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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 24th January 2017

  • Jan 24, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 454cm

Posted on Tuesday 24th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from another snowing morning here in Nozawa. It's cold too.


Some interesting numbers being reported by the resort this morning ranging from 45cm at Yamabiko to 10cm at Karasawa - and 38cm at Nagasaka. These are the numbers from yesterday afternoon and overnight added up. Perhaps wind can account for this and at my measuring point I have measured 24cm.


Bottom line though is another nice new layer of fresh snow out there.


At the time of writing it seems the Uenotaira quad lift is on hold due to (presumably) wind.


There's more to come as well during the day today and into tomorrow. If you're looking for clearer weather, Thursday is probably the day.


Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:

- Yamabiko: 45cm

- Uenotaira: 31cm

- Hikage: 23cm

- Nagasaka: 38cm

- Karasawa: 10cm


Official snow depths:

- Yamabiko: 350cm

- Uenotaira: 260cm

- Hikage: 220cm

- Nagasaka: 215cm

- Karasawa: 170cm


Lifts operations:

All lifts appear to be operating apart from:

- Yunomine pair

- Mizunashi pair

- Challenge pair

- Utopia pair

- Kandahar pair


Most courses at Nozawa Onsen are now open. Courses not open are:

- Grand Prix

- Kandahar East

- Kandahar West

- Kamoshika



Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Tuesday 24th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 454cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 291cm reported on 16 days




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