Nozawa Now: Sunday 8th April 2018
- Apr 8, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 700cm
Posted on Sunday 8th April 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
Reports of snow and indeed sightings of snow! :)
I have just come back from a walk around the base of the resort. A lovely brisk early Sunday morning walk, and fairly chilly conditions as well. Nice. I also notice the resort have uploaded a photo from the ski jump area near base - see below for that.
There's not a huge amount of snow of course, but it is always great to see fresh on the ground. Love it. The resort itself is recording 5cm at the top Yamabiko area of the resort and no other numbers, but I would be mistaken not to log at least 1cm this morning from the snow we got by base.
So, that reported 5cm up top should provide some nicely improved conditions first thing this morning and early tracks should be rewarded.
Temperatures will probably start rising once again from tomorrow.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as and where reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 5cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): -cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 190cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 90cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Lifts operations:
- Nagasaka Gondola
- Yamabiko Four
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four
- Uenotaira Four
- Paradise Four
The following courses remain open:
- Yamabiko area
- Kokenashi course
- Uenotaira
- Paradise
- Bunabayashi
- Challenge
- Schneider (part?)
- Utopia A
- Rinkan (use this course to get back down to base)
- Rinkan short cut
- Get back to base via the Rinkan course or using the Gondola
General resort operations information until Sunday 6th May:
The Gondola will be open from 8:10am daily;
The Number 1 car park will be free daily;
There will be no village shuttle bus between 2nd April and 27th April;
A resort shuttle bus may operate between Hikage and Nagasaka (Number 1 car park) depending on snow conditions;
Nozawa Onsen plans to remain open until Sunday 6th May.
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 8th April 2018 Total snowfall at base 700cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 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 325cm reported on 20 days February 2018 snowfall 131cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 2 days April 2018 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day |
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.