Nozawa Now: Monday 29th January 2018
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 515cm
Posted on Monday 29th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After a break in the snow falling yesterday and some sunshine breaking through, this morning the snow is back and a thin layer on the ground - and the resort reporting between 1cm and 7cm of fresh snow, base to top. Actually as I write this report and look outside my window it isn't snowing, but it's due on and off during the day today and looks like it is snowing on the upper areas of the resort.
The snow clouds should be remaining over the region today and tomorrow with the chance of some sun shining down on us around Wednesday.
From today - until 1st April - the resort will be opening during the daytime until 5pm, rather than 4:30pm. Interesting that for the first time yesterday I did actually notice how it was keeping lighter for longer. Are we already somewhere near 'mid-season'?! The days whizz by too quickly. But I feel better when I remember that Nozawa Onsen will be open until early May. And then I remember that I have lots and lots of daily reports still to write!
Have a good one.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 7cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 2cm
- Hikage (660m): 1cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 2cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 320cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 250cm
- Hikage (660m): 200cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 195cm
- Karasawa (563m): 170cm
Lifts operations:
- All scheduled lifts appear to be operating as normal.
- The Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Challenge pair and Utopia pair lifts usually rested on weekdays.
The following courses either closed (or not fully available):
- Grand Prix
- Kamoshika
- Kandahar
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 29th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 515cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 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 277cm reported on 18 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.