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Nozawa Now: Sunday 7th February 2016

  • Feb 7, 2016
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 243cm

Posted on Sunday 7th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Nozawa.


It's snowing... in a this-season-special kind of way (ie. not huge dump) but the resort reports up to 10cm of snow on the upper slopes this morning and it is continuing to snow as the lifts start moving. Not expected to last that long today though with the day ending up with the sun shining down on us a possibility.


From the official info it looks like Challenge 39 has opened up - going to give that a go today.


Clear skies and sun are forecast for tomorrow after a cold night tonight.


For those of us looking for dumps of snowfall though Tuesday night seems to be what we should be looking forward to. Let's hope it happens.


Official snow depths:


Yamabiko: 165cm

Uenotaira: 130cm

Hikage: 80cm

Nagasaka: 65cm

Karasawa: 55cm


New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday:


Yamabiko: 10cm

Uenotaira: 8cm

Hikage: 0cm

Nagasaka: 5cm

Karasawa: 0cm



Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Sunday 7th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 8cm reported on 4 days




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