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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 20th February 2018

  • Feb 20, 2018
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 689cm

Posted on Tuesday 20th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa.


A bit more fresh snow to report this morning and the day is starting with mostly cloudy skies and very light snow falling just now. Snow falling at times over the next few days seems to be what the forecasts are saying. And maybe by the end of the week we will see some sunshine.


Visibility looks pretty good on most of the mountain, limited currently on the top Yamabiko runs.


Nasuki is all set for the day and looking particularly happy and definitely up for it.


Hope to see some of you on the slopes. I think I must have spoken to folk from 20 different countries over the last week here in Nozawa. That wasn't something you could do when I first came here over twenty years ago...



Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Tuesday 20th February 2018 Total snowfall at base 689cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 53cm (27th December) November 2017 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2017 snowfall 217cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 325cm reported on 20 days February 2018 snowfall 126cm reported on 13 days




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