Nozawa Now: Saturday 8th January 2022
- Jan 8, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 411cm
Posted on Saturday 8th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Some snow overnight and during the day yesterday, though not a large number from lower areas but note that the top area reporting 30+cm since yesterday morning. So the powder refreshes continue.
This morning started with a lot of dark looking clouds around but it has quickly brightened up and right now the sun is increasingly shining down on us all. It should be a very fine day.
Monday is a national holiday in Japan, so it's one of those long weekends and usually a busy one.
15th January is always an important date in Nozawa with the famous fire festival. This year the event is going ahead, but there are going to be restrictions for the main event on 15th. Basically the general public aren't going to be allowed into the central event area and there will be entry restrictions around the area from 3pm until 11pm. There are no restrictions planned for the lead up events held on the 13th and 14th, apart from everyone being asked to be good and take precautions.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the ski area (total since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 36cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 28cm
- Hikage (660m): 10cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 10cm
- Karasawa (563m): 6cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1615m): 260cm
- Uenotaira (1407m): 230cm
- Hikage (660m): 180cm
- Nagasaka (616m): 180cm
- Karasawa (563m): 140cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Mizunashi A
- Kamoshika
Planned operating lifts:
- Subject to weather conditions all lifts should be open.
- The Utopia and Challenge pair lifts are normally rested on weekdays.
- The top Yamabiko A-D courses close at 3:20pm until 27th March (at 3:10pm after that).
- Skyline course closes at 4:10pm.
- The Nagasaka quad lift is open for night skiing 8th-9th Jan, 11th-12th Feb (subject to change).
Nozawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Saturday 8th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 411cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 75cm (31st December) November 2021 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 days January 2022 snowfall 124cm reported on 8 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.