Nozawa Now: Friday 8th March 2013
- Mar 8, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 795cm
Weather overview Hazy
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted on Friday 8th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Today will continue the trend of spring conditions we've had this last week. Up the top will be fast and icy early in the day, but will soften as the temperature warms by late morning. On the lower half temperatures remained above zero all night so will be soft from first lifts onwards.
We expect a mostly sunny morning before the clouds roll through later this afternoon. Unfortunately there is the possibility of rain, but likely this should quickly turn to snow up high at least. Visibility early on is good, but limited over a long range with a haze blown in by south winds from the metropolitan area of Japan. This means views of surrounding big mountain peaks are somewhat limited.
Yesterday was a good day on the mountain but again long range views were limited by haze. The skiing and boarding was good early with fast conditions across the mountain. However with the warm temperatures most areas quickly became slushy. The Yamabiko area was the place to be all day as it held excellent quality spring snow that remained relatively dry. Off piste runs were heavy in the shade and slow and sticky in the sun. The park and pipe were in fine form.
The forecast still remains extremely variable over the next week or so. We expect snow showers overnight at higher elevations and a cold Saturday morning. This is a very brief cool front as the freezing level is set to skyrocket from 650 to 3000 meters by late afternoon.
On Sunday morning we expect another cold front to move across the region delivering some snow and cold temperatures until at least Monday afternoon. Tuesday should see another dramatic warming trend before yet another brief cool change moves through on Wednesday morning, with the likelihood of more snow showers.
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Lifts operating:
All lifts scheduled to be operating except
Yunomine Pair
Mizunashi Triple
Challenge Pair
Utopia Pair
Hikage Number 2 Pair B line
Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Kandahar East
Kandahar West
Challenge 39
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
335cm
Uenotaira
315cm
Hikage
180cm
Nagasaka
175cm
Karasawa
130cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 8th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 795cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 311cm reported on 18 days February 2013 snowfall 253cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 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.