Nozawa Now: Friday 16th February 2024
- Feb 16, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 420cm
Posted on Friday 16th February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Nozawa Onsen.
So... after the wonkily warm weather yesterday, temps got much lower and we did get some snow overnight. The ski area is reporting up to 14cm out there which sounds good.
Sunny skies are expected across the coming weekend and after the temporary cold of today it will getting mild/warmish again. Should be feel-good anyway.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 6cm
Uenotaira: 14cm
Hikage: 5cm
Nagasaka: 5cm
Karasawa: 3cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 205cm
Uenotaira: 175cm
Hikage: 60cm
Nagasaka: 60cm
Karasawa: 40cm
All lifts apart from the following are scheduled to be operating:
Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
All courses apart from the following are now open:
Hachiman
Kandahar (not open to general public)
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Friday 16th February 2024 Total snowfall at base 420cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 219cm reported on 14 days February 2024 snowfall 87cm 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.