Nozawa Now: Saturday 28th December 2019
- Dec 28, 2019
- 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 35cm
Posted on Saturday 28th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good news everyone!
And as I am sure many are saying this morning ---- this is so much more like it! 'It' being what we expect in Nozawa, I suppose.
Yesterday afternoon, the resort was reporting 20cm of fresh snowfall on the upper slopes, and this morning they are adding 35cm. So I make that 55cm of snowfall on the upper areas since yesterday morning.
A more modest amount down at base - in the afternoon they were reporting 2cm and this morning no official number yet. But I am going to provisionally add 20cm to my report (but I am going to go out and check that in a few places, so I may update it).
Whatever, a very good new layer and conditions should be well worth checking out this morning up there.
As far as I can tell, resort operations (lifts and courses) remains the same as yesterday for the moment.
We might not get any further snow for a few days, but the snow is due back in time for New Years Eve and beyond.
The Opening Festival for the season will take places on the upper Yamabiko area.
If the free food and drink that is promised is not enough to tempt you, how about the chance to meet your favourite bright green vegetable that likes to ski - 'Nasuki'? Chance!
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 55cm (35cm of that since 3pm yesterday)
- Uenotaira (1230m): 37cm (25cm of that since 3pm yesterday)
- Hikage (660m): ?cm
- Nagasaka (615m): ?cm
- Karasawa (563m): ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 90cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 60cm
- Hikage (660m): 30cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 30cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
These lifts plan to be operating:
- Nagasaka Gondola (8:40am until 3:30pm, last one down at 4:00pm)
- Hikage Gondola (8:40am until 3:50pm, last one down at 4:00pm)
- Yamabiko Four (9:00am until 3:30pm)
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four (8:55am until 3:40pm)
- Uenotaira Four (9:00am until 3:40pm)
- Skyline Connecting pair (8:55am until 3:50pm)
- Yu Road (8:30am until 4:30pm)
These courses plan to be open:
- Yamabiko A Course (1300m)
- Yamabiko B Course (800m)
- Yamabiko C Course (850m)
- Yamabiko D Course (1250m)
- Yamabiko E Course (1000m)
- Kogenashi Course (200m)
- Uenotaira Course
- Yunomine B
- Bunabayashi Course (2500m)
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Data as of Saturday 28th December 2019 Total snowfall at base 35cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (28th December) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 31cm reported on 4 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.