Nozawa Now: Thursday 8th December 2016
- Dec 8, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 8cm
Posted on Thursday 8th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After the lovely weather that we ended up enjoying yesterday, it's a snowy morning in Nozawa and there is a bit more snow on the ground here in the village.
Here's what the resort is reporting this morning - the official snow depth numbers top to bottom:
Yamabiko: 35cm
Uenotaira: 35cm
Hikage: 7cm
Nagasaka: 7cm
Karasawa: 5cm
We still need more, but it's looking like there might be some decent snow coming - particular at higher elevations - as we enter the weekend. Before that, today is also forecast to clear up later on and tomorrow will likely be slightly milder again.
One thing that is probably a good idea to point out for those who are new to Nozawa... the resort usually opens just the upper areas first, ie. it doesn't wait until lower areas are skiable. So a bit more up top and we could be looking at opening soon.
For the moment, no official news to report on that score.
Update:
PM Update:
Good news!
Nozawa Onsen will be open from tomorrow, Friday 9th.
Just the Yamabiko D course and the Uenotaira course to start off with... more details in my report tomorrow.
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Data as of Thursday 8th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 8cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 4cm (8th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 6cm reported on 2 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.