Nozawa Now: Friday 3rd March 2017
- Mar 3, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 730cm
Posted on Friday 3rd March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa and we have a fresh layer of snow this morning.
Around 5cm at base but up to 20cm of fresh snow is being reported on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira courses... so you know where to head this morning! The snowfall probably won't continue for much beyond lunchtime today, so let's get some more cm in!
We're expecting sunshine and mild conditions tomorrow.
Tomorrow evening there's a big event going on over on the Hikage area. It starts at 7pm with a live act (so I believe) and then there's other things going on like a ski torch lit display and then the fireworks which should begin at around 9pm. No doubt our favourite friendly green vegetable character 'Nasuki' will be making an appearance too. Which in itself will make being there be worth it. :)
Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko: 20cm
- Uenotaira: 20cm
- Hikage: 5cm
- Nagasaka: 5cm
- Karasawa: 5cm
Official snow depths:
- Yamabiko: 370cm
- Uenotaira: 275cm
- Hikage: 165cm
- Nagasaka: 160cm
- Karasawa: 125cm
Lifts operations:
- All lifts operating except:
- Yunomine pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Mizunashi triple (usually closed on weekdays)
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Courses not open today are:
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar West
Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 3rd March 2017 Total snowfall at base 730cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 366cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 196cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day |
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.