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Nozawa Now: Sunday 6th February 2022

  • Feb 6, 2022
  • 3 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 86cm
Snowfall at base this season 838cm

Posted on Sunday 6th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


I'll post more tomorrow when hopefully things will be calmer but for now... just crazy snowfall the last day.


I've put the snowfall numbers from the ski area in two chunks this morning - the chunk from yesterday and then the overnight.


As you can see the total snowfall on the upper areas is a whopping 109cm and Hikage has also reported 100cm. We certainly have had a very large amount of snow and it is still snowing. Visibility is very limited on all but lower areas, where it's still kind of limited.


Top lifts are delayed due to the snow.


These conditions are not for everyone. Some will of course love them, some will wait for clearer skies to enjoy all this new snow.


If you are out there, take care!


Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (yesterday morning to mid afternoon):

- Yamabiko (1615m): 39cm

- Uenotaira (1407m): 50cm

- Hikage (660m): 40cm

- Nagasaka (616m): 40cm

- Karasawa (563m): 30cm


Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (yesterday mid afternoon to this morning):

- Yamabiko (1615m): 70cm

- Uenotaira (1407m): 70cm

- Hikage (660m): 60cm

- Nagasaka (616m): 50cm

- Karasawa (563m): 40cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):


- Yamabiko (1615m): 450cm

- Uenotaira (1407m): 375cm

- Hikage (660m): 350cm

- Nagasaka (616m): 340cm

- Karasawa (563m): 270cm


Various info:


- Subject to weather conditions all lifts that plan to be open should be ok. See above main report for specific info for this morning.

- 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 planned to open for night skiing 11th-12th Feb (subject to change).



Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season

Data as of Sunday 6th February 2022 Total snowfall at base 838cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 86cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 384cm reported on 22 days February 2022 snowfall 167cm reported on 6 days




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