Nozawa Now: Friday 18th January 2019
- Jan 18, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 383cm
Posted on Friday 18th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good news this morning with up to 30cm of fresh snow being reported by the resort and me measuring over 20cm on the ground.
Early lifts recommended, though visibility is limited at the start of the day as snow continues to fall. Hopefully there will be some more cm to fall today. Looks like it might be light snow through tomorrow but even if it eases off the snow clouds should still be close by and are forecast to be back in style around Sunday and then Tuesday/Wednesday.
So if the forecasts are correct, we should be enjoying regular top-ups over the coming week. Hope some of you can be here to enjoy it. (But not all at once, please!) ;)
All of Nozawa is open apart from Grand Prix, Mukobayashi; and of course Kandahar which is only open to the general public on a few days.
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 30cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 8cm
- Hikage (660m): 20cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 20cm
- Karasawa (563m): 15cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 240cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 200cm
- Hikage (660m): 150cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 135cm
- Karasawa (563m): 125cm
All lifts apart from the following planned to be operating:
- Yunomine pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
- Kandahar pair (open for general public on 12th Feb and 1st Mar 2019)
All courses open apart from the following planned to be open:
- Grand Prix
- Mukobayashi
- Kandahar (open for general public on 12th Feb and 1st Mar 2019)
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 18th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 383cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 179cm reported on 13 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.