Nozawa Now: Sunday 3rd January 2021
- Jan 3, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 354cm
Posted on Sunday 3rd January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
There has now been over 6m of snowfall reported by the resort on the top Yamabiko area. That's some going for the beginning of January!
I have measured just under 20cm of snow on the ground since yesterday with the snow still coming down from the skies this morning. It's probably going to ease off sometime during today and we might even get some sunshine tomorrow. Even so, it looks like the snow clouds won't ever be too far away over the coming week.
Just how we like it.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 21cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 36cm
- Hikage (660m): 25cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 25cm
- Karasawa (563m): 15cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 260cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 235cm
- Hikage (660m): 180cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 175cm
- Karasawa (563m): 150cm
Most courses are now open: the following are open:
- Grand Prix
- Kamoshika
- Challenge 39
Nozawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Sunday 3rd January 2021 Total snowfall at base 354cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 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 64cm reported on 3 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.