Nozawa Now: Monday 20th February 2017
- Feb 20, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 687cm
Posted on Monday 20th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
Light wet snow early this morning but as things get slightly warmer during the day time today there is a real chance of rain, but we should be back to snow later on and tonight with potentially decent snow falling.
This morning wind is affecting top lifts with the Nagasaka Gondola, Yamabiko quads, Uenotaira quad and Skyline connecting lifts at a standstill at the time of my report. If winds ease up, they will try to get them moving...
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 5cm
- Uenotaira: 3cm
- Hikage: 1cm
- Nagasaka: 1cm
- Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 370cm
- Uenotaira: 275cm
- Hikage: 205cm
- Nagasaka: 195cm
- Karasawa: 150cm
Lifts operations:
- All lifts operating except:
- Nagasaka Gondola (due to wind conditions)
- Yamabiko quads (due to wind conditions)
- Uenotaira quad (due to wind conditions)
- Skyline connecting pair (due to wind conditions)
- Yunomine pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Mizunashi triple (usually closed on weekdays)
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Courses not open today are:
- Grand Prix
- Courses affected by top lifts closing due to weather conditions
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 20th February 2017 Total snowfall at base 687cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 366cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days |
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.