Nozawa Now: Wednesday 16th February 2022
- Feb 16, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 929cm
Posted on Wednesday 16th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
A curious one today. There's a little snowfall down at base and up to 20cm on upper areas of the mountain, according to the ski area. Weather at the moment is a mix of cloud and blue sky and sunshine and happily it is a bit colder than it was yesterday. (I was ensconced in my place all afternoon and night and so I can't confirm if we got some rain but it was definitely quite mild at lunchtime).
We are expecting our snow later on and into tomorrow. Hopefully some larger numbers.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since early yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 20cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 15cm
- Hikage (660m): 3cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 3cm
- Karasawa (563m): ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 375cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 330cm
- Hikage (660m): 290cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 280cm
- Karasawa (563m): 200cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
Various info:
- Rested lifts today: Challenge pair, Utopia pair, Karasawa pair, Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple.
- Subject to weather conditions all lifts that plan to be open should be ok.
- The top Yamabiko A-D courses close at 3:20pm until 27th March (at 3:10pm after that).
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 16th February 2022 Total snowfall at base 929cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 86cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 384cm reported on 22 days February 2022 snowfall 258cm reported on 12 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.