Nozawa Now: Wednesday 18th January 2017
- Jan 18, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 388cm
Posted on Wednesday 18th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
First of all, it was great to hear yesterday morning that the people who were missing at the resort were found and apparently unharmed after digging themselves into a snow hole for shelter. We’re very happy to hear that you got back to base and ‘otsukaresama deshita’ to the people who were out looking.
Hearing about incidents such as this is definitely a reminder for us all of the dangers that current conditions especially can bring. Take care everyone.
OK so yesterday the snow continued through the day and during the day an additional 10-40cm of snowfall has been reported by the resort since yesterday morning.
It has now eased and this morning the skies are clearer. Nice and clear up on the mountain, with some early morning low lying fog over the village - that'll very likely clear up fairly soon this morning.
It looks like it is going to be a cracker!
The sun is forecast to be out and it won’t be quite as cold.
It should be a totally excellent day.
And...more snow. Due Friday and over the weekend.
Oh yeah.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 40cm
- Uenotaira: 25cm
- Hikage: 15cm
- Nagasaka: 15cm
- Karasawa: 10cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 330cm
- Uenotaira: 245cm
- Hikage: 190cm
- Nagasaka: 185cm
- Karasawa: 155cm
Lifts operations:
All lifts appear to be operating apart from:
- Yunomine pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
- Kandahar pair
Most courses at Nozawa Onsen are now open. Courses not open are:
- Hachiman
- Kandahar East
- Kandahar West
- Kamoshika
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 18th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 388cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 225cm 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.