Nozawa Now: Saturday 11th January 2014
- Jan 11, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 215cm
Posted on Saturday 11th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
You know when things are going good when you hear people complain about 'too much snow'. Yes I heard that silly comment a few times yesterday.
It was a great day though, seriously. Not only did we have all that new snow to play in all over the mountain, but the clouds cleared up in the afternoon and we had blue skies over the mountain for a while... days don't get much better than that.
The heavy snowfall transformed many parts of the resort and was just what we wanted and needed.
Curiously this morning the resort is only reporting 5cm across the mountain - apart from Uenotaira on 20cm. Add that to the 5cm or so since yesterday morning and we have another layer this morning.
The latest forecast is for cloud/snow today. The poor visibility up top will likely clear, though perhaps not in the spectacular fashion it did yesterday, maybe more just cloud.
Tomorrow sun is forecast so it should be a very good weekend.
The only thing to mention is the crowds. It's the first day of a three day long weekend in Japan and one of the peak times of the snow season. So there are going to be a lot of people in Nozawa. A lot. Early starts are highly recommended to get out there early before the main crowds.
We do of course have the famous Fire festival on the 15th January as well, but that's mid-week (Wednesday). Preparations and 'pre-events' for that from Monday.:
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 250cm
Uenotaira - 215cm
Hikage - 140cm
Nagasaka - 130cm
Karasawa - 100cm
Lifts
All lifts operating
Courses
All courses open except:
Kandahar West
Kandahar East
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 11th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 215cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 100cm reported on 6 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.