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Nozawa Now: Wednesday 8th February 2017

  • Feb 8, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 598cm

Posted on Wednesday 8th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Hello from Nozawa.


Check out what the resort are reporting this morning - 55cm of fresh up on Yamabiko, with 10cm during the day yesterday. That's an impressive number.


Now you know where to be this morning!


There's still a decent amount of fresh lower down the mountain and here at base as well.


I'm liking the look of the forecast as well. While today the snow may ease off and tomorrow start calm and cloudy, snow is due to be back over Nozawa by the end of the day tomorrow and through most of the weekend.


Regular resets. That's what we like. :)


Fresh snow reported by resort since yesterday morning:

- Yamabiko: 65cm

- Uenotaira: 31cm

- Hikage: 17cm

- Nagasaka: 27cm

- Karasawa: 17cm


Official snow depths:

- Yamabiko: 370cm

- Uenotaira: 270cm

- Hikage: 205cm

- Nagasaka: 195cm

- Karasawa: 155cm


Lifts operations:

- All lifts apart from the following lifts are operating

- Yunomine pair

- Mizunashi pair

- Challenge pair

- Utopia pair


Most courses at Nozawa Onsen are open. Courses not open are:

- Kandahar West

- Kandahar East

- Grand Prix



Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Wednesday 8th February 2017 Total snowfall at base 598cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 366cm reported on 20 days February 2017 snowfall 69cm reported on 6 days




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