Nozawa Now: Saturday 5th January 2013
- Jan 5, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 341cm
Weather overview Clear
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Excellent
Posted on Saturday 5th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Get the cameras out we have an absolute stunner here it Nozawa Onsen this morning!
Light snow flurries continued overnight giving a minor top up to the cover out on the mountain. However the dawn saw the clouds part and give way to sun and some perfect blue skies. This is one of those days to remember with plentiful deep snow, minimal wind and excellent visibility.
Yesterday saw continued moderate to occasionally heavy snowfalls but the extremely flat light made skiing outside the trees challenging, especially up high. Off piste chokingly deep powder limited skiing to steep areas with many riders became bogged down on the more moderate slopes.
However snow quality was just about as good as it gets.
From yesterday at 3pm until 8am this morning the resort was reporting 35cm of fresh snow up on Yamabiko with about 15cm of new snowfall on the lower slopes.
Current forecast suggests a return to snow showers tomorrow before a period of variable weather the following few days.
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating.
Courses open:
All courses open except
Kandahar West
Mizunashi A
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
275cm
Uenotaira
260cm
Hikage
160cm
Nagasaka
145cm
Karasawa
140cm
Official new snowfall:
35cm (Yamabiko)
35cm (Uenotaira)
15cm (Karasawa)
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 5th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 341cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 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 125cm reported on 3 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.