Nozawa Now: Wednesday 5th January 2022
- Jan 5, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 391cm
Posted on Wednesday 5th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
A bunch of different snowfall numbers from the ski area this morning, ranging from just 5cm (?!) at Karasawa to 45cm up top. 15cm of that at Yamabiko was during the day yesterday with another 30cm overnight.
It's a cloudy kind of morning with limited visibility on higher areas. I'm guessing some snow falling but nothing major.
Tomorrow we might well get to enjoy some clearer skies and some sunshine. It will be remaining cold, which is what we want, so due to be a great day. And probably not too many people around either.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (total since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 45cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 24cm
- Hikage (660m): 26cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 14cm
- Karasawa (563m): 5cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 255cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 220cm
- Hikage (660m): 170cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 170cm
- Karasawa (563m): 140cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Mizunashi A
- Kamoshika
Planned operating lifts:
- Subject to weather conditions all lifts should be open.
- The Utopia and Challenge pair lifts are normally rested on weekdays.
- The top Yamabiko A-D courses close at 3:20pm until 27th March (at 3:10pm after that).
- Skyline course closes at 4:10pm.
- The Nagasaka quad lift is open for night skiing 8th-9th Jan, 11th-12th Feb (subject to change).
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 391cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 75cm (31st December) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 104cm reported on 5 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.