Nozawa Now: Friday 10th February 2023
- Feb 10, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 558cm
Posted on Friday 10th February 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Just a bit of snow being reported this morning. Bit of a southerly wind going on as well but it does not seem to be affecting lifts, at least at the start of the day.
After some possible snow later on today (possibly even from this morning) and overnight tonight, the weekend is still looking likely to be generally fine and calm - and a bit mild, especially on Sunday.
The great news is that there's decent looking snowfall lined up from the early next week, starting Monday.
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area at 7am (since yesterday afternoon):
- Yamabiko: 1cm
- Uenotaira: 3cm
- Hikage: 0cm
- Nagasaka: 0cm
- Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 245cm
- Uenotaira: 210cm
- Hikage: 140cm
- Nagasaka: 140cm
- Karasawa: 85cm
All lifts now normally operating except these lifts:
- Mizunashi triple
- Yunomine pair
- Karasawa pair
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
All courses are now open except the following:
- Yunomine A
- Kandahar (restrictions)
Planned night skiing (Nagasaka quad):
- Every Saturday until 25th March 2023
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Friday 10th February 2023 Total snowfall at base 558cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 388cm reported on 21 days February 2023 snowfall 69cm reported on 7 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.