Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 318cm Posted on Thursday 24th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Well, well, well! Snow started falling around mid afternoon yesterday to everyone's delight, and this morning here's what resorts are reporting as a result: Hakuba Cortina reporting 10-15cm of fresh snow this morning. Hakuba Goryu reporting 5cm of fresh snow on lower areas and 15cm on upper slopes. Hakuba 47 reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning. Hakuba Happo-one reporting 8cm of fresh snow this morning. So around 5cm of fresh snow at base areas, and up to 15cm higher up. Not bad at all, and people heading out for early lifts this morning will be happy. I'm off out there myself to enjoy this late season fresh... The weather is fine too this morning. Currently hovering around 0C and a bit of an early morning mix at the moment - cloud, blue sky, sunshine, fog - depending on where you are, but with the chance of more snow today and perhaps tomorrow as well it will be interesting to see how the day turns out. Temperatures look set to start rising once again from around Monday. Hakuba 47: Hakuba 47 reporting 10cm of fresh snow this morning. All courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The Tree Riding Zone is closed. Official snow depth: Upper: 185cm Base: 70cm Hakuba Goryu: Hakuba Goryu reporting 5cm of fresh snow on lower areas and 15cm on upper slopes. All courses open apart from Snow Diving, Adventure, Cosmo River, Sunny Way and Straight Whisky. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta'. Official snow depth Alps: 238cm Toomi: 95cm Iimori: 50cm Hakuba Happo-one: Hakuba Happo-one reporting 8cm of fresh snow this morning. Happo Banks and Kurobishi Off Piste Area closed this morning. The lower Kokusai, Shirakaba North and Central Course areas are closed; other sections of the lower areas are only part available due to insufficient snow. Upper mountain remains all open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 160cm Nakiyama: 30cm Sakka: 5cm Hakuba Cortina: Hakuba Cortina reporting 10-15cm of fresh snow this morning. Courses open - Ikenota and Ipponmatsu. Unfortunately, risk of avalanche this morning means some other areas need to be closed. Nighta has now finished for the season. Official snow depth: Top: 150cm Base: 70cm Tsugaike Kogen: Uma-no-se course closed. Other courses open for part of Champion. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 215cm Maruyama: 50cm Kane-no-naru-oka: 30cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Just the 5 line and Gondola lifts remain open. Open courses: by1, Sunny and Paradise (part), South, Gezan (part) Official snow depth: Upper: 90cm Lower: 20cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Open courses: Hakunori Family, Wakaguri Central, Rabbit and Wakaguri Rinkan. Official snow depth: 50cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Sanosaka has now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 24th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 318cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 34cm 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 Hakuba. 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 Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 319cm Posted on Thursday 31st March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. After the decent weather in the morning, we got some light rain starting to fall later in the day yesterday... boooo! But this morning that's far from our minds as we are being treated to a beautiful clear morning. Just before 9am it's 6C with the temps rising to maybe around 14C later on here at village base. Blue skies and sunshine all around, and this fine weather is forecast to be with us for the next few days along with warm conditions. Later on Saturday and Sunday rain is there on the forecast - could it perhaps snow at higher elevations perhaps? If we're lucky perhaps. Probably best to just expect rain. Hakuba 47: All courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 170cm Base: 55cm Hakuba Goryu: Top area remains open. Lower main Toomi and Soft Cream courses also open. The Toomi area will be open until 9:30pm tonight for 'nighta' - last night tonight. Official snow depth Alps: 220cm Toomi: 70cm Iimori: 35cm Hakuba Happo-one: The lower Nakiyama, Shirakaba North, Central Course, Kokusai, Sakka, Olympic Course II and Kita One areas are closed. The Nakiyama South and Shirakaba South lower courses remain open (very limited). All of upper mountain courses remain all open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 140cm Nakiyama: 30cm Hakuba Cortina: Courses open - Ikenota, Mt Hieda Forest, Mt Hieda 1 and Itadaira. Official snow depth: Top: 125cm Base: 45cm Tsugaike Kogen: Areas now closed: Uma-no-se, Kano-no-naru-oka. Champion and Rinkan just part open due to insufficient snow. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is now open for spring season (extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 195cm Maruyama: 35cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Hakuba Norikura Onsen: Open courses: Hakunori Family and Wakaguri Central. Official snow depth: 25cm Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field: Hakuba Iwatake has now closed for the season. Hakuba Sanosaka: Sanosaka has now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 31st March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 319cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 35cm 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 Hakuba. 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 Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 319cm Posted on Monday 4th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . After the mostly cloudy but warm weather of yesterday, it's raining this morning both here at base and up top too, as we expected really. Expect some soft snow conditions this morning but temperatures not to be quite as warm as yesterday. It doesn't look like it's going to really belt it down with rain, but waterproofs recommended. Hopefully the rain will ease off later on early afternoon. Tomorrow and Wednesday should see a return to sunny skies before more rain due on Thursday. Hakuba 47: Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The lower part of R1 course has now closed - but the resort is still open top to bottom. Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 150cm Base: 40cm Hakuba Goryu: The top area of Goryu remains open except Champion Expert course. The lower main Toomi run remains open, but just as a way to get back to base; the Iimori area is closed. Official snow depth Alps: 206cm Toomi: 45cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: The lower areas of the resort - apart from Nakiyama South - are now closed. Upper mountain courses remain open. To get back down from the upper areas either ski down to Nakiyama South (not suitable for beginners) or get the Gondola back to base. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 120cm Nakiyama: 30cm Tsugaike Kogen: The Tsuga-no-mori, Upper Han-no-ki, (part of) Lower Han-no-ki and (part of) Oya-no-hara remain open. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is also now open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 176cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 4th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 319cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 snowfall 0cm 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 Hakuba. 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 Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Friday 22nd April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from here in Hakuba. It was a decent morning but rain started falling early in the afternoon yesterday, as expected. And as can only be expected, the rain hasn't done the snow conditions -- and indeed the amount of snow still remaining -- any favours unfortunately. There's lots of cloud around this morning with fog as well. And while we were hoping for things to be dry, light rain is still with us early morning unfortunately. Hopefully things will dry up fairly quickly though. Lifts either seem to be shrouded in low visibility conditions and cloud. The forecast actually says that we may well be seeing some sun during the day today, and similarly tomorrow. Thanks to my friend up in Niseko for providing an explanation of Golden Week in his Niseko Now reports on SnowJapan: 'Golden Week' is fast approaching. So what exactly is Golden Week? For those of you who don't know, Golden Week is a number of national holidays that happen close to each other giving lots of people a nice holiday in late April and early May. Most tourist spots get very busy as a result! Depending on what days they fall, some years it is a considerably long period. This year, the actual national holidays are 'Showa Day' on Friday 29th April, 'Constitution Day' on Tuesday 3rd May, 'Greenery Day' on Wednesday 4th May and 'Children's Day' on Thursday May 5th. This means that this year Golden Week looks like this: * Friday 29th April - Sunday 1st May (3 day long weekend) * Tuesday 3rd May - Thursday 5th May (3 day holiday mid-week) * Saturday 7th May - Sunday 8th May (normal weekend) No doubt some folk will be taking Monday 2nd May and Friday 6th May as a holiday as well giving them a 10 day break. Nice. Hakuba 47: The following courses are now closed: Upper part of Route 1, Route 3, Route 4 and Route 6. Official snow depth: Upper: 55cm Base: 25cm Hakuba Goryu: The top area of Goryu - Panorama, Grand Prix and Super courses - remain open. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth Alps: 125cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: All lower areas of the resort are now closed. The upper Riesen Grat Course, Usagidaira and Kurobishi areas remain open; Skyline and Panorama are now just part open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 80cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: The top Tsuga-no-mori and Upper Han-no-ki areas remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 100cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 22nd April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 snowfall 2cm 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 Hakuba. 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 Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Friday 15th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Good morning from Hakuba. What are you going to be doing today then? There's no ski lifts moving this morning as far as I can tell due to strong winds up there and so it has to be something other than skiing or snowboarding. Doesn't look like there's much chance of that changing either... Wind aside it's sunny and a fine morning! More sun is expected tomorrow and more importantly, less wind, so at least places should be open as planned. Some more rain might be falling before/during Sunday as well, so if I were choosing one day over the weekend it would be Saturday. Hakuba 47: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The lower part of R1 course is closed - but all courses are still available top to bottom. Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 85cm Base: 30cm Hakuba Goryu: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** The top area of Goryu - Panorama, Grand Prix and Super courses - remain open. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth Alps: 166cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** The lower areas of the resort - apart from part of Nakiyama South - are now closed. Riesen Slalom Course and the lower Nakiyama South courses are now closed, there is no longer any courses open back down to base. Upper Riesen Grat Course, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Skyline and Panorama course areas remain open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 95cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: *** Closed this morning due to adverse weather conditions *** The top Tsuga-no-mori and Upper Han-no-ki areas remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 145cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 15th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 snowfall 2cm 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 Hakuba. 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 Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Monday 11th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Hurray! We got snow! Good morning from Hakuba. And yes, fresh snow has actually been falling down to village level overnight and there is a couple of cm of it on my car as well. A very nice sight to see, though I would get out early as it will no doubt not last long. Goryu is reporting 2cm of fresh on the upper slopes with Hakuba 47 reporting 1-3cm. It is cold this morning and still snowing as I write this and while it is probably going to keep cold for the day, clearer skies are forecast for this afternoon. Tomorrow and beyond we expect warmer conditions once again and more sunshine. For now though, it's snowing! I need to get up there to see what that fresh snow feeling is like again! Hakuba 47: Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open. The lower part of R1 course is closed - but all courses are still available top to bottom. Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base. The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season. Official snow depth: Upper: 100cm Base: 30cm Hakuba Goryu: The top area of Goryu - Panorama, Grand Prix and Super courses - remain open. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth Alps: 178cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: The lower areas of the resort - apart from part of Nakiyama South - are now closed. Riesen Slalom Course and the lower Nakiyama South courses are now closed, there is no longer any courses open back down to base. Upper Riesen Grat Course, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Skyline and Panorama course areas remain open. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 100cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: The top Tsuga-no-mori and Upper Han-no-ki areas remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 160cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 11th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 snowfall 2cm 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 Hakuba. 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 Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Friday 29th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . Has the rain eased off now for the day? I hope so! It's the first day of Golden Week today as we enter the last bit of the last bit of the season. It is quite chilly too this morning with temperatures down into single digits. Tomorrow should be warmer and the sun should be with us especially in the morning. Some forecasts have rain later in the day tomorrow while others don't so we'll just have to wait and see on that. Golden Week holidays this year: * Friday 29th April - Sunday 1st May (3 day long weekend) * Tuesday 3rd May - Thursday 5th May (3 day holiday mid-week) * Saturday 7th May - Sunday 8th May (normal weekend) Hakuba 47: Only the top Route 8 course by Line E lift remains open (along with the top Panorama course of Hakuba Goryu). Top Line E lift only operating. Access is via Hakuba Goryu - the base area of Hakuba 47 resort is now closed. Line E plans to be operating until 5th May. Official snow depth: Upper: 75cm Base: -cm Hakuba Goryu: Just the top Panorama course remains open (along with the Route 8 course of Hakuba 47). Gondola and Alps Number 1 pair lift operating. The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. 47/Goryu lift tickets are now 2500 yen for adults and 1350 yen for children. Hakuba Goryu plans to be operating until 8th May. Official snow depth Alps: 75cm Toomi: -cm Iimori: -cm Hakuba Happo-one: Just part of Panorama and Kurobishi now remain open. The Riesen Grat course is now closed due to insufficient snow but the Grat quad lift remains operating - for climbers only. All other areas of the resort are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base. Official snow depth: Usagidaira: 25cm Nakiyama: -cm Tsugaike Kogen: The top Upper Han-no-ki and part of Tsuga-no-mori courses remain open. All other courses are now closed. The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required). Official snow depth: Tsuga-no-mori: 40cm Maruyama: -cm Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm Other resorts are now closed for the season. Hakuba Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 29th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (20th January) November 2015 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days January 2016 snowfall 138cm reported on 17 days February 2016 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days March 2016 snowfall 35cm reported on 5 days April 2016 snowfall 2cm 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 Hakuba. 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 863cm Posted on Tuesday 10th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It's another very cold morning here in Nozawa and I have more fresh to report too... since yesterday the resort is reporting 15-23cm of fresh snow across the mountain. They're also reporting a temperature of -12C at Yamabiko as of 8am. Just generally cloudy conditions as I write this report approaching 9am, and we're not really expecting much in terms of snow today. More just cloud and it should be remaining cold. Looks like tomorrow should be a cracker with sun on the forecast and getting a bit warmer as well, hopefully not too much. Then it's back to snow falling Friday and Saturday so continued fresh conditions looks likely. Fresh snow to report since yesterday (reported by resort): Yamabiko - 17cm Uenotaira - 23cm Hikage - 20cm Nagasaka - 19cm Karasawa - 15cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 430cm Uenotaira - 380cm Hikage - 280cm Nagasaka - 280cm Karasawa - 230cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Lifts open (subject to change): All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B line Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 10th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 863cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 314cm reported on 19 days February 2015 snowfall 112cm 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 30cm Snowfall at base this season 919cm Posted on Sunday 15th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Calling all snow lovers! Uenotaira area of Nozawa reports over 50cm of snowfall since yesterday morning, with at least 30cm of fresh fallen across the mountain. Oh yes, it'll be deep out there this morning. It isn't too cold either. Actually it feels relatively mild down here at base this morning, but snow is falling still and it's not looking likely to quit just yet. The local forecast says that it'll ease off this afternoon, to be followed by clear and sunny conditions tomorrow. If you can extend the weekend by the day you will be richly rewarded. Should be excellent conditions again this morning and if the weather clears tomorrow should be one of the days of the season as well. Fresh snow to report since yesterday (reported by resort): Yamabiko - 47cm Uenotaira - 54cm Hikage - 37cm Nagasaka - 37cm Karasawa - 31cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 465cm Uenotaira - 420cm Hikage - 310cm Nagasaka - 300cm Karasawa - 260cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Kandahar Course East Kandahar Course West Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 15th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 919cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 314cm reported on 19 days February 2015 snowfall 168cm 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 25cm Snowfall at base this season 889cm Posted on Saturday 14th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Snow awaited me though with a nice layer of new snow on the ground - resort reporting up to 35cm in places since yesterday morning. It has been snowing this morning but as I write this now there's a few breaks in the cloud and even a bit of sunshine as well. Snow is the forecast for the day though, with a chance of heavy snowfall conditions later and overnight. Perhaps easing off later tomorrow. But after the chance of some sun early week, it'll be back to snow mid week. Sounds good to me. I'm off up the mountain now! Until tomorrow. (Children of junior high and younger can use the lifts for free tomorrow). Fresh snow to report since yesterday (reported by resort): Yamabiko - 5cm Uenotaira - 20cm Hikage - 25cm Nagasaka - 35cm Karasawa - 25cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 440cm Uenotaira - 395cm Hikage - 290cm Nagasaka - 280cm Karasawa - 230cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Kandahar Course East Kandahar Course West Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 14th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 889cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 314cm reported on 19 days February 2015 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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 848cm Posted on Monday 9th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Back to a Monday morning after a very busy and lively weekend in Nozawa. It's much colder this morning and there's some fresh snow on the ground - Nozawa is reporting 10-15cm across the mountain. Snow forecast for all day today though right now there's actually a bit of blue sky on show and the sun peeking through as well in places. Almost feels like it could clear up but the clouds should be back and delivering sooner than later and I expect to bring you some more numbers in the report tomorrow. Maybe a break from snow around Wednesday, but back to it before and over the coming weekend. Looks like there's going to be lots. :) Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday: Yamabiko - 10cm Uenotaira - 10cm Hikage - 15cm Nagasaka - 15cm Karasawa - 15cm Official snow depths (as of yesterday): Yamabiko - 420cm Uenotaira - 370cm Hikage - 270cm Nagasaka - 260cm Karasawa - 220cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 9th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 848cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 314cm reported on 19 days February 2015 snowfall 97cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 833cm Posted on Saturday 7th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It's a beauty of a morning in Nozawa and by the looks of it in wider areas as well. Blue skies, sunny, hardly any cloud at all. All looking very tempting. The resort is full on this weekend with no lifts taking a break and no doubt it's going to be a busy few days. It is a cold start to the day but it should start to feel warmer as the day goes on especially if the sun stays out for the day. Low positive temperature numbers expected later on today and tomorrow too, though generally more cloud tomorrow. Fresh snow by the end of tomorrow as well hopefully. Have fun and take care. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 7th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 833cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 314cm reported on 19 days February 2015 snowfall 82cm 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