Nozawa Now: Monday 16th January 2017
- Jan 16, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 27cm
Snowfall at base this season 343cm
Posted on Monday 16th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa, and the good news continues with another 50+cm of snow being reported by the resort up on the top Yamabiko area, and a very decent 25+cm at base areas too. (I have taken the Uenotaira numbers out this morning as there's obviously a mistake going on with them. They'll be back!)
But basically the continuous delivery of snowfall since last Wednesday has continued and there's some very deep and fine snow conditions on the mountain.
We couldn't really be asking for more at this moment and if you are one of the people about to arrive in Nozawa you can feel very pleased with your timing!
The snow clouds should continue to be over Nozawa today and tomorrow so there's more on the way. Is that some clearer skies I can see on the forecast for mid week? Looks like it. And then more snow lined up as we get to the weekend.
Let's Nozawa, as they say. I know I'm going to.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 52cm
- Hikage: 35cm
- Nagasaka: 35cm
- Karasawa: 25cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 330cm
- Uenotaira: 235cm
- Hikage: 180cm
- Nagasaka: 165cm
- Karasawa: 140cm
Lifts operations:
All lifts appear to be operating apart from:
- Yunomine pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
- Kandahar pair
Most courses at Nozawa Onsen are now open. Courses not open are:
- Hachiman
- Kandahar East
- Kandahar West
- Kamoshika
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 16th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 343cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 180cm 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.