Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 64cm Posted on Monday 16th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa, where the resort are telling us of 26cm of new snowfall on the top runs where the official snow depth is now 130cm. More snow down on lower slopes and base as well, though it does not look like more of the mountain will be open today so lifts and courses remain the same. At least for the moment. Light snow at the moment though the local forecast does tell us to expect less today and perhaps even some clearing up. Tomorrow seems to be a mix of cloud and a chance of clearer weather. After the poor visibility of the last few days on mountain, it will good to get a chance to see more up there. There's much fewer people around early today, so should be a lot of new snow to discover. I'll let you know how it was! Official snow depth: Yamabiko - 130cm Uenotaira - 110cm Lower slopes - no official snow depth data yet Lifts Nagasaka Gondola Yamabiko Four lift Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift Skyline connecting lift Uenotaira quad Courses Yamabiko A course Yamabiko B course Yamabiko C course Yamabiko D course Yamabiko E course Uenotaira course Bunabayashi course Yunomine B course Kokenashi Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 16th December 2013 Total snowfall at base 64cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (16th December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 49cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 67cm Posted on Saturday 21st December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa. A bit more snowfall this morning with between 5-7cm reported on the upper parts of the resort and just a bit down below too. It is cloudy at the moment with light snow trying to fall still at higher elevations. Hoping for more snow today and tomorrow. 11am this morning is the Grand Opening "Opening Festival" for Nozawa Onsen resort, to be held near the top Nagasaka Gondola Station. There should be some sake on offer and no doubt some other goodies and probably your change to shake hands with the Nozawa Onsen mascot character. Perhaps worth a look if you are up there when it happens. There are more lifts and courses open from this morning and it's now easier to say which aren't moving than which are moving. See below for the latest there. Courses wise, the area to the right of the Nagasaka Gondola as you look from the village - including the Skyline course - is not yet open. Other than that, most of the main runs of the resort are open from today. Today is the first day of the three day long weekend in Japan and so it should be quite busy today and tomorrow especially. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 125cm Uenotaira - 110cm Hikage - 0cm Nagasaka - 35cm Karasawa - 0cm Lifts All lifts operating apart from: Kandahara Pair Nagasaka 4 Nagasaka gondola connecting pair Karasawa pair Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 21st December 2013 Total snowfall at base 67cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (16th December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 52cm reported on 7 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 130cm Posted on Thursday 2nd January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa and I'm glad to be able to report some decent snowfall overnight with the resort reporting 15-20cm over the mountain this morning. Yamabiko is back up to 2m snow depth. It's good to see a nice new fresh layer down here at base too. Visibility not so good this morning as the snow continues to fall though it should ease off later today and we might get to see some clearer skies tomorrow morning. It's not so cold this morning and hovering at just over 0C as of 9am, and probably will just get colder this afternoon and overnight. Still busy here and it will be over the weekend as well. Things should be getting back to normal from Monday after the New Year holidays. All lifts go! I am about to get out on one myself. Should be great. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 200cm Uenotaira - 170cm Hikage - 85cm Nagasaka - 75cm Karasawa - 60cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open apart from: Mukoubayashi Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Thursday 2nd January 2014 Total snowfall at base 130cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 215cm Posted on Saturday 11th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . You know when things are going good when you hear people complain about 'too much snow'. Yes I heard that silly comment a few times yesterday. It was a great day though, seriously. Not only did we have all that new snow to play in all over the mountain, but the clouds cleared up in the afternoon and we had blue skies over the mountain for a while... days don't get much better than that. The heavy snowfall transformed many parts of the resort and was just what we wanted and needed. Curiously this morning the resort is only reporting 5cm across the mountain - apart from Uenotaira on 20cm. Add that to the 5cm or so since yesterday morning and we have another layer this morning. The latest forecast is for cloud/snow today. The poor visibility up top will likely clear, though perhaps not in the spectacular fashion it did yesterday, maybe more just cloud. Tomorrow sun is forecast so it should be a very good weekend. The only thing to mention is the crowds. It's the first day of a three day long weekend in Japan and one of the peak times of the snow season. So there are going to be a lot of people in Nozawa. A lot. Early starts are highly recommended to get out there early before the main crowds. We do of course have the famous Fire festival on the 15th January as well, but that's mid-week (Wednesday). Preparations and 'pre-events' for that from Monday.: Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 250cm Uenotaira - 215cm Hikage - 140cm Nagasaka - 130cm Karasawa - 100cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 11th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 215cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 100cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 45cm Snowfall at base this season 205cm Posted on Friday 10th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Now this is more like it. Hold on, I'll use capitals. THIS IS MORE LIKE IT! Can you tell how happy I am to be able to report some very nice heavy snowfall this morning? Yes it was coming down yesterday and by 4pm the resort was reporting 15cm around the mountain, but we woke to lots more snow. Here's what they are reporting on various parts of the mountain since 3pm yesterday: Yamabiko - 30cm Uenotaira - 40cm Hikage - 35cm Nagasaka - 35cm Karasawa - 30cm So that means in places there has been over half a metre of snow. The snow depth numbers have zoomed right up this morning as well as you would expect, with Yamabiko now reporting 260cm and Hikage on 145cm. It's good and cold as well this morning. It is still snowing and should be (on and off?) for the day and beyond though some local forecasts have the snow easing off somewhat. Whatever, the snow clouds should remain closeby and I'll let you know every morning anyway. Conditions should be top notch this morning. Hurray! Enjoy but remember to take care out there in those deep conditions. Visibility is generally poor, so know where you're going. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 260cm Uenotaira - 210cm Hikage - 145cm Nagasaka - 100cm Karasawa - 100cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi pair Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair A Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 10th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 205cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 90cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 160cm Posted on Tuesday 7th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday we got another 15cm or so of new snowfall on the mountain during the day. Snow eased off during the night though and they have done a runner as this morning it's clear blue skies over Nozawa. A beautiful morning. It's also a very cold morning as well, with the temperature about -7 degrees now. The resort have just reported a temperature of -12C on the top Yamabiko area. Heavy snow is still there on the forecast and due to be falling by the end of tomorrow and through Thursday. We might have to put up with some rain at base before the snow, but it should be worth it. Hopefully we might get a run of consistent snowfall right through into the weekend and really bulk up the amount of snow we have here. I very much look forward to it. For now though, it's a beautiful day to be out on the mountain and definitely one to be enjoyed. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 210cm Uenotaira - 180cm Hikage - 100cm Nagasaka - 90cm Karasawa - 65cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Tuesday 7th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 160cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 45cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 145cm Posted on Sunday 5th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Last day of the new year holidays and today will likely get less busy with people returning home. There's still a lot of people around this morning though and those going up onto the slopes will be greeted by a new layer of snow. OK so how about that snow? Well, including the snowfall during the day yesterday the resort is reporting new snowfall since my last report of 18cm on Yamabiko, 15cm on Uenotaira, 16cm at Hikage and 6cm on the lower Karasawa. Light snow early this morning but the forecast for the day is for mostly just cloudy conditions. Temperatures should be keeping cold, perhaps warming up a bit around Wednesday to be followed by another dip and possibly decent snowfall from Thursday. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 210cm Uenotaira - 175cm Hikage - 100cm Nagasaka - 95cm Karasawa - 65cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Sunday 5th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 145cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 30cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 140cm Posted on Friday 3rd January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . The sun is out this morning over Nozawa and we have lovely (almost) clear blue skies. Nice and cold. Yesterday was more about the snow and it was snowing from early in the morning, quite heavily at times. The resort recorded between 5-15cm of snow between 8am and 4pm during the day (interestingly with the 15cm in the Hikage area, not top Yamabiko - which recorded 5cm). Wind may have played a part there though. Anyway there's no new snowfall this morning since yesterday. It should be a very fine day, with perhaps a return to snowfall tomorrow. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 205cm Uenotaira - 170cm Hikage - 95cm Nagasaka - 85cm Karasawa - 65cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 3rd January 2014 Total snowfall at base 140cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 25cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 242cm Posted on Monday 13th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After seeing the sun and a calm day yesterday during the daytime, snow has been delivered for this morning. 20-30cm of fresh snowfall is being reported from the different areas of the mountain this morning and I am happy to have to get out with a shovel once I have posted this report to move the 25cm or so outside. It's near on whiteout conditions on the upper areas at the moment as the snow continues to fall. -4C at the moment and it's unlikely to warm up today at all, even if the snow eases off as is forecast. Today is the last day of the long weekend of course, and things seem slightly less busy this morning. Expect many more people to be moving on out around lunchtime. From tomorrow we are probably going to have clearer skies over the region, at least not much in terms of snow. Even so, it does look like it will be keeping cold, which is what we want. So decent weather conditions likely for the upcoming 'Dosojin' Fire Festival, the main event which is on Wednesday evening, the 15th. Preparations are underway for this popular annual event in Nozawa. And of course there will be people arriving in Nozawa again to experience it. To sum up the festival... 42 year olds climb atop a wooden shrine protected by the 25 year olds, as the rest of the villagers carry out fire attacks trying to burn down the shrine. Or something like that, but much more. It is ranked in the top three fire festivals in Japan and is always be a great spectacle. Wrap up well and enjoy the festivities in the village. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 250cm Uenotaira - 220cm Hikage - 150cm Nagasaka - 140cm Karasawa - 100cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 13th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 242cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 127cm reported on 8 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 252cm Posted on Tuesday 14th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Nozawa is reporting 10cm of fresh across the mountain this morning, and there's about that down at base. I can also report less people lining up for the gondola this morning, which people who are staying on after that long weekend will surely be pleased to hear. It was a busy weekend. Now that we are back to a normal weekday, a few lifts are stopped as noted below but that is not affecting courses that are open. But I think also a good one with some fine snow conditions. Courses got tracked out of course, but still untouched to be found. Hopefully we'll get some more cm today to give us a decent refresh. Right now, the forecast for tomorrow is clear and sunny. We should be back to snow later in the week. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 250cm Uenotaira - 220cm Hikage - 155cm Nagasaka - 130cm Karasawa - 90cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Tuesday 14th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 252cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 137cm reported on 9 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 255cm Posted on Friday 17th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . White out conditions on the top slopes this morning, but more importantly it's snowing. As of 10am, since yesterday the numbers are as follows Yamabiko - 15cm Uenotaira - 12cm Hikage - 8cm Nagasaka - 8cm Karasawa - 0cm So not huge amounts, but we'll take it. Snowfall is expected to ease off during the day and tomorrow will probably start with the sun. It's not as cold this morning, but still in the minus numbers all over the mountain and down at base. We should be back to snow overnight Saturday though and into Sunday. A storm that might bring us some heavy snowfall looks to be brewing around Tuesday-Wednesday as well. Weekend tomorrow... early start recommended! Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 235cm Uenotaira - 215cm Hikage - 145cm Nagasaka - 120cm Karasawa - 85cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 17th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 255cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 140cm reported on 11 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 253cm Posted on Thursday 16th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It's a cloudy morning in Nozawa Onsen. Some cloudy heads as well after the festival last night, of that I am sure! Fun was had. So, back to the mountain... After the mostly bright and sunny day we had yesterday, it's back to grey and white this morning. Just a dusting of snow at base and up to 5cm reported by the resort up on Uenotaira. Yesterday was a very cold day and temperatures this morning are not quite as low though as of 9am it is about -4 degrees in the village. Hopefully we'll get a snow refresh overnight that I can report to you tomorrow morning and it should be snowing over the weekend as well. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 245cm Uenotaira - 210cm Hikage - 145cm Nagasaka - 125cm Karasawa - 90cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Thursday 16th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 253cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 138cm reported on 10 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com