Nozawa Now: Saturday 5th April 2014
- Apr 5, 2014
- 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 720cm
Posted on Saturday 5th April 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Trust me to be away for this weekend. I am in Nagano city at the moment and providing this report to you from here and so going on the official word from the resort as well as a phone call to a friend in Nozawa. Usually in early April there's not going to be much action but...
...the resort is reporting 25cm of fresh snow this morning!
Yes, I had to look twice there, but that's what they have. Uenotaira and Yamabiko both with 25cm of fresh, and some snow down to the village as well... though actually the sun is out now as we approach 9am. Sounds like a good start to the day to me!
There doesn't actually seem to be big changes to what is open this morning, but the Paradise quad seems to be moving.
The forecast for today and tomorrow is a mix of sun, cloud and sometimes snow.
Anyway, today should be a real bonus for people heading up top. I just wish I was! Wrap up well if you are, it's cold up there.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 320cm
Uenotaira - 225cm
Lifts
Planned operating lifts for today (weekday operations):
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four
Yamabiko Number 2 Four
Uenotaira Four
Paradise Four
Courses
Planned courses to be open:
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Paradise
Bunabayashi
Schneider
Utopia
Utopia 2
Challenge
Note that the following lifts have closed for the season:
- Hikage Gondola
- Challenge pair lift
- Utopia pair lift
- Kandahar pair lift
- Nagasaka quad
- Nagasaka triple
- Nagasaka gondola connecting
- Karasawa pair
** Please note that from today until the end of the season the 'snow depth number' in the report is for Uenotaira -- official Hikage numbers are no longer available.
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 5th April 2014 Total snowfall at base 720cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 178cm reported on 12 days April 2014 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.