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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 21st January 2020

  • Jan 21, 2020
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 129cm

Posted on Tuesday 21st January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Fresh snow on the ground this morning and interestingly the resort is reporting a uniform 10cm across all areas of the mountain.


The Skyline course is back to fully open status which is great to see, leaving us with just a handful of course that remain closed. Other than that, Nozawa is fully open.


Limited visibility this morning with snow still falling, though it should be easing off later on in the day. Let's hope we can get some more cm out of it. Tomorrow should be sunny, and I would imagine it would be a good day out on the mountain.


Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday morning:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 10cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 10cm

- Hikage (660m): 10cm

- Nagasaka (615m): 10cm

- Karasawa (563m): 10cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):


- Yamabiko (1407m): 135cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 100cm

- Hikage (660m): 60cm

- Nagasaka (615m): 40cm

- Karasawa (563m): 30cm


All lifts normally operating apart from these lifts:


- Challenge pair

- Utopia pair

- Kandahar pair

- Karasawa pair


All courses open apart from the following courses:


- Kandahar

- Grand Prix

- Mukobayashi

- Hachiman

- Nagasaka link

- Usagi



Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Tuesday 21st January 2020 Total snowfall at base 129cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 5 days January 2020 snowfall 92cm reported on 9 days




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