Nozawa Now: Sunday 7th January 2018
- Jan 7, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 335cm
Posted on Sunday 7th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
Interesting that we have got a nice new layer of snow overnight with snow still falling now. The resort itself is reporting 10-20cm of snow across the mountain. The forecast is for this snow to ease off leaving us with a cloudy day, so perhaps we might still get some sun like I mentioned yesterday. Or maybe not!
So early morning it is light snow and limited visibility, due to get clearer.
Now let's take a look at the forecast. Rain in the village is looking possible (likely) later in the day as temperatures get rather mild - hopefully at the same time it will be snow up top - and Wednesday onwards there's some decent snow to look forward to.
All go this morning on this busy weekend, with all lifts operating and only the Challenge 39, Grand Prix and Kandahar course areas unavailable.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 20cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 10cm
- Hikage (660m): 10cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 10cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 305cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 235cm
- Hikage (660m): 180cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 170cm
- Karasawa (563m): 155cm
All lifts operating except the following:
- All lifts should be operating
All courses open except the following:
- Challenge 39
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 7th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 335cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 53cm (27th December) November 2017 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2017 snowfall 217cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 97cm 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.