Nozawa Now: Friday 17th January 2025
- Jan 17, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 451cm
Posted on Friday 17th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We have had some interesting contrasts in the last day or so.
After that snow in the morning, we got to enjoy some sunshine... and we are back to snow overnight.
The ski area reports up to 25cm of snowfall overnight on the upper slopes, with 15cm around lower areas.
We might get some more before it stops sometimes today, leaving us with - probably - some sunny skies tomorrow morning. It should be a fine weekend, both in terms of the snow to enjoy and pleasant weather. Just hope it doesn't warm up too much in the coming days.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (as reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 25cm
Uenotaira: 14cm
Hikage: 15cm
Nagasaka: 15cm
Karasawa: 15cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 315cm
Uenotaira: 240cm
Hikage: 195cm
Nagasaka: 180cm
Karasawa: 150cm
Lifts:
All scheduled lifts are operating as planned
The Utopia pair lift and Challenge pair lift are normally closed on weekdays
Courses:
All courses are available apart from Mukobayashi, Grand Prix and Kamoshika
Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 17th January 2025 Total snowfall at base 451cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (29th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 291cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 157cm reported on 14 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.