Nozawa Now: Saturday 11th March 2017
- Mar 11, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 775cm
Posted on Saturday 11th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Nozawa on this Saturday morning.
And it's a good start to the weekend. Up to 10cm of snowfall on mountain yesterday morning and some more overnight gives us 10-30cm across the mountain since my report yesterday and I am measuring 16cm here near base.
It means that there's a good refresh from base up to top and there should be lots of fresh snow to play in especially at higher elevations this morning. It's keeping pretty cold up there too which is all good.
As you might notice from the images below, as of 9am it's a mix of conditions. Poor visibility and light snow still falling up top, and some clearing clouds and sunshine lower down. The forecast is for clearer weather so I expect things to go that way during the day today - with sunny clear skies expected from early morning tomorrow.
Snow is forecast in the coming week too, so another refresh is on the way.
Less people around too now that we are approaching March. Perhaps they don't know what they are missing!
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 30cm
- Uenotaira: 20cm
- Hikage: 14cm
- Nagasaka: 19cm
- Karasawa: 10cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 390cm
- Uenotaira: 300cm
- Hikage: 170cm
- Nagasaka: 165cm
- Karasawa: 120cm
Lifts operations:
- All lifts operating
Courses not open today are:
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar West
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 11th March 2017 Total snowfall at base 775cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 366cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 196cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 50cm reported on 5 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.