Nozawa Now: Sunday 6th January 2019
- Jan 6, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 268cm
Posted on Sunday 6th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
I must admit to getting a little worried yesterday with the milder and wet conditions, but this morning things are looking much better.
It is colder and... there's about 20cm of fresh snow on the ground. Close to 30cm is being reported by the resort on upper areas since yesterday morning. Perhaps not top draw snow quality due to temps not dropping down that much, but certainly welcome and better than what we had yesterday. I think some investigations are required!
Visibility is looking very limited up on the mountain early on.
Snow is forecast for today, with a more exciting dump there on the forecasts for Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Some people will have been back to work last Friday while some will be returning today. So for most people, tomorrow will be a normal Monday.
Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 25cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 29cm
- Hikage (660m): 22cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 22cm
- Karasawa (563m): 10cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 230cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 200cm
- Hikage (660m): 140cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 130cm
- Karasawa (563m): 110cm
All lifts apart from the following planned to be operating:
- Kandahar pair
- Mizunashi triple
All courses open apart from the following planned to be open:
- Kandahar West
- Kandahar East
- Grand Prix
Nozawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Sunday 6th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 268cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 64cm 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.