Nozawa Now: Monday 21st February 2022
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 42cm
Snowfall at base this season 993cm
Posted on Monday 21st February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
You can tell when it's a bit of a mad weather morning... everyone's favourite green vegetable, Naski, is sitting it out and not making an appearance on the Hikage base area. Can't say I blame him/her, as I get older these kind of conditions aren't my thing either. I do like watching the snow fall though.
Oh ok, the report. Yes we have a good amount of new snow, it's quite windy (especially on the mountain) and visibility is limited. The ski area reported up to 50cm of snowfall on the upper areas since yesterday afternoon. Add that to the 20cm from yesterday daytime and we get 70cm of snow up there. Lower areas reporting over 30cm.
Summary: lots.
And it seems there is going to be a lot more on the way over the next couple of days. :)
The Nagasaka gondola and top lifts are not moving this morning due to the strong winds up at the top of the mountain. That includes the Yamabiko quads, the Uenotaira quad and Skyline connecting pair.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since early yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 70cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 54cm
- Hikage (660m): 33cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 33cm
- Karasawa (563m): 15cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 435cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 365cm
- Hikage (660m): 320cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 320cm
- Karasawa (563m): 230cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Top areas unavailable due to lifts not moving
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Monday 21st February 2022 Total snowfall at base 993cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 86cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 384cm reported on 22 days February 2022 snowfall 322cm reported on 17 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.