Nozawa Now: Monday 20th January 2014
- Jan 20, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 31cm
Snowfall at base this season 321cm
Posted on Monday 20th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
A good old heavy dump of Nozawa snow is always wonderful to witness and the last 48 hours or so has really delivered. Heavy snow yesterday following on from the overnight snow with 20-35cm of additional snowfall being reported by the skijo across the mountain. Just totting up the numbers...
Yamabiko - 88cm
Uenotaira - 63cm
Hikage - 66cm
Nagasaka - 56cm
Karasawa - 50cm
Including the few cm or so overnight, that's 85cm in 2 days for the top runs as reported by the resort. :)
It's always great to get a decent amount down at village level as well, it really adds to the excitement.
Some of the weekend crowds may not have appreciated the snow conditions, but this morning will surely be one for everyone. We have clearer skies this morning, the sun is already starting up and it looks like it will be a fine day. Sorry, make that an awesome day. And regular readers will know that SnowJapan doesn't like hyperbole in it's reports --- I just reckon that today should be one of the days of the season.
What's more, snow is on the way again by the end of the day and I should be reporting more in my next report.
Anyway it's time for me to get kitted out and see if it does actually deliver. See you tomorrow.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 290cm
Uenotaira - 260cm
Hikage - 185cm
Nagasaka - 170cm
Karasawa - 120cm
Lifts
All lifts operating except:
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Hikage Number 2 pair B
Courses
All courses open except:
Kandahar West
Kandahar East
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 20th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 206cm reported on 14 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.