Nozawa Now: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 1133cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday afternoon the ski area said they had 5-8cm of fresh snow on the upper areas. By mid-afternoon we were enjoying some sunshine and lots of blue skies. No additional fresh snow is being reported overnight.
We are starting this morning with the sun shining down on us too. There's thin cloud about (different from the more fluffy kind that remained yesterday afternoon), but it's nice and bright at the start of the day.
Spring lift tickets are available from Monday 28th March.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 8cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 5cm
- Hikage (660m): 0cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 0cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 345cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 290cm
- Hikage (660m): 230cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 230cm
- Karasawa (563m): 110cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Mizunashi A
- Challenge 39 wall
- Grand Prix
- Kurokura
Rested lifts today:
- Yunomine pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
- Karasawa pair
Planned closing date this season:
Nozawa Onsen plans to be open until Sunday 8th May 2022
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 23rd March 2022 Total snowfall at base 1133cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 61 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 86cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 384cm reported on 22 days February 2022 snowfall 416cm reported on 20 days March 2022 snowfall 46cm reported on 6 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.