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Nozawa Now: Monday 1st February 2016

  • Feb 1, 2016
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 237cm

Posted on Monday 1st February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa and the first day of February.


Light snow is falling this morning and just a couple of cm down at base with 5cm being reported by the resort on the top Yamabiko runs. The webcams show limited visibility on the upper parts of the mountain early on.


Snow showers on the forecast for most days over the coming week with the most potential for a decent amount of snow falling looking like it will be on Friday - before that it will probably just be light snow without that much in terms of new cm.


Still, it is keeping cold and should be so through the week.


Here's to a February that will bring lots of Nozawa-like snowfall.


Official snow depths:


Yamabiko: 155cm

Uenotaira: 125cm

Hikage: 75cm

Nagasaka: 65cm

Karasawa: 60cm


New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday:


Yamabiko: 5cm

Uenotaira: 3cm

Hikage: 2cm

Nagasaka: 2cm

Karasawa: 2cm



Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Monday 1st February 2016 Total snowfall at base 237cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day




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