Nozawa Now: Saturday 1st January 2022
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 60cm
Snowfall at base this season 347cm
Posted on Saturday 1st January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning. Happy New Year!
Yesterday was a bit of a wild day, and some lifts were affected along with the New Year events that were planned. There wasn't much to see either with the snow coming down and wind.
At 3pm yesterday, the ski area was reporting from 40cm down at base areas up to 63cm at Yamabiko. That's since early morning. This morning there's an additional 10cm-25cm being reported, which is actually not as much as we were expecting.
But definitely another huge impressive amount of snow has been delivered over the last 24 hours, and it is still snowing this morning. It is due to gradually ease off during the day today and tomorrow we should be seeing some sun.
Unfortunately, as the day begins the Nagasaka Gondola, Yamabiko lifts, Skyline pair and Uenotaira quad are not moving due to strong winds on the mountain. They also say that there's a chance the Hikage gondola might need to take a rest.
It goes without saying that conditions are excellent right now and I am eyeing up tomorrow with the clearer skies. In terms of snow and skiing, an excellent start to 2022.
Let's hope the year ends up being a good on in much wider terms too. All the best to you.
Information checked each morning at time of report. All subject to change.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (total since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 88cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 79cm
- Hikage (660m): 60cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 58cm
- Karasawa (563m): 50cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 270cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 230cm
- Hikage (660m): 200cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 195cm
- Karasawa (563m): 150cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Grand Prix
- Mukobayashi
- Kamoshika
Planned operating lifts:
- Most lifts are now scheduled to be open, subject to weather conditions.
- The Utopia and Challenge pair lifts are normally rested on weekdays.
- The Nagasaka quad lift is open for night skiing 1st Jan, 8th-9th Jan, 11th-12th Feb (subject to change!)
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Saturday 1st January 2022 Total snowfall at base 347cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 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 60cm 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.