Nozawa Now: Sunday 29th December 2019
- Dec 29, 2019
- 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 37cm
Posted on Sunday 29th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
There is some early low cloud around some base areas but up top the sun is out and there's blue skies. It's going to be a beautiful morning.
Snow continued yesterday with the resort reporting 15-20cm of snow since the morning on the top areas of the mountain. Again, a more modest showing down below, but conditions on the open courses should be really good this morning.
There is more sun and cloud forecast through today and tomorrow and lets hope that temps don't rise too much. Keep cold please.
Beyond that, snow is lined up on the forecast from Tuesday onwards so we should be seeing a very good end to the year and a full-on start of 2020.
Lots of people around now with many arriving for the New Year holidays. I'm very happy that they can get to enjoy this fresh snow. And now, time for me to get up there!
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 15cm (5cm of that since 3pm yesterday)
- Uenotaira (1230m): 20cm (15cm of that since 3pm yesterday)
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 95cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 75cm
- Hikage (660m): 30cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 30cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
These lifts plan to be operating:
- Nagasaka Gondola
- Hikage Gondola
- Yamabiko Four
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four
- Uenotaira Four
- Paradise Four
- Skyline Connecting pair
- Yunomine pair
- Shinyu pair
- Yu Road
These courses plan to be open:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Yamabiko E
- Kogenashi A
- Kogenashi B
- Uenotaira
- Yunomine A
- Yunomine B
- Mizunashi A
- Mizunashi B
- Bunabayashi Course
Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 29th December 2019 Total snowfall at base 37cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (28th December) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 5 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.