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Nozawa Now: Saturday 1st April 2017

  • Apr 1, 2017
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 822cm

Posted on Saturday 1st April 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa. I'm on my way to Tokyo this morning and so need to get my report off early.


Not much to report other than cloudy skies at the start of the day. Some forecasts call for a chance of some light snow tonight, but it should be sun through the day tomorrow too.


Oh yes, Yamabiko on official snow depth of 400cm as of 1st April. Excellent!


Nozawa Onsen plans to be open daily until Sunday 7th May.


Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:

- Yamabiko: 0cm

- Uenotaira: 0cm

- Hikage: 0cm

- Nagasaka: 0cm

- Karasawa: 0cm


Official snow depths:

- Yamabiko: 400cm

- Uenotaira: 300cm

- Hikage: 145cm

- Nagasaka: 135cm

- Karasawa: 80cm


Lifts operations:

- All lifts operating


Courses not open today are:

- Grand Prix

- Hachiman

- Kandahar East

- Kamoshika

- Tanuki



Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Saturday 1st April 2017 Total snowfall at base 822cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 68 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 366cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 196cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 97cm reported on 13 days April 2017 snowfall 0cm




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