Nozawa Now: Friday 26th January 2018
- Jan 26, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 26cm
Snowfall at base this season 483cm
Posted on Friday 26th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Nozawa.
By 3pm yesterday the resort was reporting 10-18cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain and this morning and extra 10-20cm, so that makes a total of 20-38cm since my last report. I have measured 26cm of snowfall myself.
Really great quality snow too with temperatures keeping very low through the last few days. It's really cold. And it isn't going to warm up any during the day today - or tomorrow - either if the forecasts are correct.
More cold, more snow. The mountain is getting a totally major refresh.
Yesterday the top Yamabiko A-E courses were closed from quite early on due to fog and poor visibility. Similar conditions seem to be the case this morning if the webcams are anything to go by - though no news from the resort on that so far.
If you decide to battle the conditions, be sure to check before heading out for the latest on lift operations.
Be safe.
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 26th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 483cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 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 245cm 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.