Nozawa Now: Saturday 26th January 2019
- Jan 26, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 559cm
Posted on Saturday 26th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
There's a bit of a break in the snow right now at base but it is very likely temporary. Snow is forecast for the day with that heavy snow still there on the forecast for later tonight into tomorrow.
Still looking very promising.
One important point I would like to make:
I do not work for the ski resort or any related business. I don't own one either. And no such business has any kind of influence on what I write in these reports. None whatsoever. (Even Nasuki - everyone's fave skiing brightly coloured vegetable mascot character - doesn't have a say).
So, as much as I truly love Nozawa, my reports are not here to 'promote' it.
This is not a marketing promotion. It does not exist in order to try and persuade you to come to Nozawa.
Rather, I am simply here to report things as I see them.
And I can tell you it feels great to not have any such entanglements or pressures. I sleep well at night. Actually a bit too well last night, hence later report. ;)
But that is also why sometimes I make comments like 'it looks like Kamoshika course is back open'... I'm just going on available official information sources for that kind of thing and sometimes the available information can be a bit vague.
Hope that's clear!
Saturday 26th January 2019
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 14cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 15cm
- Hikage (660m): 15cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 15cm
- Karasawa (563m): 5cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 325cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 295cm
- Hikage (660m): 220cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 195cm
- Karasawa (563m): 165cm
All lifts apart from the following planned to be operating:
- Mizunashi triple
- Kandahar pair (open for general public on 12th Feb and 1st Mar 2019)
All courses open apart from the following planned to be open:
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar (open for general public on 12th Feb and 1st Mar 2019)
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 26th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 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.