Nozawa Now: Thursday 2nd February 2017
- Feb 2, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 554cm
Posted on Thursday 2nd February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After the sun and blue skies of yesterday, it's all change again this morning.
It's cold out there! And wind is probably making it feel colder than it actually is too. It was really windy overnight but less so as the resort opens and from what I can tell all lifts should be starting the day as planned.
Oh, did I mention a nice new layer of snow too? I am measuring 21cm and the resort is reporting 15-30cm of fresh snowfall bottom-top this morning.
It is definitely a morning for those who like the cold, the powder and can cope with limited visibility. They will be rewarded.
Tomorrow and Saturday perhaps kinder conditions before more snow moving into the region later Sunday.
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 30cm
- Uenotaira: 30cm
- Hikage: 30cm
- Nagasaka: 15cm
- Karasawa: 15cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 340cm
- Uenotaira: 275cm
- Hikage: 190cm
- Nagasaka: 180cm
- Karasawa: 145cm
Lifts operations:
All lifts plan to be operating apart from:
- Yunomine pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
Most courses at Nozawa Onsen are open. Courses not open are:
- Grand Prix
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 2nd February 2017 Total snowfall at base 554cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 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 25cm reported on 2 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.