Nozawa Now: Thursday 8th February 2018
- Feb 8, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 607cm
Posted on Thursday 8th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
Them there snow clouds did indeed visit us yesterday after that fine start and by 3pm the resort was reporting 4-7cm of snow on the upper areas of the resort with a few cm lower down and this morning the total snowfall reported by Nozawa is headlined by the 27cm at top Yamabiko and just over 10cm at base. So a nice new layer this morning.
Some low cloud aside, the clouds have dispersed again and blue skies are above the mountain. It is looking likely that today and tomorrow will be all about sun and while it's cold this morning over the next few days temperatures are going to be rising towards a high on Saturday. The next snowfall is due Saturday night but before that there looks to be a chance of rain - particular at lower elevations. Fingers crossed we can miss that and it just gets colder and starts snowing.
In the meantime, a very fine few days ahead. Let's Nozawa!
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 27cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 24cm
- Hikage (660m): 10cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 12cm
- Karasawa (563m): ?cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 335m
- Uenotaira (1230m): 285cm
- Hikage (660m): 195cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 195cm
- Karasawa (563m): 165cm
Lifts operations:
- All scheduled lifts appear to be operating as normal.
- The Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Challenge pair and Utopia pair lifts usually rested on weekdays.
The following courses either closed (or not fully available):
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar East
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 8th February 2018 Total snowfall at base 607cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 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 44cm reported on 4 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.