Nozawa Now: Tuesday 9th February 2021
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 45cm
Snowfall at base this season 663cm
Posted on Tuesday 9th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Snow yesterday - along with a break in it during the afternoon - and more overnight.
Result: the ski area this morning is reporting up to 40cm of snowfall on the upper areas, so along with the 14cm it reported yesterday afternoon that is 54cm since yesterday morning. Similarly 25-42cm on lower areas.
I have measured a solid 45cm myself. (It's actually night and light, not really 'solid').
It is a cold morning, right now Thermometer-kun tells me it is -4C, and the snow clouds should remain over Nozawa for the day though probably just light snow. There are some signs that it might be getting brighter as I write this.
By tomorrow we will have clearer skies and possibly a day of sunshine.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 54cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 44cm
- Hikage (660m): 42cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 42cm
- Karasawa (563m): 25cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 280cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 240cm
- Hikage (660m): 175cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 170cm
- Karasawa (563m): 145cm
All courses apart from the following plan to be open:
- Yunomine A
- Grand Prix
- Kamoshika
- Kandahar area not open to the public this season
Ski lift information:
- The following lifts are normally rested on weekdays:
- Utopia pair, Challenge pair, Yunomine pair and Mizunashi triple
- The Kandahar area is not open to the public this season
- The Shinyu pair lift will be closed for the remainder of the season due to obstruction by fallen tree
Nozawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Tuesday 9th February 2021 Total snowfall at base 663cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 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 252cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 121cm 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.