Nozawa Now: Monday 8th January 2018
- Jan 8, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 336cm
Posted on Monday 8th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
There has been no fresh snowfall overnight, but yesterday some more falling across the mountain with the resort itself reporting up to 6cm. It remained mostly cloudy but we enjoyed a bit of sunshine and blue sky in the afternoon as well.
This morning is mostly cloudy and that is what is on the latest forecast for today.
It is a fairly chilly start to the day but as the day progresses today things are going to warm up, perhaps rising to around 8C later tonight (!)
I'm afraid rain really does look like it is going to happen overnight tonight; we can just hope it doesn't last too long and that we perhaps get back to snow in the day tomorrow; it is actually supposed to not be as warm tomorrow.
All fingers crossed!
And the snow forecast around Wednesday looks promising. :)
Today is the last day of the long weekend and a national holiday in Japan. It will be busier than a normal Monday but should start getting quieter in the afternoon.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as reported by the resort):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 5cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 6cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 2cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm
Official snow depth numbers:
- Yamabiko (1407m): 290cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 230cm
- Hikage (660m): 180cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 175cm
- Karasawa (563m): 150cm
All lifts operating except the following:
- All lifts should be operating
All courses open except the following:
- Challenge 39
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar
Nozawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 8th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 336cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 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 98cm reported on 6 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.