Nozawa Now: Friday 8th February 2013
- Feb 8, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 533cm
Weather overview Heavy snow
Wind Strong
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor but improving
Posted on Friday 8th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It's absolutely dumping in Nozawa Onsen this morning! The heavy flakes started at about 7am and since then about 5-10cm has gathered on the railing outside. Its looks like this weather has really set in and snowfalls are forecast to continue for the rest of the day, along with extremely cold temperatures. A couple of strong wind gusts even down in the village means that some lifts may go on wind hold, especially higher up. At the time of writing the resort seems to be open as normal though...
Yesterday was another nice day on the mountain. There were many powder stashes on offer around Yamabiko thanks to windblown snow being deposited on the leeward side of the summit ridge. Quality was very nice, light and dry on a crusty base. Death cookies which have been a problem off piste recently are gradually becoming buried.
It is a long weekend this weekend for the Chinese New Year so crowd levels will be higher than usual about the slopes. It is one of the busiest weekends of the Japanese ski season and you can expect queues. Get up for first lifts to avoid the usual gondola lines that occur on public holidays.
This weekend we should see some significant snowfalls. Snow should continue for the rest of the day, grading to snow showers overnight and tomorrow. Sunday looks to be another big day of snowfalls, especially overnight. During Sunday night 30cm or more is looking likely at this stage.
Let's hope that happens. Have fun.
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating
Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
270cm
Uenotaira
240cm
Hikage
145cm
Nagasaka
140cm
Karasawa
110cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 8th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 533cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 311cm reported on 18 days February 2013 snowfall 6cm 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.