Nozawa Now: Sunday 18th February 2018
- Feb 18, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 47cm
Snowfall at base this season 669cm
Posted on Sunday 18th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
The snow really started coming down during the day yesterday! Nozawa was reporting 20-25cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain by 3pm. This morning we're still dealing with lots more additional snow - this morning the resort is reporting up to 46cm of snow up on Yamabiko... that's on top of the snow they were reporting yesterday at 3pm. So I am not wrong, they are effectively reporting over 70cm up top with 45cm at base since yesterday morning.
There's certainly a lot of fresh snow built up even down here at base. Tons of it.
So while conditions might still be dicey for some people - poor visibility, wind, deep snow - if you are keen to brave the current conditions you'll be rewarded with some excellent snow conditions.
More snow during the day today and the snow clouds may still be over Nozawa tomorrow too.
Fingers crossed for less wind and improved visibility.
Take care out there and have fun.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 71cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 48cm
- Hikage (660m): 48cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 48cm
- Karasawa (563m): 45cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 365cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 285cm
- Hikage (660m): 200cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 200cm
- Karasawa (563m): 170cm
Lifts operations:
- All scheduled lifts appear to be operating as normal.
- The Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Challenge pair and Utopia pair lifts usually rested on weekdays.
The following courses either closed (or not fully available):
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 18th February 2018 Total snowfall at base 669cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 53cm (27th December) November 2017 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2017 snowfall 217cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 325cm reported on 20 days February 2018 snowfall 106cm 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.