Nozawa Now: Friday 15th February 2013
- Feb 15, 2013
- 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 607cm
Weather overview Overcast
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Friday 15th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Seems that today is the first day in a while where there has been no overnight snowfalls on the mountain. Perhaps the groomed runs will be the pick of the bunch this morning with firm, fast and clean conditions. Tree runs will remain mostly tracked out until we receive fresh snow - which is expected tonight.
It is a cloudy and grey start to the day.
Yesterday was good early, but during the afternoon the sun warmed the snow almost to slush in all but North facing or high altitude areas. Nevertheless, that did not stop riders from enjoying themselves of course.
It looks like we have a very interesting week ahead in Nozawa Onsen if you are a skier or boarder. In the next five days we expect two solid dumps of fresh snow. Snow should commence later this afternoon, building in intensity. It's looking like we may receive around 20-30cm at least overnight. Tomorrow, snowfalls and moderately strong winds should continue for the day. Hopefully not enough to affect lift operations on the mountain.
Sunday should temporarily clear before some marginal conditions pass through on Monday. The freezing level is forecast to sit at around 1000m, so we will see rain on the lower half of the mountain but snow up top. Monday night the temperature will drop and a nice sized dump is expected. Following that, cold temperatures and snow showers should persist for at least a couple of days.
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Lifts operating:
All lifts operating except
Yunomine Pair
Mizunashi Triple
Challange Pair
Utopia Pair
Hikage Number 2 Pair B line
Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Kandahar East
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
310cm
Uenotaira
285cm
Hikage
175cm
Nagasaka
170cm
Karasawa
120cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 15th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 607cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 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 80cm reported on 6 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.