Nozawa Now: Monday 25th February 2013
- Feb 25, 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 765cm
Weather overview Partly cloudy
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Monday 25th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
What a crazy day it was yesterday in Nozawa.
We had very strong winds shut the entire top half of the mountain almost all day. Combined with the weekend crowds it was a little hectic in the lift lines. We saw heavy snow continue all day - a true blizzard.
15-20cm of snow reported since 3pm yesterday afternoon, but there was more before then and so I have adjusted the numbers shown.
Amongst the trees the riding was brilliant with deep windblown powder. Cruising down the groomed runs was not too dissimilar to the Antarctic with horizontal blowing snow. A day to get out there and experience the conditions just for the fun of it.
Today the storm has subsided and we have some blue skies and sun making a return. We still have the occasional light snow shower passing through. The top of the mountain will be all time considering the closure of top lifts yesterday; two days of fresh powder awaits the early birds.
Looking at the forecast we should see mostly blue sky today before completely clearing tomorrow. Tomorrow should be beautiful in fact with cool temperatures, light winds and bluebird skies. Wednesday should see spring conditions with the freezing level rising to around 1200m and mostly clear weather. The first day of spring we will see a return to winter conditions with moderate snow and very cold temperatures predicted. Let's hope the powder continue well into March and beyond.
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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 West
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
415cm
Uenotaira
380cm
Hikage
270cm
Nagasaka
260cm
Karasawa
190cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 25th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 765cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 238cm reported on 15 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.