Nozawa Now: Saturday 15th April 2017
- Apr 15, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 822cm
Posted on Saturday 15th April 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
There's quite a lot of cloud around but it feels like it is clearing and indeed sun is on the local forecasts.
It will be another fairly warm spring day and similar lined up for tomorrow too - slightly warmer still.
Lower areas seem to all of a sudden gotten rather dirty looking - always sad to see, but of course inevitable without fresh snow falling. The Karasawa slope area at base is now showing lots of ground. Farmers will be happy and trying their best to clear the snow to get cracking with their spring work.
There's still a lot of snow around on the mountain though and absolutely no snow cover issues on the upper slopes.
You can still ski or snowboard back down close to the Hikage base area - from where you can get on a shuttle bus back over to the base of the Nagasaka Gondola if you want to get back up top. Snow conditions are better higher up though, so I expect that most people will be staying up there for most of the day.
Below is official info that the resort is publishing at the time of the report.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 0cm
- Uenotaira: 0cm
- Hikage: 0cm
- Nagasaka: 0cm
- Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 305cm
- Uenotaira: 205cm
- Hikage: 80cm
- Nagasaka: -cm
- Karasawa: -cm
Lifts that are operating today:
- Nagasaka Gondola
- Yamabiko Four
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four
- Uenotaira Four
- Paradise Four
Courses that are open today:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Yamabiko E
- Uenotaira
- Paradise
- Bunabayashi
- Rinkan
- Utopia Course
- Utopia Course 2
- Challenge
Planned lift operations for the rest of the season:
Nagasaka Gondola - 8:10am until 3:30pm
Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift - 8:25am until 3:15pm
Yamabiko Four lift - 8:30am until 3:40pm
Uenotaira Four lift - 8:30am until 3:40pm (*** only Saturdays, Sundays and Golden Week)
Paradise Four lift - 8:25am until 3:50pm (*** only Saturdays, Sundays and Golden Week)
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 15th April 2017 Total snowfall at base 822cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 68 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 97cm reported on 13 days April 2017 snowfall 0cm |
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.