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Nozawa Now: Wednesday 1st January 2025

  • Jan 1, 2025
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 306cm

Posted on Wednesday 1st January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Happy New Year from Nozawa Onsen!


I wish you all well for 2025.


We start with snowy skies and another 10-15cm of fresh snow.


The snow clouds might retreat later on today with a chance of some sun later on. It should be back snowing again tomorrow.


The same kind of pattern looks likely over the coming week, and that regular snowfall with top-ups and sunshine at times sounds like a fine pattern.


Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (as reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 23cm

Uenotaira: 14cm

Hikage: 15cm

Nagasaka: 16cm

Karasawa: 5cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 250cm

Uenotaira: 195cm

Hikage: 155cm

Nagasaka: 160cm

Karasawa: 120cm


Lifts:

All scheduled lifts are operating as planned


Courses:

All courses are available apart Challenge 39 Wall and Mukobayashi



Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season

Data as of Wednesday 1st January 2025 Total snowfall at base 306cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (29th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 291cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 12cm 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.


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