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Nozawa Now: Sunday 29th March 2020

  • Mar 29, 2020
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 459cm

Posted on Sunday 29th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Hello from Nozawa. And back to white.


Yes, there's fresh snow on the ground with the resort reporting 15cm on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira course areas.


They aren't reporting from lower slopes anymore but there's a cover down here too which I can report.


By around lunchtime the snow should have stopped leaving us with a cloudy afternoon.


Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday:


- Yamabiko (1407m): 15cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 15cm

- Lower areas are not reporting any more


Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):


- Yamabiko (1407m): 190cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 100cm

- Lower areas are not reporting any more


The following lifts are operating:


- Nagasaka gondola

- Hikage gondola

- Yamabiko quad

- Yamabiko Number 2 quad

- Skyline connecting pair

- Uenotaira quad

- Paradise quad

- Yunomine pair

- Mizunashi triple

- Challenge pair

- Shinyu pair

- Yu Road


The following courses remain open:


- Yamabiko A

- Yamabiko B

- Yamabiko C

- Yamabiko D

- Yamabiko E

- Kogenashi A

- Kogenashi B

- Uenotaira

- Paradise

- Yunomine A

- Yunomine B

- Mizunashi A

- Mizunashi B

- Bunabayashi

- Schneider (apart from South)

- Challenge

- Utopia A

- Rinkan (Forest)

- Rinkan shortcut



Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Sunday 29th March 2020 Total snowfall at base 459cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 56cm (9th February) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 5 days January 2020 snowfall 120cm reported on 11 days February 2020 snowfall 245cm reported on 14 days March 2020 snowfall 57cm reported on 7 days




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