Nozawa Now: Sunday 5th January 2020
- Jan 5, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this season 92cm
Posted on Sunday 5th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello and it's a good morning to you from here in Nozawa Onsen.
And I am very happy to report another good snowfall across the mountain, most of which we got overnight.
The resort is reporting 38cm on the top Yamabiko area since yesterday morning (just a few cm during the daytime), and 23-25cm on the lower Hikage and Nagasaka areas. Which is pretty much what I am also measuring and recording in the report. These are the kind of numbers that I take pleasure in being able to report!
Visibility is limited on the mountain this morning as snow continues to fall, but wrap up well and get the goggles on to enjoy what should be excellent conditions.
Oh yes, the popular Skyline downhill course is also now open.
Most of the mountain is now available with just some exceptions - mostly the courses coming off the lower part of Skyline. I have now adjusted the information below to only show which courses are not yet available (rather than list up the courses that are open - there's more open than closed now).
Plenty to enjoy.
Without wanting to potentially spoil the party mood -- clearer skies are likely tomorrow and then some warmer conditions around Tuesday and Wednesday, with some rain on the forecast before more snow later on Wednesday into Thursday.
I'm just going to enjoy what we have now as that story develops; hopefully for the better!
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday morning:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 38cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 27cm
- Hikage (660m): 25cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 23cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 140cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 115cm
- Hikage (660m): 75cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 55cm
- Karasawa (563m): 30cm
All lifts normally operating apart from these lifts:
- Utopia pair
- Kandahar pair
- Nagasaka four
- Kawazawa pair
All courses open apart from the following courses:
- Challenge 39
- Utopia B
- Kurokura
- Kandahara
- Grand Prix
- Mukobayashi
- Karasawa
- Hachiman
- Karasawa link
- Kamoshika
- Tanuki
- Usagi
Nozawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 5th January 2020 Total snowfall at base 92cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 33cm reported on 5 days January 2020 snowfall 55cm 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.