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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 4th February 2020

  • Feb 4, 2020
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 183cm

Posted on Tuesday 4th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


It's snowing again and as of 8:30am the resort is reporting 3-5cm across the mountain. The forecast shows clearer skies due later on in the day today so we probably can't expect it to continue for too long. (Actually even now there seems to be some possibly breaks in the cloud down by base).


But! The snow clouds are due back with us from tomorrow, and they may well be bringing with them a proper decent amount of snowfall over the region. It is going to be cold over the next few days too. Good proper winter like weather - yes, I like that a lot.


Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday morning:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 5cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 5cm

- Hikage (660m): 3cm

- Nagasaka (615m): 3cm

- Karasawa (563m): -cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):


- Yamabiko (1407m): 165cm

- Uenotaira (1230m): 120cm

- Hikage (660m): 70cm

- Nagasaka (615m): 40cm

- Karasawa (563m): 20cm


All lifts normally operating apart from the following lifts:


- Mizunashi triple

- Kandahar pair

- Karasawa pair


All courses normally open apart from the following courses:


- Kandahar

- Mukobayashi

- Hachiman



Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Tuesday 4th February 2020 Total snowfall at base 183cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 5 days January 2020 snowfall 120cm reported on 11 days February 2020 snowfall 26cm reported on 3 days




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