Nozawa Now: Friday 28th December 2018
- Dec 28, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 122cm
Posted on Friday 28th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It is a very good morning here in Nozawa.
Decent snowfall has arrived. There's 35cm of fresh snowfall on the top Yamabiko area and 20-28cm across the mountain, according to the resort. And I have just measured 24cm.
Nice.
Cold too. Proper mid-winter conditions.
And it is continuing to snow and not about to let up any time soon so things should quickly build up.
I don't have any news yet of lift/course changes but there will be changes over the next few days. Some preparation and checking is surely involved - they'll get things open as soon as they can safely.
Visibility is limited out there so remember too take care at the same time as being excited of course.
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 35cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 28cm
- Hikage (660m): 20cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 20cm
- Karasawa (563m): 20cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 130cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 120cm
- Hikage (660m): 45cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 40cm
- Karasawa (563m): 35cm
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 28th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 122cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 120cm 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.