Nozawa Now: Wednesday 27th December 2023
- Dec 27, 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 114cm
Posted on Wednesday 27th December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After a very fine day yesterday, the ski area is reporting 9-10cm of fresh snow on upper areas overnight. Visibility looks very limited up there at 8am and light snow appears to be falling.
It is generally just cloudy/foggy down at base with just a dusting-plus in places. Not much.
We'll probably get more sun tomorrow.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 10cm
Uenotaira: 9cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 90cm
Uenotaira: 85cm
Hikage: 45cm
Nagasaka: 35cm
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)
Paradise
Top areas of the ski area are open.
You need to get a gondola back down to base.
All runs back to base are closed.
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Wednesday 27th December 2023 Total snowfall at base 114cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 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.