Nozawa Now: Saturday 9th January 2021
- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 413cm
Posted on Saturday 9th January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
More snow. And another 30cm or so being reported by the resort on the top areas, taking the Yamabiko number close to 7m for the season.
This morning it's kind of just cloudy and that is what the forecasts seem to be saying for us today, with the chance of some light snow at times.
Similar is forecast for tomorrow.
Fresh snowfall recorded by the resort (since yesterday morning):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 29cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 29cm
- Hikage (660m): 10cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 19cm
- Karasawa (563m): 5cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko (1407m): 275cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 235cm
- Hikage (660m): 195cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 190cm
- Karasawa (563m): 150cm
All courses apart from the following are open:
- Grand Prix
Ski lift information:
- The following lifts are normally rested on weekdays:
- Utopia pair, Challenge pair, Yunomine pair and Mizunashi triple
- 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 Saturday 9th January 2021 Total snowfall at base 413cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 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 123cm 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.