Nozawa Now: Saturday 31st December 2016
- Dec 31, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 163cm
Posted on Saturday 31st December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Happy New Years Eve from Nozawa!
And after that lovely snowfall that I reported on yesterday, here's what the resort reported on top of that:
- Yamabiko: 25cm
- Uenotaira: 18cm
- Hikage: 10cm
- Nagasaka: 10cm
- Karasawa: 5cm
So just a bit more during the day down at base and another 25cm up on Yamabiko... although they don't seem to be updating the snow depth for Yamabiko which seems odd. Anyway, this is what the resort is reporting. And as always, I feel compelled to get myself up there and make sure! :)
It was a great day to be out on the skis or board yesterday and with clearer skies today, it should be another very good one. It was a cold night last night and the day has started cold too. Temperatures are forecast to rise to just one or two above zero later on in the day.
Maybe a bit more snow overnight and then tomorrow for New Year we are expecting clearer and sunny skies.
Floodlit night skiing (nighta) started last night here in Nozawa. It'll be open every day now until Tuesday 3rd January and then on every Saturday until 25th March. As well as 8th January and 19th March. Good fun especially when there's a lot of fresh snow to play in. (Less so when it's icy!)
Lifts that are planned to be operating:
All lifts appear to be operating except for:
- Kandahar pair
- Karasawa pair
Most courses at Nozawa Onsen are now open. Courses not yet open are:
- Kurokura
- Grandprix
- Jumping
- Hachiman
- Mukobayashi
- Kandahar East
- Kandahar West
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 150cm
- Uenotaira: 110cm
- Hikage: 80cm
- Nagasaka: 75cm
- Karasawa: 50cm
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 25cm
- Uenotaira: 18cm
- Hikage: 10cm
- Nagasaka: 10cm
- Karasawa: 5cm
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 31st December 2016 Total snowfall at base 163cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (30th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 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.