Nozawa Now: Sunday 17th January 2021
- Jan 17, 2021
- 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 461cm
Posted on Sunday 17th January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
By early afternoon yesterday it had started to snow down to Hikage - Naski had a dusting of snow on his/her head - even though it was raining below that level.
And this morning we have 5-20cm of snow being reported from base to top by the resort. So a modest layer of snow out there this morning.
Right now it is just cloudy (and light snow being reported from the top Yamabiko area of the resort, by the resort, at 8:20am). We are just basically expecting a cloudy day today and perhaps an increased chance of sunny skies tomorrow.
Next potentially decent snow around Tuesday, perhaps.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 9cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 20cm
- Hikage (660m): 12cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 12cm
- Karasawa (563m): 5cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 225cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 220cm
- Hikage (660m): 170cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 155cm
- Karasawa (563m): 130cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Challenge 39 (conflicting info out there about availability)
- Yunomine A
- Grand Prix
Ski lift information:
- The following lifts are normally rested on weekdays:
- Utopia pair, Challenge pair, Yunomine pair and Mizunashi triple
- The Shinyu pair lift will be closed for the remainder of the season due to obstruction by fallen tree
Nozawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Sunday 17th January 2021 Total snowfall at base 461cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 56cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 290cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 171cm 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.