Nozawa Now: Wednesday 14th February 2018
- Feb 14, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 614cm
Posted on Wednesday 14th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from a sunny Nozawa.
Yesterday I think it's fair to say that we were hoping for more snow than we got. While Tokamachi to the north-east of us got some heavy snowfall, we only got a modest amount. By 3pm yesterday the resort was reporting 1cm on base areas and 7-10cm up top. This morning those base numbers remain unchanged with a bit more higher up - with a total of 15cm of fresh on Yamabiko since yesterday morning.
This morning we are starting the day with cold conditions and beautiful blue skies. There's a bit of early morning low cloud around in places, but other than that it's clear and sunny and looks like it should be a beauty of a day.
The mountain is looking very inviting. :)
It might warm up a bit with the sun by this afternoon and by tomorrow hopefully we'll be back to snow falling and colder conditions. After that the next snow is due around Saturday.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 15cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 9cm
- Hikage (660m): 1cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 1cm
- Karasawa (563m): 1cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 320m
- Uenotaira (1230m): 265cm
- Hikage (660m): 185cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 185cm
- Karasawa (563m): 140cm
Lifts operations:
- All scheduled lifts appear to be operating as normal.
- The Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Challenge pair and Utopia pair lifts usually rested on weekdays.
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 14th February 2018 Total snowfall at base 614cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 53cm (27th December) November 2017 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2017 snowfall 217cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 325cm reported on 20 days February 2018 snowfall 51cm reported on 8 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.