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Nozawa Now: Monday 30th December 2024

  • Dec 30, 2024
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 294cm

Posted on Monday 30th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


It is a fine and sunny morning across the region (some low cloud aside). Still quite cold, but it will be warming up by this afternoon as the sun gets to work.


The Yamabiko Four lift seems to be undergoing some kind of inspection this morning, meaning that a few top runs are not available at the moment. All other lifts are open.


30 minute extension to opening times until Friday (3rd January) and night skiing at Nagasaka until Saturday 4th.


We are in one of the most popular periods of the season, so there are lot of people around.


Happily, we have a lot of lovely snow for everyone to enjoy and of course Nozawa is pretty big.


More fresh snow forecast for New Years Eve.


Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (as reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 27cm

Uenotaira: 21cm

Hikage: 15cm

Nagasaka: 10cm

Karasawa: -cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 270cm

Uenotaira: 215cm

Hikage: 195cm

Nagasaka: 180cm

Karasawa: 135cm


Lifts:

All scheduled lifts are operating as planned apart from Yamabiko Four


Courses:

All courses are available apart from Yamabiko A, B and C



Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season

Data as of Monday 30th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 294cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (29th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 291cm reported on 21 days




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