Nozawa Now: Monday 1st April 2019
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 860cm
Posted on Monday 1st April 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We move into April and into the final part of the ski season (though this last section of the season is due to last for 5 more weeks).
Fresh snow as well. This morning the resort is reporting 15-20cm of snow on the upper slopes. Talk about starting April in style, and with more snow due tomorrow. The clouds are due to clear later on and we may see some sunshine before we click back into snow.
The resort is scaling back operations from today. See below for notes on the planned available lifts and open courses at Nozawa. There is still a large amount of terrain available and conditions should be very unlike April up there this morning.
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 20cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 15cm
- Hikage (660m): ?cm
- Nagasaka (615m): ?cm
- Karasawa (563m): ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 290cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 215cm
- Hikage (660m): 60cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 50cm
- Karasawa (563m): 20cm
The following lifts are operating:
- Nagasaka Gondola (8:10am - 3:30pm; last one down 3:30pm)
- Yamabiko Four (8:30am - 3:20pm)
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four (8:25am - 3:30pm)
- Uenotaira Four (8:30am - 3:30pm)
- Paradise Four (8:00am - 3:40pm
- Hikage Triple (8:00am - 4:30pm)
- Yu Road (8:30am - 4:30pm)
The following courses are open:
- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Yamabiko E
- Kokenoashi
- Uenotaira
- Paradise
- Mizunashi
- Bunabayashi
- Paraside
The following courses remain available to ski back down:
- Challenge
- Utopia
- Ushikubi
- Rinkan
- Kumataka
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 1st April 2019 Total snowfall at base 860cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 425cm reported on 24 days February 2019 snowfall 170cm reported on 12 days March 2019 snowfall 58cm reported on 7 days April 2019 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day |
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.