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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 28th March 2017

  • Mar 28, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 821cm

Posted on Tuesday 28th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa and some nice numbers being reported by the resort, along with some fresh snow down to village too.


Nearly 30cm of fresh snowfall according to the resort up on the top Yamabiko course areas - pushing the official snow depth up there to a very impressive 435cm. (Golden Week is going to be absolutely no problem up there, unless we get some kind of freak heatwave in the meantime!)


Around 10cm down at base, so mountain-wide fresh this morning.


Can't believe it's almost April, almost feels like mid-winter and the resort is saying that it's -7C up at Yamabiko early morning. So you still need to wrap up good before heading out.


Some mixed forecasts for the coming week so let's just keep an eye on them and see what happens.


Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:

- Yamabiko: 28cm

- Uenotaira: 20cm

- Hikage: 10cm

- Nagasaka: 10cm

- Karasawa: 10cm


Official snow depths:

- Yamabiko: 435cm

- Uenotaira: 335cm

- Hikage: 165cm

- Nagasaka: 155cm

- Karasawa: 100cm


Lifts operations:

- All lifts operating except:

- Yunomine pair

- Mizunashi triple

- Challenge pair

- Utopia pair


Courses not open today are:

- Grand Prix

- Hachiman

- Kandahar East

- Kandahar West

- Kamoshika



Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Tuesday 28th March 2017 Total snowfall at base 821cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 67 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 366cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 196cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 96cm reported on 12 days




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