Nozawa Now: Saturday 19th January 2013
- Jan 19, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 454cm
Weather overview Overcast
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Saturday 19th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Grey Skies and Happy Faces
Well it's been a massive few days at Nozawa Onsen. Since the start of this past system we have had well over a meter of fresh snowfall. Moderate and at times heavy snow continued to fall yesterday and currently we have overcast conditions, but there is no snow falling at the moment.
It feels milder than it has been as well this morning.
15-20cm of new snow is being reported by the resort on the slopes since yesterday.
The forecast tends to suggest we should experience a clearing trend throughout the day, but also indicates the possibility of further snow showers passing over the region this afternoon and tonight. So take your pick!
Reports from the mountain yesterday tend to suggest the snow was too deep to ride for all but a select few who had the equipment, experience and confidence to ride some of the steeper out of bounds terrain. With all the snow we've had, most of the inbound terrain was simply not steep enough to maintain forward momentum and many riders became bogged down in the deep powder. This of course, excludes the groomed runs which were great early, but became tracked out and bumpy later in the day.
The weather over the next week looks unpredictable. It seems snow showers, clouds and periods of sun will vary by the hour for the next few days or so. The temperature looks to fluctuate highly each day as well with variations in freezing level between below sea level and 1000m above sea level. I am hesitant to make any hard-and-fast calls regarding the weather over the next few days.
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating
Courses open:
All courses open except
Kandahar East
Kandahar West
Official snow depths
Yamabiko
325cm
Uenotaira
280cm
Hikage
210cm
Nagasaka
210cm
Karasawa
155cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 19th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 454cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 238cm 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.