Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 11cm Snowfall at base this season 37cm Posted on Tuesday 18th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Morning from Hakuba. And I do bring you some decent snowy news. Here are the 'fresh snowfall' headlines - this is information coming from the resorts themselves. Hakuba Goryu: 10cm Happo-one: 20cm Hakuba 47: 15cm base; 25-30cm up top Hakuba Cortina: 25cm base; 25-30cm top (And I have 11cm to add to the reports here). So it looks like there should be a decent fresh layer up on the mountains this morning. :) More of 47 opening with the R5 and R6 courses becoming available. I would expect some more to open up but info as I have it early this morning is as below. I'm hoping for another snow report tomorrow, though right now there is quite a bit of blue sky though the mountains still are covered with lots of cloud. Terrain remains limited, but it should be fun out there this morning... Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Tuesday 18th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 37cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (14th December) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 37cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 26cm Posted on Monday 17th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . 3cm of fresh snowfall on the ground. Happo-one are reporting 10-15cm on the mountain and Cortina are reporting 3cm. It is keeping mild but hopefully that ends during the daytime today and we can get stuck into some fresh snowfall from tonight through into the middle of the week. (I'm trying hard to ignore the warmer temps and rain looming on the forecast for late week and Saturday. Go away!!) For the moment there is a lot of cloud around but a fair amount of blue sky on show too. I imagine the clouds to gradually increase and win the day, rewarding us with snow by tonight. OK, so the only resort operation change that I can confirm this morning is that Hakuba Goryu have got their Toomi pair lift moving in addition to the quad lift. That's not opening up any new terrain though. I'm really hoping to bring you a snowy report tomorrow. ----- Ski resort information on Monday 17th December 2018: The below info is checked manually each morning and believed to be correct at time of report Hakuba Happo-one Operating lifts: - Adam Gondola - Riesen quad Available courses: - Riesen Slalom course Official snow depth: - Kurobishi: 40cm - Usagidaira: 40cm - Lower: 10cm ----- Hakuba Goryu Operating lifts: - Toomi Sky Four quad lift - Toomi Number 1 pair lift - Gondola (* but only for sightseeing, not skiing/boarding) Available courses: - Toomi Official snow depth: - Top: 30cm - Toomi: 30cm - Iimori: -cm ----- Hakuba 47 Operating lifts: - Gondola (for transportation to and from open area) - Line AB pairs Available courses: - Route 4 Official snow depth: - Top: 30cm - Base: 5cm ----- Tsugaike Kogen Operating lifts: - Eve Gondola - Han-no-ki high speed lift Available courses: - Han-kou Official snow depth: - Tsuga-no-mori: 50cm - Han-no-ki: 50cm - Maruyama: -cm - Shirakaba: -cm - Champion: -cm - Oya-no-hara: -cm - Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm ----- Hakuba Cortina Operating lifts: - Number 2 quad lift - Number 4 pair lift Available courses: - Ikenota - Hieda Forest - Mt Hieda 1 - Itadaira Official snow depth: - Top: 80cm - Base: 40cm ----- Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field Operating lifts: - Gondola --- but it's for sightseeing, not skiing/boarding Official snow depth: - Top: 15cm - Base: 15cm ----- Hakuba Norikura Onsen Operating lifts: - Official snow depth: - -cm ----- Hakuba Valley Kashimayari Operating lifts: - Number 2 pair lift - Number 6 quad lift (for transportation) Available courses: - Course 2 Official snow depth: - 30cm Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Monday 17th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 26cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (14th December) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 26cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 153cm Posted on Sunday 16th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here . Lets start with a quick overview of the mountain operation status. The Furano Zone is basically fully open with trails and lifts open allowing skiing all over that side of the mountain from top to bottom. Kitanomine is open but the skiing is extremely limited with the Gondola and front face closed. The Link chair and run are open meaning you can ski over from the Furano Zone to Kitanomine Zone. The situation is not well signposted or obvious on the Kitanomine side, but the gondola terminal building can be accessed and the ticket office inside there is operating. There has been 2cm of snow since yesterdays report. It is warmer this morning at -3c and the temperature will rise above freezing around midday and then not freeze again until late evening. Open trails Kitanomine Zone: Link course Rinkan course Open trails Furano Zone: Panorama Shirakaba Spies Sailer Prince Open lifts: Prince Romance chair Downhill Romance 2 chair Downhill Romance 3 chair Furano Ropeway Kitanomine quad chair Kitanomine 2 chair Link chair Furano Zone OPEN. Kitanomine Zone PARTIALLY OPEN. Kitanomine Gondola CLOSED. Furano Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Sunday 16th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 153cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (30th November) November 2018 snowfall 69cm reported on 6 days December 2018 snowfall 84cm reported on 12 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 42cm Posted on Sunday 16th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Good morning from Shiga Kogen. A fine morning it is too. The sun is out. It's going to be a great day. Cold last night but it will warm up a little. And it looks like the Okushiga Kogen are is going to be opening from this morning - they plan to have the Number 1 lift moving. Expect more snow from later tomorrow and hopefully through Wednesday. That should let more get opened up. Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Sunday 16th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 42cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 39cm reported on 8 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Shiga Kogen. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 9cm Snowfall at base this season 172cm Posted on Sunday 16th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . A nice day today, as more and more resorts begin opening up. And we have the snow, for now at least, with light snow on the forecast for most of the coming week. The only kind of scary thing in the weather ahead is the freezing line (the point of 0°C) going up to 2600 meters on Friday, with rain possible even at the top of the hill. Let's hope this changes; mountain weather and all that, right? The snow has stopped, but I'm adding the 9cm that didn't get into yesterday's report. So we're all caught up to date. Akakura Kanko: 130cm, -4° Myokokogen Sky Cable, Hotel No.1, 3, 5 lifts Akakura Onsen: 90cm, -3° Yodel No. 1, 2 4, Kumado No. 1 lifts Ikenotaira Onsen: 80cm, -7° Capsule pair, Karamatsu pair, AB No. 1 lifts Myoko Suginohara: Scheduled to open on the 21st (did they change the date?) Seki Onsen: Scheduled to open on the 21st Myoko Ski Park: 100cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 130, -1° Tangram Ski Circus: 80cm, 0° No. 3, 5 lifts Madarao Kogen: 90cm, -4° No. 1, 5 lifts Lotte Arai Resort 149cm, -1.2° All lifts open Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 10, -2° (not updated) Scheduled to open 12/22 Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Sunday 16th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 172cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (14th December) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 167cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Myoko. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 80cm Posted on Sunday 16th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa. And it is looking like it will be a cracker. The snow clouds have cleared and the sun should be having a headline role to play today. It was cold overnight but it is going to be somewhat milder during the day today, maybe rising to around +5C later on down at village. It will probably be similarly milder tomorrow too... before more snow Tuesday/Wednesday. There's not massive amounts of snow yet, but enough to have a great day out there. You can now ride back down to base via the winding Rinkan (Forest) course. Lots more this coming week please! Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday): - Yamabiko (1407m): -cm - Uenotaira (1230m): -cm - Hikage (660m): -cm - Nagasaka (615m): -cm - Karasawa (563m): -cm Lifts operations starting from 8:30am: - Nagasaka Gondola - Hikage Gondola - Yamabiko Four Lift - Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift - Skyline connecting pair lift - Yunomine pair lift - Uenotaira Four Lift - Hikage Four lift - Shinyu pair lift - Nagasaka triple lift - Yu Road Open courses: - Yamabiko A - Yamabiko C - Yamabiko B - Yamabiko D - Yamabiko E - Uenotaira - Kokenashi - Paradise - Bunabayashi (to mid-station) - Rinkan - Hikage (southern area) - Nagasaka connecting - Kumataka Official snow depth numbers: - Yamabiko (1407m): 80cm - Uenotaira (1230m): 75cm - Hikage (660m): 55cm - Nagasaka (615m): 45cm - Karasawa (563m): 25cm Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Sunday 16th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 80cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 78cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 103cm Weather overview Thin cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted on Sunday 16th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Good morning from Madarao. Anyone get out yesterday? Happily visibility improved and it was just great to get out on the skis again. I even had a stint on the board too. Didn't know what to do! The snow clouds have moved on and this morning is much calmer, there's some thin cloud but the sun is shining through. Nice. The Number 2 quad lift gets going this morning along with some other course areas (see below) so operations are already expanding. With more snow due in the first part of the week hopefully that will continue and it shouldn't be long before it all gets open. Have a good Sunday. Official snow depth at Madarao: 80cm Operating lifts at Madarao: Number 1 lift Number 2 quad lift Paradise Beginner A Course Beginner B Course Giant Course (lower area) Carving Course Pole A Operating lifts at Tangram Ski Circus: Number 3 quad Number 5 quad Madarao Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Sunday 16th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 103cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (on 14th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 100cm reported on 7 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Madarao. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 18cm Snowfall at base this season 78cm Posted on Saturday 15th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . Snow has been falling since yesterday and there is a lot of activity as more of Naeba opens. There have been spells of clearer conditions with the snow coming back. From today the Prince Number 2 Gondola is moving as well as the Takenokodaira pair lift up there in the top area of Naeba. You can also ski down from that area back to base. Naeba is getting rather busy now. We can expect some sun tomorrow before a return to snowy conditions in the first half of the week. Operating lifts: - Prince Number 2 Gondola - Number 5 quad - Number 4 romance - Takenokodaira pair lift Open courses: - Takenokodaira - Downhill course (from top of Gondola to base) - ...via Number 4 and 5 course lower areas Planned night-time operations: - Saturday 15th December 2018 until Sunday 24th March 2019 - 4:00pm until 8:30pm Naeba Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 15th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 78cm Number of days snowfall observed 7 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 33cm (reported on 10th December) November 2018 snowfall 1cm observed on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 77cm observed on 6 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Naeba. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 151cm Posted on Saturday 15th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here . There is a nice new layer of powder of 4cm on the ground, and Saturday morning brings clear skies and sunshine. The resort will open the Kitanomine side this morning. The Kitanomine quad lift and Kitanomine 2 chair will be operating and the skiable trail will be the Rinkan course only. Due to minimal snow coverage the front face of Kitanomine will not open. The link lift will also operate connecting both sides of the resort. It is great to see both sides of the mountain now open and this will certainly more evenly spread the skiers across the resort. On the Furano side the lower part of Spies course has been opened up. Temperatures will be warmer tomorrow and may bring some rain. Open trails Kitanomine Zone: Link course Rinkan course Open trails Furano Zone: Panorama Shirakaba Spies Sailer Prince Open lifts: Prince Romance chair Downhill Romance 2 chair Downhill Romance 3 chair Furano Ropeway Kitanomine quad chair Kitanomine 2 chair Link chair Furano Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 15th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (30th November) November 2018 snowfall 69cm reported on 6 days December 2018 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 59cm Posted on Saturday 15th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Still limited but more opening this morning - we now have the upper lifts at the Chuo area and also the Onsen Number 1 pair at Uwanodai and the Utopia Number 2 pair lifts operating. Over the next few days there might be some sun shining through but for the moment the clouds are still over the mountain. Next decent snowfall is forecast for around Tuesday. The resort would (of course) like to quickly get fully open and will do so as soon as it can. Lifts and course info: - Chuo Number 1 - Mikaeri pair - Onsen Number 1 pair - Utopia Number 2 pair - Zao Ropeway - Zao Chuo Ropeway - Sky Cable - Chuo area part open - Utopia area part open - Uwanodai area part open Official snow depths (as reported by resort): - Summit area: 25cm - Paradise area: 35cm - Chuo area: 45cm - Utopia area: 35cm - Uwanodai area: 35cm - Oomori area: 35cm Zao Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 15th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 59cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (on 9th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 52cm observed on 8 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Zao 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 14cm Snowfall at base this season 40cm Posted on Saturday 15th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Good morning from Shiga Kogen. Snow is falling. And such lovely light snow too... being blown around by the wind, though not as windy as yesterday. So it makes it difficult again to measure with more and less in areas depending on where you are. The resorts themselves are reporting 10-15cm of fresh snowfall on the slopes, and I am measuring 14cm for my report. I suspect it is more than that. We need much more to get going big-scale of course as things remain rather limited, but there are some more lifts opening this morning. We probably can't expect much snow from now today (even though it is snowing nicely as I write this), and there looks to be a chance of sun tomorrow with the next decent snowfall due early in the week. For now though, the snow we have is nice and I'm going to go ride it! The below information is manually checked for each report. Official snow depth numbers are as reported by the ski resorts themselves. Ichinose Family - Official snow depth: 30cm - A 600m stretch of course is open - Ichinose Number 2 pair lift A / B Kumanoyu - Official snow depth: 30cm - A 1,300m course area is open - The Number 2 pair lift is operating Takamagahara Mammoth - Official snow depth: 25cm - The lower part of the main course is open, 300m in length - The Takamagahara Number 2 triple lift is operating Yakebitaiyama - Official snow depth: 40cm - 960m long South Course - 850m long Karamatsu Course - Number 2 high speed lift - Number 4 romance lift Yokoteyama - Official snow depth: 15cm - Part of the Yokoteyama Number 1 and Yokoteyama Queen Number 5 courses - Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky B lift - Yokoteyama Number 5 lift Other areas of Shiga Kogen are not yet open at time of writing. Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 15th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 40cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 37cm reported on 7 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Shiga Kogen. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 34cm Snowfall at base this season 78cm Posted on Saturday 15th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . A very good Saturday morning to you from Nozawa. I have very Nozawa-like snowfall to report to you this morning. During the day yesterday up until 3pm the resort was reporting 15-20cm of fresh mountain wide and this morning add another 13-25cm on top of that, so that's 28-45cm (bottom to top). I am measuring 34cm. Very nice. More lifts and more courses are open from this morning too - as noted below - so there's a decent part of the mountain now open... most of the upper area (not Skyline) and part of the lower Hikage area. The two areas are not connected by skiable terrain, so if you go to the upper area you will need to get the gondola back down. For now. It feels like winter has started and it should be a lot of fun out this morning. The snow seems forecast to ease off today and we might get some sunshine tomorrow. Hope some of you can be here to enjoy it. I'm off out! Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday): - Yamabiko (1407m): 45cm - Uenotaira (1230m): 33cm - Hikage (660m): 33cm - Nagasaka (615m): 33cm - Karasawa (563m): 29cm Lifts operations starting from 8:30am: - Nagasaka Gondola - Hikage Gondola - Yamabiko Four Lift - Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift - Skyline connecting pair lift - Yunomine pair lift - Uenotaira Four Lift - Hikage Four lift - Shinyu pair lift - Nagasaka triple lift - Yu Road Open courses: - Yamabiko A - Yamabiko C - Yamabiko B - Yamabiko D - Yamabiko E - Uenotaira - Kokenashi - Paradise - Bunabayashi (to mid-station) - Rinkan - Hikage (southern area) Official snow depth numbers: - Yamabiko (1407m): 80cm - Uenotaira (1230m): 75cm - Hikage (660m): 45cm - Nagasaka (615m): 40cm - Karasawa (563m): 30cm Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 15th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 78cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 76cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com