Nozawa Now: Friday 21st March 2014
- Mar 21, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 680cm
Posted on Friday 21st March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was one of those best left forgotten wet and rainy affairs, but again I am able to bring much better news to replace that image in the form of fresh snow this morning.
5cm down at base, a bit more in places. Actually the resort has the lower slopes (8cm) down for more than Yamabiko which is interesting.
It is still snowing now and should hopefully continue doing so for the rest of the day. When tomorrow arrives, we'll probably see sun and after that it's sun/cloud mostly on the forecast into next week. As we get into next week, a real warm-up is expected with double digit temperatures down in the village.
Fresh snow is of course going to be in short supply from now, and so we really need to make the most of this. Mostly poor visibility out on the slopes, so care needed.
Today is a national holiday and so the first of a 3 day weekend... all lifts moving this morning as we are on weekend mode already.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 330cm
Uenotaira - 260cm
Hikage - 160cm
Nagasaka - 145cm
Karasawa - 100cm
Lifts
All lifts operating
Courses
All courses open except:
Grand Prix
Kandahar West
Kandahar East
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Friday 21st March 2014 Total snowfall at base 680cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 138cm reported on 11 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.