Nozawa Now: Thursday 26th January 2023
- Jan 26, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 384cm
Posted on Thursday 26th January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa. It's another cold one!
Sorry I missed the ski area updates yesterday afternoon - a few urgent things that required my attention are the culprit (and Naski can't shed any light on them). So the ski area snowfall numbers this morning are from 3pm yesterday afternoon. (There wasn't much during the day yesterday though, at least in base areas, in terms of cm. It mostly came night time).
We are due cloud and light snow today, particularly this afternoon, with more snow over the coming days too.
The top areas of the mountain are back open and I'm guessing conditions should be excellent this morning.
I think I need to go and check.
Just to be sure. :)
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area at 7am (since yesterday afternoon):
- Yamabiko: 20cm
- Uenotaira: 18cm
- Hikage: 10cm
- Nagasaka: 10cm
- Karasawa: 10cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 175cm
- Uenotaira: 140cm
- Hikage: 105cm
- Nagasaka: 90cm
- Karasawa: 55cm
All lifts now normally operating except these lifts:
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
All courses are now open except the following:
- Yunimine A
- Challenge 39
- Grandprix
- Kandahar (restrictions)
Planned night skiing (Nagasaka quad):
- Every Saturday until 25th March 2023
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Thursday 26th January 2023 Total snowfall at base 384cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 283cm reported on 16 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.