Nozawa Now: Saturday 27th January 2018
- Jan 27, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 501cm
Posted on Saturday 27th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We're still in the middle of this mid-winter storm with snowy, cold and somewhat windy conditions continuing. I have measured another 18cm of snowfall since yesterday and as you can see below there's some varied numbers being reported by the resort since yesterday morning.
Local forecasts show no snow falling tomorrow so I expect a flood of folk coming on over to enjoy all of the fresh snow we have got this week.
Excite times!
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 45cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 17cm
- Hikage (660m): 25cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 30cm
- Karasawa (563m): 15cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 320cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 255cm
- Hikage (660m): 200cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 190cm
- Karasawa (563m): 170cm
Lifts operations:
- All scheduled lifts appear to be operating as normal - check with resort due to current weather conditions
- 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 Saturday 27th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 501cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 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 263cm 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.