Nozawa Now: Friday 8th April 2022
- Apr 8, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 11, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1133cm
Posted on Friday 8th April 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
A cloudy start this morning. No cm of snow is being reported by the ski area up top. (I was down and out from yesterday afternoon, booster shot weariness, so I don't know what was happening outside from then until this morning).
Anyhow what looks certain is a warm, clear, calm and sunny weekend.... and probably beyond the weekend too.
Poka-poka!
More lifts will be open for the weekend too - see the list below.
Lower slopes are still pretty much covered with snow in the second week of April, even the Karasawa and Nagasaka areas. The snow may be looking a bit... dirty... but, remarkable! :)
With the consistent warmth coming up, I would expect some big patches of ground to start appearing soon; and once they start appearing, the rest quickly seems to go. Upper areas are still reporting up to 270cm snow depth, so that lot is going to stick around for quite some time yet.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 0cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 270cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 200cm
- Hikage (660m): reporting finished for the season
- Nagasaka (616m): reporting finished for the season
- Karasawa (563m): reporting finished for the season
Available ski runs (planned, subject to change):
- Yamabiko A-E
- Uenotaira
- Paradise
- Yunomine B
- Mizunashi B
- Bunabayashi
- Schneider (part)
- Challenge
- Utopia A-B
- Rinkan (Forest)
- Ushikubi
- Nagasaka (part)
- Rinkan shortcut
- Kumataka
- A shuttle bus is available from the exit of the Rinkan course to Nagasaka
Operating lifts (planned operations, subject to change):
Nagasaka Gondola
- Open daily until 8th May
- 8:10am until 3:00pm, last one down at 3:30pm
Yamabiko Four
- Open daily until 8th May
- 8:25am until 3:10pm
Yamabiko Four 2
- Open daily until 8th May
- 8:20am until 3:20pm
Skyline connecting pair
- Open on 8th-10th April and 29th April until 8th May
- 8:20am until 3:20pm
Uenotaira quad
- 8:25am until 3:20pm
- Open on 8th-10th April, 16th-17th April, 23rd-24th April, 28th April until 8th May
Paradise quad
- 8:25am until 3:20pm
- Open on 8th-10th April, 16th-17th April, 23rd-24th April, 28th April until 8th May
Planned closing date this season:
Nozawa Onsen plans to be open until Sunday 8th May 2022
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Data as of Friday 8th April 2022 Total snowfall at base 1133cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 61 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 46cm reported on 6 days April 2022 snowfall 0cm |
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.