Nozawa Now: Wednesday 19th January 2022
- Jan 19, 2022
- 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 565cm
Posted on Wednesday 19th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
The sun is out this morning. 5-10cm of snowfall across the mountain overnight added on to what we got during the daytime yesterday (up to 25cm on the top areas of the mountain) means there's more fresh snow out there to play in. There's more snow due tomorrow and Friday, and then currently some sun forecast again for Saturday.
A few lifts are being rested at the moment and it's unclear exactly why. But I'll keep a note of them within the text of my report each morning. They don't seem to be affecting the runs that are open; the mountain is pretty much fully open.
Lifts rested today: Hikage gondola, Skyline connecting, Challenge pair, Utopia pair, Nagasaka quad, Karasawa pair.
Information checked each morning at time of report. All operating info subject to change.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (total since yesterday evening):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 35cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 17cm
- Hikage (660m): 20cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 20cm
- Karasawa (563m): 15cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 350cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 280cm
- Hikage (660m): 260cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 255cm
- Karasawa (563m): 180cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Grand Prix
Planned operating lifts:
- Subject to weather conditions all lifts should be open. See above main report for specific info for this morning.
- The Utopia and Challenge pair lifts are normally rested on weekdays.
- The top Yamabiko A-D courses close at 3:20pm until 27th March (at 3:10pm after that).
- Skyline course closes at 4:10pm.
- The Nagasaka quad lift is open for night skiing 11th-12th Feb (subject to change).
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 565cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 75cm (31st December) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 278cm reported on 15 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.