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Nozawa Now: Sunday 6th March 2022

  • Mar 6, 2022
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 1101cm

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


Good morning from Nozawa.


It feels colder this morning! And later in the day wet turned into snow overnight. It's not often that lower areas report more snow than the top, but that's what we have today (see the list below). I see more too. Curious.


Whatever, Naski is out in it and still has a smiler on their face. You can always rely on Naski.


Visibility is pretty low out there even at base as of 8:30am and the snow is coming down. Still lifts appear to be opening as planned for those who would like to brave these conditions. Make sure you know where you're going - and stick with friends... would be my advice.


Tomorrow I might have some winter-like Nozawa-rashi numbers to report, which would of course be great. It will be calmer and clearer too, so good for folks who want to enjoy it.


Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since yesterday morning):

- Yamabiko (1615m): 3cm

- Uenotaira (1407m): 7cm

- Hikage (660m): 7cm

- Nagasaka (616m): 7cm

- Karasawa (563m): 5cm


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


- Yamabiko (1615m): 395cm

- Uenotaira (1407m): 350cm

- Hikage (660m): 290cm

- Nagasaka (616m): 290cm

- Karasawa (563m): 195cm


All courses apart from the following plan to be open:


- Yunomine A


Various info:


- Rested lifts today: Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Karasawa pair



Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season

Data as of Sunday 6th March 2022 Total snowfall at base 1101cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 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 416cm reported on 20 days March 2022 snowfall 14cm reported on 2 days




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