Nozawa Now: Wednesday 15th February 2023
- Feb 15, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 48cm
Snowfall at base this season 637cm
Posted on Wednesday 15th February 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Phew. I have been out moving snow early this morning. Good exercise.
Yes, we have a lot of fresh snowfall. Nozawa-like, might I add.
The ski area reported snowfall numbers this morning range from 30-65cm. That doesn't include snow that we got during the day yesterday (I was confused by the ski area reporting yesterday, so will leave that out). There's a lot of fresh out there today and we can expect 'more than' the numbers below.
As you can see from the Hikage image below (featuring Naski), we are currently having a bit of a break from snow and there is even a bit of sunshine. That isn't due to last as we will probably have snow showers through the day.
Tomorrow and Friday there is a good chance of snow.
I expect the next few days should be pretty great out there. Yey!
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area at 7am (since yesterday afternoon):
- Yamabiko: 65cm
- Uenotaira: 30cm
- Hikage: 45cm
- Nagasaka: 45cm
- Karasawa: 30cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 315cm
- Uenotaira: 250cm
- Hikage: 185cm
- Nagasaka: 180cm
- Karasawa: 115cm
All lifts now normally operating except these lifts:
- Mizunashi triple
- Yunomine pair
- Karasawa pair
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
All courses are now open except the following:
- Yunomine A
- Kandahar (restrictions)
Planned night skiing (Nagasaka quad):
- Every Saturday until 25th March 2023
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Wednesday 15th February 2023 Total snowfall at base 637cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 388cm reported on 21 days February 2023 snowfall 148cm reported on 10 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.