Nozawa Now: Thursday 14th March 2013
- Mar 14, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 803cm
Weather overview Light snow
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted on Thursday 14th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We have some light snow in Nozawa Onsen at the moment.
After the rain we got last night the precipitation turned to snow delivering 10cm of fresh up high, 3cm was recorded lower down in the village.
The conditions should be good for skiing and boarding today with that bit of new snow, cold temperatures and again very quiet slopes. Tree runs will be the pick trapping deeper stashes and offering improved visibility. The groomers should also be in fine form today with fast soft corduroy created for your carving pleasure, courtesy of the Nozawa grooming team. We expect moderate winds to decrease as the day moves on with even some sun a possibility this afternoon.
Yesterday was another of those unusually warm days for this time of year. Hot sunshine and temperatures of 17C in the village meant t-shirts were more than appropriate for the conditions. The best riding was had in the morning before the extreme warmth, when conditions were slushy but fast. Later in the day all but the most well ridden areas became fairly sticky, especially the lower slopes. Winds did indeed affect some of the lifts yesterday, but hopefully we'll have none of that today.
During the next few days predictions tend to indicate a general clearing trend with a couple of days of sunshine and cool temperatures before another spring warming trend takes hold on Sunday.
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Lifts operating:
All except:
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Hikage Number 2 pair B line
Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Kandahar East
Challenge 39
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
330cm
Uenotaira
285cm
Hikage
160cm
Nagasaka
155cm
Karasawa
100cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 14th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 803cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 311cm reported on 18 days February 2013 snowfall 253cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 23cm reported on 4 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.