Nozawa Now: Tuesday 29th December 2015
- Dec 29, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 32cm
Snowfall at base this season 90cm
Posted on Tuesday 29th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After a fine day yesterday with blue skies and importantly low temperatures, snow clouds moved back over the region and this morning there's a new 30-30cm of fresh fluffy snow to enjoy.
So it's definitely a good morning from here in Nozawa. Couldn't ask for much more in a morning. Well, I suppose we could and we always want more...
But this 30+cm is all important. A good news layer when we really need it to build up base and get more of the resort open.
It is still snowing this morning and probably will continue until sometime this afternoon when it's forecast to ease off and just leave us with cloudy conditions.
As for extra courses and lifts opening today, I do not have any confirmed news at the time of writing this report but it would not surprise me. I am hearing that maybe the Hikage Number 2 pair and Nagasaka Triple lifts will be moving today. If you are in Nozawa check with the ticket counters before you go up for the very latest.
Whatever, it should be great out these this morning. Hope you can get to enjoy it. Wrap up well and don't forget the face mask.
Please note that on Wednesday 30th December, Thursday 31st December, Saturday 2nd January and Sunday 3rd January, the lifts and gondolas at Nozawa Onsen will all be starting their day 30 minutes earlier than usual.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko: 90cm
Uenotaira: 80cm
Hikage: 50cm
Nagasaka: 45cm
Karasawa: -cm
New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday:
Yamabiko: 30cm
Uenotaira: 30cm
Hikage: 35cm
Nagasaka: 35cm
Karasawa: -cm
Planned lift operations:
- Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am)
- Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am)
- Skyline link lift
- Yamabiko Four lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 lift
- Paradise Four lift
- Uenotaira Four lift
- Yunomine Pair lift
- Mizunashi Triple lift
- Hikage Number 2 Pair B lift
- Nagasaka Triple lift
- Yu Road (from 8:30am)
Courses planned to be open:
- Yamabiko A course
- Yamabiko B course
- Yamabiko C course
- Yamabiko D course
- Yamabiko E course
- Paradise
- Kokenashi
- Uenotaira
- Bunabayashi
- Mizunashi A
- Mizunashi B
- Yunomine A
- Yunomine B
- Hikage
- Nagasaka connection
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Data as of Tuesday 29th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 90cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 87cm reported on 8 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.