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Nozawa Now: Wednesday 31st March 2021

  • Mar 31, 2021
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 796cm

Posted on Wednesday 31st March 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa.


The sun is out this morning. It's a fine spring morning.


Things are actually forecast to be warmer still for the weekend but then cooling down to something a bit more like 'normal' from early next week.


Hikage looking increasingly patchy by the day now... thought it's closed as a ski course now anyway.


Snow cover remains excellent up top.


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):


- Yamabiko (1407m): 185cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 150cm

- Hikage (660m): -cm

- Nagasaka (615m): -cm

- Karasawa (563m): -cm


Planned lift operations for the spring season:


- Nagasaka Gondola [every day]

- Yamabiko quad lift [every day]

- Yamabiko quad lift [every day]

- Skyline connecting pair lift [29th April until 9th May]

- Uenotaira quad lift [29th March - 4th April; 9th-11th, 17th-18th, 24th-25th April; 29th April - 9th May]

- Paradise quad lifts [3rd-4th, 9th-11th, 17th-18th, 24th-25th April; 29th April - 9th May]

- Yu Road


Planned closing date:


- Nozawa Onsen plans to be open until Sunday 9th May



Nozawa Now 2020-2021 season

Data as of Wednesday 31st March 2021 Total snowfall at base 796cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 56cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 290cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 252cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 230cm reported on 18 days March 2021 snowfall 24cm reported on 1 day




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