Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 8cm Snowfall at base this season 156cm Weather overview Cloud, light snow Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Fair Posted on Sunday 23rd December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . We didn't avoid the rain completely yesterday unfortunately, but quickly looking to the good news Kagura this morning are reporting 20cm of new snowfall. Here in Naeba it is -3C and 5-10cm of new snowfall, not much of a wind, and light snow falling early this morning. Though actually it's also quite bright at the same time. We still have that decent snowfall for later today into tomorrow right? Seems so, though can't help feeling looking at the forecasts that it might not bring quite as much as we were hoping for. We'll see, and I'll let you know! Did you know that today is actually the Naeba Prince Hotel's 50th birthday? Happy Birthday! There'll be a few events going on today to celebrate. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 100cm Kagura - 200cm Naeba and the Kagura resort areas are now all mostly open. Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Sunday 23rd December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 156cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 153cm observed on 9 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 196cm Weather overview Snow Wind Windy Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted on Wednesday 26th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . It was indeed a fine morning out yesterday and afternoon as well. Clouds did move in later in the day along with some strong winds and overnight we have another 20-30cm up top to report. Unfortunately the wind is preventing all of Kagura to open this morning... the Tashiro area is completely closed while from the Mitsumata Ropeway up to the Kagura Number 1 pair lift is the only area open. It's a similar kind of strory here in Naeba as well with the strong winds affecting operations - with just the lower lifts open. As Tashiro is closed, the Dragondola is not operating today either. 10-20cm of fresh snow here in Naeba this morning and more to fall during the day. From tomorrow until Saturday looks clearer and milder conditions followed by more snow on Sunday. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 120cm Kagura - 250cm Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 26th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 196cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 193cm observed 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 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 181cm Weather overview Clear and sunny Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Tuesday 25th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . Santa has been kind to us and delivered another 10-20cm of fresh snow since yesterday. The sun is out as well, so it should be a fine morning out on the slopes of Naeba and Kagura. Cold and icy on the roads this morning but the fresh snow should be much softer out on the mountain. With the Dragondola now operating and linking up Naeba with Tashiro, there's no excuse for not getting out there. Well, maybe if you are far away that might be an excuse. ;) It might be a clear morning but snow should be falling again by the end of the day. After tomorrow though a few days of clearer weather promised in the run up to the last weekend of the year. Have a fun day wherever and whatever you are up to with all my seasons greetings from Naeba. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 100cm Kagura - 250cm Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 25th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 181cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 178cm observed 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 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 216cm Weather overview Cloud and blue sky Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Thursday 27th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . Are you one of the lucky ones? This morning should be great out there. After the snow of yesterday, and lots of the runs being untouched due to being closed yesterday, and the sun shining down this morning... it should be a fine start to the day. There is blue sky above Naeba village here this morning, and while there's still a fair bit of cloud over Kagura it feels like it's going to open up to be a clear kind of day. Since yesterdays report there has been at least another 20cm or so here and 30cm up at Kagura and so we have another nice new layer of fluffy snow to play in. After today, more clearish conditions tomorrow and Saturday along with milder temperatures. Snow to return Sunday. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 130cm Kagura - 270cm Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 27th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 216cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 213cm observed on 13 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 103cm Weather overview Light snow Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted on Wednesday 12th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . Yesterday sure was an interesting one weather wise. Starting off with blue skies and those lasting most of the morning, but we were back to snow by the time things were darker and this morning Kagura has signed the delivery note on 20-30cm of new snow up top. It is a cold start to the morning and light snow has been falling from the skies this morning though easing off as I write this and it is quite bright now here in Naeba. Glimpses of the sun again? Though not like yesterday with those blue skies early on. While snow clouds are forecast to be around today and perhaps into tomorrow, it will be the last of new snow for a bit as things are destined to clear up. In fact it looks like we might even get some rain at the weekend - even higher up - so fingers crossed that won't happen but it does seem likely that things are going to warm up a bit come the weekend. Naeba are hoping to open the famous Daishamen course this weekend and hopefully more - will let you know. For the moment it is still just the No5 lift on the lower slopes that is open. Nighta at Naeba should open from 22nd December but the resort has decided to open for a one night special this coming Saturday - the No5 lift will be operating from 5pm - 8:30pm. Kagura continues to be almost fully open. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 90cm Kagura - 200cm Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 12th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 103cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 100cm observed 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 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 128cm Weather overview Light snow Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Fair to poor Posted on Wednesday 19th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . I think this morning the news is better than expected. Up to 30cm of fresh snow being reported from Kagura this morning along with a nice cold temperature of -10C. Here in Naeba we have 10-15cm of new snow in village and 20cm or so on the mountain. Just to recap on the courses open at Naeba - Downhill course, Takenokodaira course, Daishamen course and the lower No4 and No5 course areas. The Malibu Terrain Park plans to open up from this coming Saturday (22nd December). The snowfall is forecast to continue today though will ease off into tomorrow to be followed by a few more clearer days of weather with temperatures getting slightly milder again over the weekend, though perhaps not as mild as last weekend. Should be very nice conditions on the slopes today, fingers crossed I can report more snowfall tomorrow. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 90cm Kagura - 200cm Lifts operating at Naeba: Prince Number 2 Gondola No5 high speed lift No4 romance lift Takenokodaira romance lift Daishamen romance lift Almost all of Kagura is open. Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 19th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 128cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 125cm 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 138cm Weather overview Bit of sun Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Thursday 20th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . The sun is out! While it is still snowing to the north this morning, here in Naeba and above Kagura the sun is out and the skies are clearing up. The local forecast still says 'snow', but I reckon it might just be a very fine day out there. Those clouds could always move back in of course, but don't look like doing so right now. For the moment though, it is a fine morning to be sliding down the slopes here. 15cm of fresh snowfall at Kagura and another 5-10cm or so at Naeba since yesterday. It's a cold morning but the next few days promise to be slightly milder before temperatures plummet once again late weekend and hopefully bring with them a good new dumpage of snow Sunday through Monday. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 90cm Kagura - 200cm Lifts operating at Naeba: Prince Number 2 Gondola No5 high speed lift No4 romance lift Takenokodaira romance lift Daishamen romance lift Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 20th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 138cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 135cm observed 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 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 93cm Weather overview Clear and sunny Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted on Tuesday 11th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . Another 10cm or so of snow to report since last night and add another 10cm on top of that and we probably have had 20cm since my report yesterday. It certainly has been a good weekend and start to the week. With the sun out this morning, it should be pretty excellent conditions out there for the lucky ones sliding. Yes the sun is out we have a few white fluffy clouds hanging about it everywhere looks amazing and I'm sure the snow is top quality this morning. Doesn't look busy either. Kagura open as planned today. The same lower lifts at Naeba open but I would hope that we will soon be seeing more of Naeba opening soon. Light snow is actually forecast for today and so it will either turn up later or the forecast have got it wrong. I'll let you know which of those happens in my report tomorrow morning! Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 80cm Kagura - 200cm Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 11th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 93cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 90cm observed on 3 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 148cm Weather overview Cloud Wind OK Temperature - Visibility Fair Posted on Friday 21st December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . The sun was out early on yesterday but it didn't last the day - I present evidence of 5-15cm of new snow here in Naeba (10cm or so under my feet this morning) and 30-40cm of new snow up at Kagura. It is -4C in the village area here and some new snow to slide on this morning. Just cloudy and a slight wind, with cloud forecast for the day. Perhaps some snow showers tomorrow but it will be milder and a chance we might see some rain still. Temperatures will drop later on Sunday though and hopefully we'll be seeing that decent snowfall that has been lingering about on the forecasts. With all that new snow up at Kagura once again, it should be very nice conditions today. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 90cm Kagura - 200cm Lifts operating at Naeba: Prince Number 2 Gondola No5 high speed lift No4 romance lift Takenokodaira romance lift Daishamen romance lift Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 21st December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 148cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 145cm 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 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 60cm Snowfall at base this season 73cm Weather overview Cloud, snow Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted on Monday 10th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . The snow has arrived in style! Strangely, Kagura aren't boasting about 70cm of new snowfall on their page, but that's what it amounts to and doesn't sound unrealistic to me. Naeba are saying they have had 50-80cm of new snowfall since yesterday and again I can believe that, there has easily been 50cm outside my place here since yesterday. From what I can gather Naeba isn't yet opening up more runs because of the new snow so they are going ahead as planned with the lower No4 and No5 lifts open this morning. Hopefully we can expect that to change fairly soon. Strong winds are preventing the Tashiro part of Kagura to open today, so it will be closed. This region really does turn it on in style when it wants to. It it still snowing and should continue at least into tomorrow. Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 10th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 73cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 70cm observed on 2 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 113cm Weather overview Light snow Wind Varied Temperature - Visibility OK Posted on Thursday 13th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . Light snow early on this morning above both Naeba and Kagura... I would say less than 10cm here in Naeba and Kagura are telling me that they were on the receiving end of another 10-20cm of fresh snow since yesterday. The snow depth numbers are however unchanged. The snow clouds will probably be leaving us today for a while and tomorrow may well be clear and sunny. Might be a good day to get out there instead of the weekend if you can, especially as it still looks like it might be raining on Saturday. Kagura continues to be almost fully open with the lower run at Naeba open. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 90cm Kagura - 200cm Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 13th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 113cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 110cm observed 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 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 Naeba region of Niigata New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 148cm Weather overview Cloud, sleet, snow Wind OK Temperature - Visibility Fair Posted on Saturday 22nd December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here . It is a mild morning here but happily we seem to have avoided rain and this morning light (wet) sleet/snow is falling, though there's no new cm to report. Hopefully rain will hold off as temperatures rise a bit during the day, though we can't be surprised if we do get a bit, especially at base. Naeba has of course been part open for a while already but today is their official "Grand Open", the most important bit of that being that most of the courses on the mountain are now open to ski and board down. A few exceptions mostly the steeper slopes on the mountain. Nighta also starts properly from today at Naeba (there is never any nighta at Kagura of course), and tonight will be followed by some excite fireworks. Sugoi! Over to Kagura when I was there earlier it was raining lightly at Mitsumata base, but the resort is reporting light snow higher up. Go high, is the advice for the day. Tomorrow might start off cloudy or fine but that potentially heavy snowfall is still due overnight into the week. Would be good. Official resort snow depth: Naeba - 100cm Kagura - 200cm Naeba and the Kagura resort areas are now all mostly open. Naeba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Saturday 22nd December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 148cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 60cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 145cm 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 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