Nozawa Now: Sunday 30th December 2018
- Dec 30, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 178cm
Posted on Sunday 30th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Snow snow snow!
Tons of it. This is true Nozawa-style snowfall and one of the main reasons why we love this place so much.
The fresh snowfall numbers below are what the resort has recorded since 3pm yesterday and does not include snow during the day yesterday (apologies, I was unable to check and make a note of those numbers in time). So there is at least 30+cm fresh since yesterday up top - and I am guessing a fair bit more than that. I have measured about 30cm in a few areas around base this morning.
For four days from today through 2nd January, lifts will be opening 30 minutes earlier than usual. All lifts are operating (apart from Kandahar) and all but five courses are open. This is Nozawa at close on full power. Expect lots of people to be enjoying the mountain with you - but there should be more than enough powder out there now for us all to enjoy. Some kind locals may well even share some 'secret top tips' if you ask them nicely...
From tomorrow the snow should be easing off and there may be some sun. The snow clouds should be back over us come Wednesday though.
Take care and hope you can be here to enjoy it.
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since 3pm yesterday):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 30cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 20cm
- Hikage (660m): 20cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 20cm
- Karasawa (563m): 10cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 200cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 180cm
- Hikage (660m): 110cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 95cm
- Karasawa (563m): 80cm
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Sunday 30th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 178cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 176cm reported on 12 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.