Nozawa Now: Thursday 21st March 2013
- Mar 21, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 806cm
Weather overview Light snow easing off
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Thursday 21st March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Great news this morning. We have had a delivery of fresh powder overnight with 10cm at Yamabiko, 13cm at Uenotaira as of 10am. Reports from the mountain suggest more than a few deeper light dry windblown stashes and some even 'knee deep', especially in the higher elevation gullies. Nice.
Just a few cm or so down at village level.
Light snowfalls are continued for most of the morning though easing off now. Not many people out there will ensure fresh tracks should be easily found all day long. The gondola line was maybe 15 people waiting at opening.
Yesterday the snow remained slushy but did not get too slow. Best areas were the top half of the mountain as well as the challenge area. We had cloud last most of the day however thankfully forecast rainfalls did not happen.
Looking ahead, cold conditions should last the rest of today with occasional snow showers passing through. Actually as this is being written the sun is peeking through the clouds, though it may well be temporary.
Tomorrow should be warmer than today and we expect the sun to make an appearance. Light snow showers are a possibility tomorrow night so we may have some more fresh snow to play in come Saturday morning. We are set for another cold spell Monday Tuesday next week with some snowfall expected.
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Lifts operating:
All lifts operating except:
Hikage No2 pair B line
Courses open:
All courses open except:
Grand Prix
Hachiman
Challenge 39
Kandahar East
Kandahar West
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
295cm
Uenotaira
255cm
Hikage
125cm
Nagasaka
120cm
Karasawa
50cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 806cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 253cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 26cm reported on 5 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.