Nozawa Now: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
- Feb 2, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 11, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 19cm
Snowfall at base this season 695cm
Posted on Wednesday 2nd February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Fresh snow with more snow due, especially at the weekend.
Visibility limited on the mountain this morning.
Lifts rested today: Skyline connecting, Challenge, Utopia, Karasawa.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (total since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 15cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 14cm
- Hikage (660m): 5cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 5cm
- Karasawa (563m): 2cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 350cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 295cm
- Hikage (660m): 245cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 240cm
- Karasawa (563m): 175cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Grand Prix
Planned operating lifts (this is general info - for any specifics see top report):
- Subject to weather conditions all lifts that plan to be open should be ok. See above main report for specific info for this morning.
- The top Yamabiko A-D courses close at 3:20pm until 27th March (at 3:10pm after that).
- Skyline course closes at 4:10pm.
- The Nagasaka quad lift is planned to open for night skiing 11th-12th Feb (subject to change).
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 2nd February 2022 Total snowfall at base 695cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 75cm (31st December) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 384cm reported on 22 days February 2022 snowfall 24cm 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.