Nozawa Now: Friday 4th January 2019
- Jan 4, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 247cm
Posted on Friday 4th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa. I had my best day of the season yesterday. Brilliant.
Some more snowfall but this morning it is just cloudy conditions - with clearer skies to be seen away from Nozawa and perhaps we'll get the clouds clearing above us here too. That's what the forecasts say.
We should be getting snowed on again tomorrow.
On the mountain right now the only course areas not open are Kandahar and Grand Prix. Looks like Kamoshika is part open with some restrictions but apart from that -- all open.
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday 3pm):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 5cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 4cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 7cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 230cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 205cm
- Hikage (660m): 140cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 135cm
- Karasawa (563m): 110cm
All lifts apart from the following planned to be operating:
- Kandahar pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Utopia pair
All courses open apart from the following planned to be open:
- Kandahar
- Grand Prix
- Kamoshika (part)
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 4th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 247cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 43cm reported on 4 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.