Nozawa Now: Sunday 21st April 2013
- Apr 21, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 817cm
Weather overview Cloud, fog, snow
Wind Calm
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted on Sunday 21st April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
15cm of fresh snow.
You read correctly. 15cm of fresh snow up on the Yamabiko and Uenotaira slopes according to the resort, and we have even got a new coating of snow down at base and in the village as well. Perhaps no summer this year and clicking right into next season? Perhaps not. But it feel suitably cold this morning and it was a nice surprise to see snow down in the village.
I haven't been up there myself yet but I am sure it will be a very happy Sunday for people here today, especially early on. Doubt many people thought they'd be getting to ride fresh snow. Fairly poor visibility on the upper slopes of the resort as it continues to snow.
This coming week we are expecting it to start warming up again. It usually gets warm for Golden Week.
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Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
215cm
Uenotaira
140cm
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Nozawa Onsen planned opening dates to the end of season:
Daily until 6th May:
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift
Yamabiko Four lift
20th-21st April
27th April until 6th May
Uenotaira Four lift
Snow Park
20th-21st April
27th April until 6th May
Paradise Four lift
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Courses scheduled to be open at Nozawa Onsen (subject to change due to weather conditions):
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Bunabayashi (to the Nagasaka Gondola mid station)
Paradise
Utopia
Rinkan (until the Hikage area)
Challenge
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 21st April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 817cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 311cm reported on 18 days February 2013 snowfall 253cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 29cm reported on 6 days April 2013 snowfall 8cm reported on 2 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.