Nozawa Now: Thursday 6th January 2022
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 401cm
Posted on Thursday 6th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
10-15cm of new snow was being reported by the ski area yesterday afternoon and just a few more cm on upper areas this morning. I have measured a round 10cm.
There's some cool looking cloud over the mountain this morning but clearer skies around too and today we are probably going to get to enjoy some sunshine. Happily it should remain quite cold. Some forecasts tell stories of more snow overnight into tomorrow though I wouldn't expect anything major and then probably a few days without any major new layers. A bit of snow here and there maybe.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (total since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 13cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 15cm
- Hikage (660m): 15cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 15cm
- Karasawa (563m): 10cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 255cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 220cm
- Hikage (660m): 185cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 185cm
- Karasawa (563m): 145cm
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 Thursday 6th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 401cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 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 114cm reported on 6 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.