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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 3rd February 2015

  • Feb 3, 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 821cm

Posted on Tuesday 3rd February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Hello from Nozawa, I was in Nagano city yesterday and just made my way back to Nozawa mid-morning.... where it's snowing lightly at the moment. Another 10-15cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain since yesterday afternoon keeping things nice and fresh no doubt.


Still lots of cloud around and limited visibility especially higher up from what I can see on the webcams now.


Kamoshikla and Tanuki are back open.


Expecting some sunshine in the day tomorrow, with more snow later on Thursday forecast.


Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday:

Yamabiko - 15cm

Uenotaira - 10cm

Hikage - 10cm

Nagasaka - 10cm

Karasawa - 10cm


Official snow depths:

Yamabiko - 440cm

Uenotaira - 410cm

Hikage - 290cm

Nagasaka - 280cm

Karasawa - 240cm


Courses open:

All courses are open except:

Grand Prix course

Jumping Course

Challenge 39


Lifts open (subject to change):

All lifts operating except:

Yunomine pair

Mizunashi triple

Challenge pair

Utopia pair

Hikage Number 2 Pair B line



Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season

Data as of Tuesday 3rd February 2015 Total snowfall at base 821cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 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 February 2015 snowfall 70cm reported on 3 days




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