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Nozawa Now: Sunday 2nd December 2012

  • Dec 2, 2012
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 1, 2025

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


New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 16cm

Weather overview Cloud low down, clearer high up

Wind

Slight

Temperature -

Visibility

Varied


Posted on Sunday 2nd December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Nozawa opened yesterday of course and it was a cold and snowy day out there. So snowy in fact that the resort this morning is telling us that they saw 40cm of fresh snow up on Yamabiko since yesterday. Couldn't ask for much more than that. With that new snowfall Yamabiko is now on 100cm.


This morning there is some low cloud covering things down by the village but a look at the webcams shows that up at Yamabiko it is lovely and clear with lots of clear sky and the sun shining down on the snowy runs. Looks very inviting, to say the least!


Weather-wise, it's probably more of the same tomorrow as well, a bit warmer than today but still keeping fairly cold and then Tuesday onwards we can expect more snow to be falling up top. Looks like it will be rain down in the village but Yamabiko should be receiving fresh top-ups.


Lifts operating:

Nagasaka Gondola

Yamabiko Four

Yamabiko No 2 Four


Courses open:

Yamabiko A Course

Yamabiko B Course

Yamabiko C Course

Yamabiko D Course

Yamabiko E Course

Kokenashi


Official snow depths:

Yamabiko

100cm



Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season

Data as of Sunday 2nd December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 16cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (2nd December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 13cm reported on 2 days




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