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Nozawa Now: Monday 19th February 2018

  • Feb 19, 2018
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 686cm

Posted on Monday 19th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa.


More fresh snow to report to you from yesterday and overnight, totalling an official report of 10-30cm across the mountain this morning.


Very nice!


And check it out - the sun is out. There was more cloud around when I got up, but now the sun is shining through and there's an increasing amount of blue sky.


It feels like it is going to be an excellent day.


Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):


- Yamabiko (1407m): 26cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 33cm

- Hikage (660m): 17cm

- Nagasaka (615m): 19cm

- Karasawa (563m): 10cm


Official snow depth numbers:


- Yamabiko (1407m): 370cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 300cm

- Hikage (660m): 230cm

- Nagasaka (615m): 225cm

- Karasawa (563m): 175cm


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 Monday 19th February 2018 Total snowfall at base 686cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 123cm reported on 12 days




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