Nozawa Now: Thursday 16th March 2017
- Mar 16, 2017
- 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 782cm
Posted on Thursday 16th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning everyone.
I was a bit shocked - in a good way - to see the resort reporting up to 25cm of fresh snow this morning on the top area of the mountain... not quite as much as that down here at base, but still a fresh blanket of snow which is great to see.
It was snowing just before but has stopped now and there's a few breaks appearing in the clouds. Still, snow is there on the forecast so perhaps changeable conditions for the day today.
I'm off up to Yamabiko! Looks like visibility is limited up there still but I can't resist that fresh snow.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 25cm
- Uenotaira: 23cm
- Hikage: 10cm
- Nagasaka: 10cm
- Karasawa: 5cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 395cm
- Uenotaira: 300cm
- Hikage: 160cm
- Nagasaka: 150cm
- Karasawa: 105cm
Lifts operations:
- All lifts operating apart from:
- Yunomine pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Mizunashi triple (usually closed on weekdays)
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Courses not open today are:
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar East
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 16th March 2017 Total snowfall at base 782cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 61 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 366cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 196cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 57cm reported on 6 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.