Nozawa Now: Monday 7th March 2022
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 28cm
Snowfall at base this season 1129cm
Posted on Monday 7th March 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Nozawa.
Listen to this... the ski area was reporting 30cm of fresh snow up at Yamabiko yesterday afternoon... and another 35cm this morning. 65cm. Good at any time, excellent for March. Less down on lower areas but there is still a very respectable new layer covering the mountain.
Light snow has been on and off early morning today, but it's due to be turned off by lunchtime.
Back to weekdays so the Challenge pair and Utopia part are being rested. Otherwise all other lifts should be open as planned.
Still remaining chilly today but a proper early spring warm up is coming later this week.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 65cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 65cm
- Hikage (660m): 32cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 32cm
- Karasawa (563m): 13cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 440cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 385cm
- Hikage (660m): 320cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 320cm
- Karasawa (563m): 210cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
Various info:
- Rested lifts today: Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Challenge pair, Utopia pair, Karasawa pair
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Monday 7th March 2022 Total snowfall at base 1129cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 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 42cm reported on 3 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.