Nozawa Now: Monday 31st December 2012
- Dec 31, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 216cm
Weather overview Mixed
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Shifting
Posted on Monday 31st December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Woke up to snow falling lightly in the village this morning. Not sure what time it started but we got 10cm out if it up top and a few cm of snowfall down here in the village. Nice change after the rain we got hit with yesterday... not the best.
It is colder this morning, around 0C at the moment.
The sun is shooting through now at time so should shape up to a pretty reasonable day on the slopes. Yesterday the snow was decent up top but heavy going on the lower slopes and of course the rain did not help!
The New Year crowd is in town but not as bad as previous years. Was at the Gondola at 11am and only a really short line and was flowing well.
Temperatures should drop further tomorrow and snow clouds with us through this week.
Anyway, get your dancing shoes on for tonight and look forward to seeing you on the slopes at Nagasaka or by the temple to bring in the New Year in Nozawa.
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating.
Courses open:
All courses open except...
Kandahar West
Official snow depths::
Yamabiko
190cm
Uenotaira
165cm
Hikage
95cm
Nagasaka
80cm
Karasawa
55cm
Official new snowfall:
10cm (Yamabiko)
10cm (Uenotaira)
2cm (Karasawa)
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 31st December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 216cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 24th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 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.