Nozawa Now: Friday 5th April 2013
- Apr 5, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 809cm
Weather overview Blue skies
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Great
Posted on Friday 5th April 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Lunchtime report on this rather warm day in Nozawa. So warm in fact that the resort has reporting a temperature of +17 degrees at the Hikage area, 12 degrees at Uenotaira and 10 degrees at Yamabiko. (As you might expect... no new snow!!)
But it has been a fine morning here with blue skies all around and not much of a wind.
Tomorrow will very probably be similar up until later on in the afternoon when rain is due and that will probably continue into Sunday as well. Freezing level is zooming right up well above 3000m and so we can't expect anything but rain up top either. Hopefully it will hold out until late tomorrow so Saturday visitors can avoid the rain, though Sunday is looking a much riskier choice according the forecasts.
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Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
255cm
Uenotaira
195cm
Hikage
45cm
Lower slopes of the resort are now closed for the season.
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Nozawa Onsen opening dates from 1st April to the end of season:
From 1st April until 6th May:
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift
Yamabiko Four lift
From 1st April until 7th April
12th April until 14th April
20th-21st April
27th April until 6th May
Uenotaira Four lift
Snow Park
6th-7th April
13th-14th April
20th-21st April
27th April until 6th May
Paradise Four lift
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Courses open at Nozawa Onsen:
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Bunabayashi (to the Nagasaka Gondola mid station)
Paradise
Utopia A
Utopia B
Rinkan (until the Hikage area)
To get back to the Nagasaka Gondola from Rinkan use the shuttle bus from Isemiya course.
Lift prices from 1st April are 3500 yen (adults), 1500 yen (children), 2500 yen (seniors) for a day ticket and 2500 yen (adults), 1000 yen (children), 2000 yen (seniors) for a half day.
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 5th April 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 809cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 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 311cm reported on 18 days February 2013 snowfall 253cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 29cm reported on 6 days April 2013 snowfall 0cm |
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.