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Nozawa Now: Friday 18th February 2022

  • Feb 18, 2022
  • 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 946cm

Posted on Friday 18th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Nozawa.


A kind of curious 24 hours. We were expecting snow through the day yesterday but it actually ended up quite bright at times and overnight we didn't get quite as much snow as we were perhaps expecting. Upper areas have had a good 25-35cm (20cm of that up top overnight), very respectable of course, but not as much down in lower areas. The ski area is reporting around 10cm at Hikage and Nagasaka.


There is still quite a lot of snow on the forecast, particularly for Sunday through Monday. Hopefully that will bring us a lot of snow across the mountain.


Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since early yesterday morning through 7:20am):

- Yamabiko (1615m): 35cm

- Uenotaira (1407m): 23cm

- Hikage (660m): 11cm

- Nagasaka (616m): 10cm

- Karasawa (563m): 5cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):


- Yamabiko (1615m): 380cm

- Uenotaira (1407m): 335cm

- Hikage (660m): 290cm

- Nagasaka (616m): 285cm

- Karasawa (563m): 200cm



Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season

Data as of Friday 18th February 2022 Total snowfall at base 946cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 86cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 384cm reported on 22 days February 2022 snowfall 275cm reported on 14 days




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