Nozawa Now: Tuesday 15th March 2016
- Mar 15, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 8, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 447cm
Posted on Tuesday 15th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa and there's some snow to report again.
Up to 20cm of fresh snow on the upper Yamabiko runs since yesterday morning according to the resort (going to have to go check that out I think), with 10cm on Uenotaira and just a bit on lower areas (not the driest snow I have seen, but it is mid March!)
Right now visibility looks limited on upper areas of the mountain especially but we can probably expect things to clear up later in the day with a chance of some sunshine later on even.
Sun is forecast from tomorrow through Thursday and perhaps beyond, as well as increasing temperatures. Come Friday it should be getting rather warm, but beyond that it'll be cooling down again.
Word of warming about Saturday - rain is on the forecasts for that day at the moment; as they are now, Sunday would look to be the better weekend choice. We all know how those forecasts can change (and be wrong) though!
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko: 155cm
Uenotaira: 85cm
Hikage: 45cm
Nagasaka: 30cm
Karasawa: 10cm
New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday:
Yamabiko: 20cm
Uenotaira: 10cm
Hikage: 1cm
Nagasaka: 1cm
Karasawa: 1cm
The following courses are closed:
Paradise connection
Schneider
Utopia Course 2
Kurokura
Grand Prix
Hachiman
Mukoubayashi
Kandahar West
Kandahar East
Usagi
Lifts planned to be rested today:
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Kandahar pair
Hikage Number 2 pair A line
Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 15th March 2016 Total snowfall at base 447cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (18th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 162cm reported on 12 days March 2016 snowfall 50cm reported on 5 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.