Nozawa Now: Friday 11th January 2019
- Jan 11, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 342cm
Posted on Friday 11th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Anyone else get to enjoy yesterday? I had a blast. Glad I wrapped up well, felt cold out there.
This morning there's a bit more snow - Nozawa are reporting 15cm on the upper Yamabiko area, and varying less amounts in others.
It is definitely not as cold as it was yesterday.
Visibility looks very limited up top but perhaps that will clear.
So we have a weekend just ahead of us. It's usually on of the busier ones. Peak season, of course. And also Monday is a national holiday in Japan, so it's a 3-day break for many people. Expect Nozawa to be busy.
Weather should be generally fine with a good chance of sunshine (and very little chance of fresh snow). Sunscreen recommended as well as an early start to beat some of the crowds.
Next snow? Look to late on Tuesday onwards.
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday at 3pm):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 15cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 2cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 7cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 250cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 230cm
- Hikage (660m): 150cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 140cm
- Karasawa (563m): 125cm
All lifts apart from the following planned to be operating:
- Kandahar pair
- Yunomine pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
All courses open apart from the following planned to be open:
- Kandahar West
- Kandahar East
- Grand Prix
- Kamoshika (part)
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 11th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 342cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 138cm reported on 10 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.