Nozawa Now: Saturday 17th January 2015
- Jan 17, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 657cm
Posted on Saturday 17th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
The snow started falling sometime early morning this morning in Nozawa and the resort is reporting 5cm of snow on the upper slopes and 10cm down at base. I reckon the difference there is the one+ hour between the readings though - lower readings coming in at 8:45am with the top readings at 7:25am) and expect there to be at least the 10cm up top as well by now.
It's falling nicely at the moment and at this rate should be piling up and filling in tracks, snowfall due to continue today and through until tomorrow morning. It doesn't feel overly cold at all this morning though.
A moderate wind is due today with lifts seemingly unaffected early morning. Hopefully that will remain the case.
Generally limited visibility on mountain this morning as the snow comes down. Know where you're going and take care!
Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon:
Yamabiko - 5cm
Uenotaira - 5cm
Hikage - 10cm
Nagasaka - 10cm
Karasawa - 10cm
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 350cm
Uenotaira - 300cm
Hikage - 230cm
Nagasaka - 225cm
Karasawa - 190cm
Courses open:
All courses are open except:
Grand Prix course
Jumping Course
Challenge 39
Kandahar West
Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 17th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 657cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 220cm reported on 11 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.