Nozawa Now: Friday 22nd February 2013
- Feb 22, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 705cm
Weather overview Partly cloudy
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Very good
Posted on Friday 22nd February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We have a partly cloudy bluebird morning with a fresh top up of powder - 15cm of snow across the mountain. It looks like it will be another perfect day to get up the hill for a ride. The trees and ungroomed runs will have been best early. Once these have become tracked out head for the groomers or your favorite secret tree run to score yet more fresh pow.
We should expect snow showers to move across the region once more this afternoon. Tonight we expect a substantial dump to occur. Woohoo!
Yesterday was one of the days of the season in Nozawa. Super dry deep powder was on offer through the morning; most places were at least waist deep. Light winds and good visibility made riding extremely enjoyable. To top it all off crowds were not an issue whatsoever. Almost with there were more people about.
In the afternoon the sun made an appearance and the powder began to settle improving accessibility for some areas. South facing slopes exposed to the afternoon sun became heavy but shaded gullies remained epic.
We are about halfway through this extended snowfall period. As alluded to earlier we expect a very solid dump to occur tonight. Based on current weather model predictions we could see at least 30cm fall off a moist NW airstream, probably more. Light snow will continue on Saturday before another period of moderate to heavy snowfalls on Sunday. We also should see some stronger winds during this time. Clear weather should return by Tuesday.
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Lifts operating:
All lifts operating except
Yunomine Pair
Mizunashi Triple
Challenge Pair
Utopia Pair
Hikage Number 2 Pair B line
Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Kandahar East
Kandahar West
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
390cm
Uenotaira
355cm
Hikage
230cm
Nagasaka
220cm
Karasawa
180cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 22nd February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 705cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 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 178cm reported on 12 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.