Nozawa Now: Wednesday 16th January 2013
- Jan 16, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 399cm
Weather overview Clear
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Wednesday 16th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It looks like we have a day of sun and picture perfect here in Nozawa Onsen. For those who are keen photographers; don't forget your circular polarizing filters for the blue sky! Ice frosted trees at Yamabiko always look great with blue sky backgrounds.
We have some low lying fog in the valleys this morning so it should be quite a view up top with the cloud sea. Crowds have dispersed and with the abundant fresh snow, there is no doubt it will be a perfect day for skiing and boarding on the mountain.
Yesterday was nothing short of outstanding. Crowd levels were low and snow continued for the whole day constantly refreshing tracked out areas. It the trees was as good as it gets with dry waist deep Nozawa powder. Fresh tracks were easy to find even on the last runs of the day. What more could you want!?
The fire festival kicked off early last night and provided an amazing spectacle for the hundreds who attended and took part. The viewing areas were jam-packed - just as well as it was a very cold and snowy night. Sake was free-flowing all night so there will be a few sore heads around town this morning.
The forecast is looking good and now since it is within 72 hours, probably quite accurate. We should see sun most of today before clouds move back in overnight. Following this three days of snow cold temperatures are set to move over the region with a classic winter NW airflow moving off Siberia.
Time to get out there!
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating except
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Higake Number 2 B line
Courses open:
All courses open except
Kandahar East
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
280cm
Uenotaira
250cm
Hikage
160cm
Nagasaka
160cm
Karasawa
105cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 16th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 399cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 183cm reported on 8 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.