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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 21st January 2025

  • Jan 21, 2025
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 456cm

Posted on Tuesday 21st January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


The ski area says 1cm of snow up on the top Yamabiko area, but other than that no snowfall to report.


After a fun day out on the mountain (feeling rather warm!), I wasn't feeling so well last night and so got a good night sleep --- don't know what the weather was doing.


This morning, though, there's blue sky and cloud. A fine morning. Hopefully not as warm.


Fresh snow delivery currently due late Friday and Saturday.


Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (as reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 1cm

Uenotaira: 0cm

Hikage: 0cm

Nagasaka: 0cm

Karasawa: 0cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 255cm

Uenotaira: 215cm

Hikage: 165cm

Nagasaka: 160cm

Karasawa: 120cm


Lifts:

All scheduled lifts are operating as planned

The Utopia pair lift and Challenge pair lift are normally closed on weekdays


Courses:

All courses are available apart from Mukobayashi, Grand Prix, Kurokura and Hachiman



Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season

Data as of Tuesday 21st January 2025 Total snowfall at base 456cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (29th December) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 291cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 162cm reported on 15 days




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