Nozawa Now: Saturday 17th December 2022
- Dec 17, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 6cm
Posted on Saturday 17th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
The ski area has reported 8-13cm of snowfall on the upper areas since yesterday morning (5cm of that during the day yesterday). And this morning, more of the ski area is open. The Skyline connecting pair is going to be moving and so is the Yu Road (connecting the ski area with the village).
Not much has been happening down at base yet, though, with just a dusting since yesterday. It's a bit foggy early on around base with a lot of low lying cloud, but that should clear and there should be some sun this morning. Already looks lovely up on the top runs.
Forecasts still look good for potentially heavy snow tomorrow and Monday, hopefully starting by tonight.
Naski, our favourite bright green, skiing and Nozawa-loving vegetable, is talking to the snow gods right now. It's going to happen. I can feel it.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 8cm
- Uenotaira: 13cm
- Hikage: -
- Nagasaka: -
- Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 35cm
- Uenotaira: 35cm
- Hikage: -
- Nagasaka: -
- Karasawa: -
Lifts:
- Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm, last one down at 4:00pm)
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad (8:40am-3:40pm)
- Yamabiko Four quad (8:45am-3:30pm)
- Uenotaira Four quad (8:40am-3:40pm)
- Skyline pair (8:40am-3:50pm)
- Yu Road (8:00am-4:40pm)
Courses:
- Yamabiko C (800m)
- Yamabiko D (1,250m)
- Uenotaira (2,000m)
- Uenotaira Family Lane (800m)
- Kokenashi AB (200m)
Parts of the top section of the ski area are now open. You need to ride the Nagasaka Gondola to get there and back.
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Saturday 17th December 2022 Total snowfall at base 6cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 2cm (3rd and 16th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 6cm reported on 4 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.