Nozawa Now: Thursday 11th April 2013
- Apr 11, 2013
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 812cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind Calm
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Thursday 11th April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It has been good to see some snow sprinkling down the mountainside once again and the resort reported an impressive 15cm of new snowfall on the top Yamabiko runs this morning.
10cm on Uenotaira and even 5cm down on Hikage.
Not a bad showing at all!
Anyway just cloudy this morning and it might clear up a bit during the day, but we might get some spots of rain/sleet/perhaps snow higher up later again. Hardly any wind this morning.
Good to see winter giving it one more go before the warmer weather takes over.
-----
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
245cm
Uenotaira
155cm
Hikage
45cm
-----
Nozawa Onsen opening dates from 1st April to the end of season:
From 1st April until 6th May:
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift
Yamabiko Four lift
From 1st April until 7th April
12th April until 14th April
20th-21st April
27th April until 6th May
Uenotaira Four lift
Snow Park
6th-7th April
13th-14th April
20th-21st April
27th April until 6th May
Paradise Four lift
-----
Courses scheduled to be open at Nozawa Onsen (subject to change due to weather conditions):
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Bunabayashi (to the Nagasaka Gondola mid station)
Paradise
Utopia A
Utopia B
Rinkan (until the Hikage area)
To get back to the Nagasaka Gondola from Rinkan use the shuttle bus from Isemiya course.
Lift prices from 1st April are 3500 yen (adults), 1500 yen (children), 2500 yen (seniors) for a day ticket and 2500 yen (adults), 1000 yen (children), 2000 yen (seniors) for a half day.
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 11th April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 812cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 311cm reported on 18 days February 2013 snowfall 253cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 29cm reported on 6 days April 2013 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day |
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.