Nozawa Now: Thursday 19th January 2017
- Jan 19, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 389cm
Posted on Thursday 19th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After that fine day yesterday, it's back to snow this morning. Not the kind that adds up to new numbers and it's probably going to stop and maybe even clear this afternoon.
Curiously the resort is not reporting any fresh snow on the top Yamabiko area but 5cm on Uenotaira. Poor visibility up on the mountain at the start of the day.
Casting an eye over the to forecast is quite exciting... there's a fair amount of snow on there, with it set at 'heavy' at times. Sounds good to me. Expect the decent snowfall to start later in the day tomorrow and perhaps through Saturday, so keep an eye on the forecast and plan around that if you are thinking of being here for the weekend.
With the big storm clearing - and if it's not another crazy snow storm that hits the national headlines - I think we can expect this coming weekend to be a popular one.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 0cm
- Uenotaira: 5cm
- Hikage: 0cm
- Nagasaka: 0cm
- Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 315cm
- Uenotaira: 230cm
- Hikage: 185cm
- Nagasaka: 170cm
- Karasawa: 140cm
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:
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar East
- Kandahar West
- Kamoshika
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 19th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 389cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 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 226cm reported on 12 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.