Nozawa Now: Saturday 28th December 2013
- Dec 28, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 7, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 115cm
Posted on Saturday 28th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It's a cold morning in Nozawa Onsen, with the resort reporting a samui! -11 degrees up on the Yamabiko runs as of 7:20am. More like -2 down near base, but as most of us will be taking the lifts higher up it's definitely a day to wrap up and be ready for cold.
There's a new layer or snow to play in as well today - 5cm at base and lower slopes and 10cm on upper slopes, bringing Yamabiko close to 2m - but there are breaks in the cloud and more blue sky to be seen and it looks like it's clearing up. The local forecast is for snow throughout the day today, so maybe it's just a break and the snow clouds will be back but it doesn't look like that just now. Snow and the chance of sun is forecast for tomorrow, with the snow bit forecast to be weaker than today.
It's still looking like New Years Day is going to bring decent snowfall and possibly strong winds.
There have been lots of people arriving in Nozawa this morning and it should be a busy day, and that will apply for each day now through into New Year. Nozawa is a small compact village and so if you are here staying just ask the people at your accommodation about ideas on where to go to celebrate. And don't forget to try out the onsen in the village, always a treat.
Anyway, enough talk. I must get onto that Gondola to check out what Nozawa has in store today! The snow should be good up there.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 195cm
Uenotaira - 165cm
Hikage - 90cm
Nagasaka - 80cm
Karasawa - 55cm
Lifts
All lifts operating
Courses
All courses open apart from:
Grand Prix
Hachiman
Kandahar East
Kandahar West
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th December 2013 Total snowfall at base 115cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 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.