Nozawa Now: Wednesday 28th February 2024
- Feb 28, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 468cm
Posted on Wednesday 28th February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
There has been more snow since my last report in what is turning out to be a good end to February.
The ski area reports 20-30cm on the upper areas since yesterday afternoon, as you can see in the numbers below.
Weekend visitors might be in for a further treat with what looks like the possibility of some 'heavy snow' Friday night into Saturday.
Naski looks pleased.
Oh yes more good news. The fresh snowfall is allowing the lower section of Skyline to get back open.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 20cm
Uenotaira: 30cm
Hikage: 15cm
Nagasaka: 15cm
Karasawa: 10cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 210cm
Uenotaira: 180cm
Hikage: 80cm
Nagasaka: 75cm
Karasawa: 50cm
All lifts scheduled to operate apart from these:
Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Yunomine
Mizunashi
Karasawa
Kandahar
All courses apart from the following are now open:
Hachiman
Utopia B
Kandahar
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Wednesday 28th February 2024 Total snowfall at base 468cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 219cm reported on 14 days February 2024 snowfall 135cm 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.