Nozawa Now: Friday 8th January 2021
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 34cm
Snowfall at base this season 398cm
Posted on Friday 8th January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
Is it just me, or we didn't get either as much snow or strong winds as we were told might happen overnight?
Still, there's a very good 40cm or so being reported from Hikage up to Yamabiko, with almost all of that coming overnight. So that is nothing to complain about and a very nice new layer out there.
Light snow for the moment and doesn't feel particularly windy either.
How the 'state of emergency' that has been announced for Tokyo and surrounding prefectures for the next month affects Nozawa and other ski areas remains to be seen. Hopefully the worst of it will be that less people will be able to get themselves here. Which obviously is not good in itself for the ski area and the village... we shall see.
Whatever your circumstance and wherever you are, I say let's stick to the rules and advice and do what we can to get through all this as quickly as possible.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 41cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 33cm
- Hikage (660m): 44cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 32cm
- Karasawa (563m): 20cm
Nozawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Friday 8th January 2021 Total snowfall at base 398cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 56cm (17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 290cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 108cm 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.