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Nozawa Now: Saturday 31st January 2015

  • Jan 31, 2015
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 751cm

Posted on Saturday 31st January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


It has been snowing in Nozawa and apparently still is snowing higher up on the mountain now, but for the moment it's just generally kind of cloudy here at base.


There is some new snow to play in though this morning, with the resort reporting 15-20cm of fresh on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas this morning, less so down here at base.


You know where to head!


We were of course hoping for some particularly exciting amounts of snow to be falling so that's not quite happening just yet. Snowfall is still on the local forecast for the next few days.


Enjoy today, fingers crossed for more fresh to report tomorrow.


Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday:

Yamabiko - 15cm

Uenotaira - 20cm

Nagasaka - 10cm


Official snow depths:

Yamabiko - 380cm

Uenotaira - 330cm

Hikage - 240cm

Nagasaka - 230cm

Karasawa - 190cm


Courses open:

All courses are open except:

Grand Prix course

Jumping Course

Challenge 39

Kandahar West

Kandahar East


Lifts open (subject to change):

All lifts operating except:

Hikage Number 2 Pair B line


Night skiing at Nozawa until 8pm on the following dates:

Every Saturday until 28th March



Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season

Data as of Saturday 31st January 2015 Total snowfall at base 751cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 314cm reported on 19 days




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