Nozawa Now: Wednesday 15th February 2017
- Feb 15, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 672cm
Posted on Wednesday 15th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
There's lots of cloud around this morning and earlier light snow has eased off now. Light snow > cloud is what the forecasts as saying and that seems to be what is happening. They also point to a considerable warm up tomorrow but hopefully that won't last too long with colder conditions (and rain then snow) likely on Friday.
It seems the Nagasaka Gondola is having some maintenance work done on it today and so is not moving at the start of the day. Unclear as to when that might be cleared, but check with the resort if you are out - or going out - today.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 5cm
- Uenotaira: 8cm
- Hikage: 0cm
- Nagasaka: 1cm
- Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 390cm
- Uenotaira: 295cm
- Hikage: 220cm
- Nagasaka: 205cm
- Karasawa: 160cm
Lifts operations:
- All lifts operating except
- Nagasaka Gondola (maintenance)
- Yunomine pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Mizunashi triple (usually closed on weekdays)
- Challenga pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Courses not open today are:
- Challenge 39
- Kandahar East
- Grand Prix
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 15th February 2017 Total snowfall at base 672cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 143cm reported on 13 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.