Nozawa Now: Sunday 8th January 2023
- Jan 8, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 238cm
Posted on Sunday 8th January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
After a fine day during the day yesterday with some rather mild conditions, it was back to snow overnight. The ski area this morning is reporting 15cm on the upper areas (and 5cm down around base).
Today we might get some light snow and we might get some sun, and some more snow overnight.
There's night skiing again tonight until 8:00pm at Nagasaka and remember that tomorrow is a national holiday in Japan so it will be busier than a normal Monday.
Looking ahead at various forecasts, it appears there's going to be a bit of all sorts going on, mild conditions might be more prominent; especially towards the end of the week. Not too much, please!
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko: 15cm
- Uenotaira: 15cm
- Hikage: 5cm
- Nagasaka: 5cm
- Karasawa: 5cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 190cm
- Uenotaira: 180cm
- Hikage: 135cm
- Nagasaka: 120cm
- Karasawa: 90cm
All lifts now normally operating except these lifts:
- Hikage quad (due to maintenance)
All courses are now open except the following:
- Mukobayashi
- Hachiman
- Kandahar (restrictions)
Planned night skiing (Nagasaka quad):
- 8th January 2023
- Every Saturday until 25th March 2023
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Sunday 8th January 2023 Total snowfall at base 238cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (26th December and 4th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 137cm reported on 7 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.