Nozawa Now: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
- Jan 22, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 333cm
Posted on Wednesday 22nd January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After a few cm of snowfall yesterday, overnight we have 10cm at base, lower runs, and Yamabiko while 20cm of fresh is being reported by the resort on Uenotaira. I'll be heading up there soon!
Relatively mild overnight in Nozawa after a very mild afternoon with temperatures creeping up into positive territory., with a low of -3C in the village but it's forecast to stay around that for the day.
Tomorrow should be a mix of cloud with snow showers, while we are still expecting milder temps on Friday and Saturday.
A few people have been asking about the snow depth numbers published by the resort and how they compare with last year. (That's basically what they are... published by the resort. Unfortunately I can't go out with a big stick every morning to take those readings). Anyway, here are the numbers from the same day in January last season:
Yamabiko - 310cm
Uenotaira - 270cm
Hikage - 190cm
Nagasaka - 180cm
Karasawa - 150cm
So you'll see that they were all a bit higher this time last year, though not hugely different.
Yamabiko this year is actually on more than it was in January 2012, when the number was 270cm.
The general consensus (of honest folk!) though is that we do have less snow at the moment than last year. Still, once you got a few m up there, an extra 20-30cm doesn't make all that difference does it? Of course, that amount falling fresh daily would be ideal.
We still have a long long way to go in the season, so it still could end up being a bumper one in terms of numbers. We will just have to see what Mother Nature decides to deliver.
I say get out there and enjoy it!
Wednesday 22nd January 2014:
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 280cm
Uenotaira - 255cm
Hikage - 175cm
Nagasaka - 165cm
Karasawa - 120cm
Lifts
All lifts operating except:
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Hikage Number 2 pair B
Courses
All courses open
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Wednesday 22nd January 2014 Total snowfall at base 333cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 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 218cm reported on 16 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.