Nozawa Now: Thursday 25th January 2018
- Jan 25, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 47cm
Snowfall at base this season 457cm
Posted on Thursday 25th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
It's really very cold this morning. Possibly and probably the coldest of the season.
And we have some Nozawa-like snow on the ground too.
The resort is reporting a bunch of varied numbers - since yesterday morning the numbers add up to more on Nagasaka area than Yamabiko which is interesting - and I have measured 47cm myself.
Bottom line - a lot of fresh snow.
With more on the way today, tomorrow and into and beyond the weekend. It's exciting to think how much we might get out of this.
Conditions out there this morning are very cold with poor visibility and some wind thrown into the mix too - so not for everyone, but if you make it out you should be rewarded with some lovely light snow. And once this storm moves on, conditions should be awesome mountain-wide for everyone.
Lifts appear to be opening as planned as the report goes up.
In the meantime, lots more please.
Take care!
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 25cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 27cm
- Hikage (660m): 34cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 44cm
- Karasawa (563m): 29cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 290cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 235cm
- Hikage (660m): 180cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 170cm
- Karasawa (563m): 140cm
Lifts operations:
- All scheduled lifts should be operating as normal
- The Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Challenge pair and Utopia pair lifts usually rested on weekdays
The following courses either closed (or not fully available):
- Challenge 39
- Grand Prix
- Kamoshika
- Kandahar
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 457cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 53cm (27th December) November 2017 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2017 snowfall 217cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 219cm 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.