Nozawa Now: Friday 1st December 2023
- Dec 1, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 25cm
Posted on Friday 1st December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Greetings from Nozawa.
Down here in the village it looks foggy and we have a thick blanket of low cloud, but up on the top area of the mountain there's some blue sky and even some sunshine. But it looks like it should be a very fine morning to be out there skiing or snowboarding.
The ski area is reporting 17cm of snowfall on the top area and this morning another lift and a few more runs are opening up. See below.
There has been up to around 5cm of fresh snowfall around base areas.
Weekend weather is forecast to be a mix of cloud, light snow at times and clearer skies at times. It should be keeping fairly cold.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 17cm
Other areas: not yet reporting
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 50cm
Other areas: not yet reporting
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm; last one down at 4:00pm)
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift (8:40am-3:40pm)
Yamabiko Four quad lift (8:45am-3:30pm)
Courses available:
Yamabiko C (850m)
Yamabiko D (1,250m)
Yamabiko B and E (with some restrictions)
Part of the upper mountain is now open. You need to get the Nagasaka gondola back down to base. All base areas are closed.
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Friday 1st December 2023 Total snowfall at base 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 13cm (25th November) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 4cm 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.