Nozawa Now: Tuesday 21st February 2023
- Feb 21, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 57cm
Snowfall at base this season 745cm
Posted on Tuesday 21st February 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Woohoo! Some big snow numbers this morning. By 3pm yesterday, the ski area was reporting 3-15cm of new snowfall across the mountain. This morning they add another 40-70cm on top of that after heavy snowfall overnight.
One of the biggest hauls of the season, I'd say. :)
It has been snowing still this morning, but as I write this it has actually eased off. But it's due for the day, so the icons are snow on the report.
There's a moderate north westerly wind, but not enough to affect lifts at the start of the day.
Tomorrow there looks to be a good chance of clearer skies and sun.
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area at 8am (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko: 75cm
- Uenotaira: 82cm
- Hikage: 55cm
- Nagasaka: 57cm
- Karasawa: 43cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 315cm
- Uenotaira: 265cm
- Hikage: 185cm
- Nagasaka: 190cm
- Karasawa: 135cm
All lifts now normally operating except these lifts:
- Mizunashi triple
- Yunomine pair
- Karasawa pair
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
All courses are now open except the following:
- Yunomine A
- Kandahar (restrictions)
Planned night skiing (Nagasaka quad):
- Every Saturday until 25th March 2023
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Tuesday 21st February 2023 Total snowfall at base 745cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 388cm reported on 21 days February 2023 snowfall 256cm reported on 13 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.