Nozawa Now: Sunday 16th February 2014
- Feb 16, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 40cm
Snowfall at base this season 496cm
Posted on Sunday 16th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Snow, snow and lots more snow.
Not sure that we were all expecting quite as much as this, perhaps just hoping. But the heavy snowfall has continued and here's what we have had since my report yesterday. This all official numbers coming from the resort:
Yesterday as of 3pm...
Yamabiko - 45cm
Uenotaira - 50cm
Hikage - 40cm
Nagasaka - 38cm
Karasawa - 30cm
And this morning...
Yamabiko - 30cm
Uenotaira - 25cm
Hikage - 0cm (?)
Nagasaka - 20cm
Karasawa - 0cm (?)
I add those up and come to a Nozawatastic total of...
Yamabiko - 75cm
Uenotaira - 75cm
Hikage - 40cm
Nagasaka - 58cm
Karasawa - 30cm
...since yesterday morning. The official snow depths have all taken a big jump.
Those are big numbers and exciting to look at but do bring on their own set of problems. One of the most important ones being dangers of avalanche. Probably best to stick to the courses - there's tons of fresh snow to play in. Venturing outside invites risk.
Yesterday, I mentioned that Skyline was closed. It did open, though during the day Rinkan, Kamoshika and Tanuki closed no doube due to dangers and the resort made the call. They remain closed today it seems.
This morning the snow continues to fall. The forecast says that later on in the day today it might ease up and we will end the day with just cloud but there's a decent chance of more snow tomorrow.
Transportation issues (non running Shinkansen and closed Expressways) due to the unexpected snow mainly in the Kanto regions stopped people from getting to Nozawa yesterday and issues remain today.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 350cm
Uenotaira - 285cm
Hikage - 230cm
Nagasaka - 215cm
Karasawa - 175cm
Lifts
All lifts operating
Courses
All courses open except:
Grand Prix
Kandahar West
Kandahar East
Kamoshika
Tanuki
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Sunday 16th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 496cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 122cm reported on 9 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.