually heard someone last night complain that it was 'too deep'. Not often you hear that in the world is it.
But at the very least another 20+cm right across the mountain, making for always-fresh conditions wherever you choose to ride.
I read this in another report, but it's true --- conditions couldn't be much better than they are. After that slight delay what a fantastic start to the season - can the rest of the season continue on from here in the same way?
Light snow continued to fall into early morning but it has stopped here for now. Still limited visibility out there, but it will likely begin to clear this morning. Will be cold overnight tonight but warm up a bit tomorrow with the expected sunshine.
More snow should be back by New Year though, don't worry!
Wednesday is, of course, New Years Eve and there'll be a few events going on to celebrate and bring in the new year. First of all nighta at the Nagasaka area will be open from 4:30pm until 11:30pm on Wednesday. There'll be sake and hot wine to sample from 11pm until midnight and once the New Year arrives there'll be a firework display. Sounds like fun!
Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon:
Yamabiko - 30cm
Uenotaira - 35cm
Hikage - 15cm
Nagasaka - 15cm
Karasawa - 15cm
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 330cm
Uenotaira - 270cm
Hikage - 220cm
Nagasaka - 215cm
Karasawa - 190cm
Courses open:
All courses are now open except:
Hikage no kabe
Grand Prix course
Jumping Course
Mukoubayashi
Challenge 39
Kandahara West
Kamoshika Course
Lifts open (subject to weather conditions):
All lifts operating except:
Hikage Number 2 Pair A line
Night skiing at Nozawa until 8pm on the following dates:
Every Saturday until 28th March
27th December until 4th January
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Data as of Saturday 27th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 435cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 435cm reported on 13 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.