Nozawa Now: Sunday 24th February 2013
- Feb 24, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 745cm
Weather overview Cloudy
Wind Strong
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted on Sunday 24th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
There is moderate snow falling in the village here in Nozawa Onsen this morning. It remained clear for most of last night and everyone subsequently went to bed not expecting too much in the morning. However, in typical Nozawa style we have been surprised with a 30cm overnight fall.
Skiing and boarding across the resort today will be good with cold temperatures. Visibility will be a bit limited, especially up high and there are strong winds about the peaks. Head for the trees to seek out improved definition as the light is very flat. Weekend crowds will track out most obvious areas fast so best get up there early.
It's an early report today but lifts on the mountain may well be affected today, especially upper areas.
Yesterday was yet another great day on the mountain. The Nozawa Onsen snow festival is on this weekend so whilst it is more crowded than usual if you skied the lower areas first up, then moved high, lift lines were easy to avoid.
We saw mixed weather conditions yesterday. The perfect magic foot of powder brought excellent skiing early, especially with clearing partly cloudy skies offering good visibility. After some sun we saw a couple more light snow showers in the afternoon before clearing once more.
We should see snow showers continue the remainder of today and we even expect light snows tomorrow morning. On Tuesday we still expect a beautiful clear day. Looking further ahead we should see mixed conditions with even a few warmer days, but who could complain considering the consistent excellent conditions w'’ve had lately.
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Lifts operating:
MAY CHANGE DUE TO STRONG WINDS DURING THE DAY
Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Kandahar East
Kandahar West
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
410cm
Uenotaira
370cm
Hikage
240cm
Nagasaka
230cm
Karasawa
190cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 745cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 218cm reported on 14 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.