Nozawa Now: Thursday 21st February 2013
- Feb 21, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 690cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted on Thursday 21st February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Looks like we have had a classic powder delivery overnight here in Nozawa Onsen.
Since last lifts yesterday we have had over 30cm fall across the resort and it is still falling as of 7:30am. Looks like today is going to be one of those days to be up there.
Yesterday was an unusual day in Nozawa. We had beautiful blue sky in the morning, hardly a cloud in the sky. This continued until about 2pm when intense snow showers appeared almost out of know where and quickly engulfed the resort. Strong wind gusts were recorded along with a dramatic temperature drop; a classic frontal system.
The snow quality on offer yesterday was simply excellent and the distinct lack of crowds meant it was relatively easy to find untracked powder fields all day long. An almost perfect winters day for skiing and boarding in Nozawa overall.
According to the current model predictions we should expect snow to continue for the rest of today. Tomorrow we should see snow showers and occasional periods of blue sky pass across the mountains before intensifying heavy snows move over Nozawa on Friday night. This should produce the goods with excellent conditions expected on Saturday morning. Sunday should see another bout of heavy snows adding to the accumulated total for this extended period of winter weather. We still don't expect a clearing trend to occur until around Tuesday next week.
All sounds good! Hope you can enjoy it.
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Lifts operating:
All lifts operating except
Yunomine Pair
Mizunashi Triple
Challenge Pair
Utopia Pair
Hikage Number 2 Pair B line
Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
380cm
Uenotaira
335cm
Hikage
200cm
Nagasaka
200cm
Karasawa
160cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 690cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 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 163cm reported on 11 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.