Nozawa Now: Friday 4th January 2013
- Jan 4, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 60cm
Snowfall at base this season 326cm
Weather overview Moderate snow
Wind Strong
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted on Friday 4th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After yesterdays dump the snow has continued overnight delivering an additional 60cm of powder, much to the delight of everyone in Nozawa. This top up was needed and has returned Nozawa Onsen to the magical winter wonderland that we all know and love, with seemingly limitless fresh lines and many buried cars. Add 10cm more this morning since 8am.
At the moment in Nozawa we have cold temperatures and continued snow falls albeit at a lesser intensity in comparison with the last 36 hours. There is also a bit of wind about today, but it is by no means strong.
The Japanese new years holiday has finished and with most of the Japanese guest returning home the resort is markedly quieter. There should be few lift lines on the mountain today! It's weekend tomorrow though so we can expect some crowds.
Snow showers should continue for the rest of the day before a return to clear weather. It should be a brilliant day on the mountain tomorrow with clear sunny weather, cold temps and very light winds forecast.
Looking further ahead, we should see some more snow showers passing through the region on Sunday.
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating.
Courses open:
All courses open except
Kandahar West
Mizunashi A
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
275cm
Uenotaira
250cm
Hikage
170cm
Nagasaka
160cm
Karasawa
140cm
Official new snowfall:
60cm (Yamabiko)
60cm (Uenotaira)
50cm (Karasawa)
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 4th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 326cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 110cm reported on 2 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.