Nozawa Now: Wednesday 12th January 2022
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 425cm
Posted on Wednesday 12th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa Onsen.
I'll quickly gloss over the rain from yesterday as we have fresh snow this morning and a lot more due over the next two days. (Phew).
It's snowing now and windy too on the mountain. At 8:30am the following lifts are on hold: Nagasaka gondola, Yamabiko quads, Skyline, Uenotaira and Paradise quads.. so basically the top area of the mountain. Obviously, runs coming off those lifts are not available. The Hikage gondola should get going but hasn't just yet. Going to depend on conditions.
Lower lifts appear to be opening as planned.
The peak of the snowfall is due tomorrow. Expect impressive numbers.
There's currently some clear and sunny weather forecast for the weekend. That should be great!
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (total since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 31cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 30cm
- Hikage (660m): ?cm
- Nagasaka (616m): ?cm
- Karasawa (563m): ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 255cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 215cm
- Hikage (660m): 155cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 155cm
- Karasawa (563m): 115cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Mizunashi A
Planned operating lifts:
- Subject to weather conditions all lifts should be open.
- The Utopia and Challenge pair lifts are normally rested on weekdays.
- The top Yamabiko A-D courses close at 3:20pm until 27th March (at 3:10pm after that).
- Skyline course closes at 4:10pm.
- The Nagasaka quad lift is open for night skiing 8th-9th Jan, 11th-12th Feb (subject to change).
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 12th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 425cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 75cm (31st December) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 138cm reported on 9 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.