Nozawa Now: Saturday 28th January 2017
- Jan 28, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 505cm
Posted on Saturday 28th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
It's colder this morning after a very mild day yesterday; and thankfully less windy too.
I was actually in Nagano yesterday with my friend who does the Madarao Now reports, so we had a good natter and compared seasons and the ups and downs - a little concerned about news of warmth, strong winds and rain. Nozawa and Madarao are of course fairly close to each other but it doesn't mean that conditions are always the same. And of course their base is at a higher elevation than ours here...
But anyhow it was good to see a dusting of snow on returning this morning, and the resort is reporting 5-8cm of snow on the upper slopes.
It's mostly cloudy but some blue sky on show and the sun making brief appearances here and there. The forecast seems to indicate clearer weather. Tomorrow should be a little milder again with rain>snow currently forecast for Monday. A bit of a mixed picture for the coming few days then.
Lots of people around this morning and visitors in Nozawa to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 5cm
- Uenotaira: 8cm
- Hikage: 2cm
- Nagasaka: 2cm
- Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 310cm
- Uenotaira: 250cm
- Hikage: 185cm
- Nagasaka: 180cm
- Karasawa: 150cm
Lifts operations:
All lifts plan to be operating
Most courses at Nozawa Onsen are open. Courses not open are:
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar West
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 505cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 342cm reported on 19 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.