Nozawa Now: Tuesday 9th January 2024
- Jan 9, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 170cm
Posted on Tuesday 9th January 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday all that new snowfall allowed the ski area to open up more, including runs that connected the top area with base. At last! (<<< was the feeling). The ski area is not fully open yet, but a large part is now available and there's no need to get a gondola back down from the top areas. Maybe one more good snowfall might fix up the remaining areas.
We had light snow during the morning yesterday with about another 5-18cm (base-top) reported by the ski area since early morning. My measurement at base was 4cm.
And then, later in the afternoon we were treated to some blue sky and sun. Nice.
Today should be a great day to be out on the mountain with clearer skies and sunshine. It is a very cold start but the sun will be mild-ing things up a bit.
Currently the next potentially ‘heavy’ snow is forecast for just before the weekend.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 18cm
Uenotaira: 11cm
Hikage: 5cm
Nagasaka: 5cm
Karasawa: 5cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 130cm
Uenotaira: 130cm
Hikage: 60cm
Nagasaka: 50cm
Karasawa: 45cm
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola
Hikage Gondola
Yamabiko Four lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Skyline connecting pair lift
Uenotaira quad lift
Paradise quad lift
Hikage quad lift
Hikage triple lift
Nagasaka triple lift
Nagasaka gondola link lift
Yu Road
Courses available:
Yamabiko A-E
Kokenashi A/B
Uenotaira
Paradise
Kumataka
Kitsune
Hikage
Nagasaka
Rinkan
Challenge
Schneider
Utopia A
A large part of the ski area is now open
You can ride from top to base
The Skyline side is not yet open
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Tuesday 9th January 2024 Total snowfall at base 170cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 56cm reported on 4 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.