Nozawa Now: Thursday 9th February 2023
- Feb 9, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 554cm
Posted on Thursday 9th February 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
With the 3cm reported at Yamabiko yesterday early evening, the ski area has said there is 5-10cm around base areas and 22-26cm on upper areas since yesterday. That layer up top sounds nice and should give us a decent reset. We might get a bit more today and tomorrow - though not massive amounts expected.
It should be keeping colder than the last few days. Currently around -1.5C at base.
Clearer skies and mild temps are forecast for the weekend and then a return to snow and cold early week.
Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area at 7am (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko: 26cm
- Uenotaira: 22cm
- Hikage: 10cm
- Nagasaka: 10cm
- Karasawa: 5cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 240cm
- Uenotaira: 205cm
- Hikage: 140cm
- Nagasaka: 135cm
- Karasawa: 90cm
All lifts now normally operating except these lifts:
- Mizunashi triple
- Yunomine pair
- Karasawa pair
- Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)
- Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
All courses are now open except the following:
- Yunomine A
- Kandahar (restrictions)
Planned night skiing (Nagasaka quad):
- Every Saturday until 25th March 2023
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Data as of Thursday 9th February 2023 Total snowfall at base 554cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 388cm reported on 21 days February 2023 snowfall 65cm 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.