Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 823cm Posted on Wednesday 4th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Few cm of snow on the mountain since yesterday (up to 10cm higher up, just a bit lower down) and mixed weather conditions at 8am this morning. Cloudy low down and higher up too (fog) with some clearer conditions mid mountain. I think the cloud will clear up this morning and the sun break through for a fine day. That's what the forecast says and it feels like that's what will happen today. Maybe some light snow at times Friday but other than that generally calm and fine weather through until Sunday. Temperatures might be nudging into positive (but low) numbers over the next few days down at village level but remaining firmly in the negative up top. Next snow storm looks set to arrive over Nozawa sometime Sunday. Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko - 5cm Uenotaira - 8cm Hikage - 2cm Nagasaka - 2cm Karasawa - 2cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 430cm Uenotaira - 395cm Hikage - 280cm Nagasaka - 270cm Karasawa - 235cm Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 4th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 823cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 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 72cm 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 10cm Snowfall at base this season 821cm Posted on Tuesday 3rd February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello from Nozawa, I was in Nagano city yesterday and just made my way back to Nozawa mid-morning.... where it's snowing lightly at the moment. Another 10-15cm of fresh snowfall across the mountain since yesterday afternoon keeping things nice and fresh no doubt. Still lots of cloud around and limited visibility especially higher up from what I can see on the webcams now. Kamoshikla and Tanuki are back open. Expecting some sunshine in the day tomorrow, with more snow later on Thursday forecast. Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday: Yamabiko - 15cm Uenotaira - 10cm Hikage - 10cm Nagasaka - 10cm Karasawa - 10cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 440cm Uenotaira - 410cm Hikage - 290cm Nagasaka - 280cm Karasawa - 240cm 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 3rd February 2015 Total snowfall at base 821cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 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 70cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1044cm Posted on Saturday 4th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Top of the mountain is open once again today after the change in plans yesterday. After a fairly chilly overnight, early morning cloud clearing up for a fine and sunny day again today it would seem over Nozawa. Tomorrow's forecast is for warmer conditions but there's a good chance of us getting some rain showers over the day. From Tuesday onwards for a few days it looks like there'll be colder temperatures again. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 330cm Uenotaira - 260cm Hikage - 150cm Lifts that remain open and plans for the rest of the season (planned) Daily until Wednesday 6th May: - Nagasaka Gondola - Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift - Yamabiko Four Lift Daily until Sunday 5th April; Friday 10th April until Sunday 12th April; Saturday 18th April until Sunday 19th April; Saturday 25th April until Wednesday 6th May - Uenotaira Four lift Saturday 4th April until Sunday 5th April; Friday 10th April until Sunday 12th April; Saturday 18th April until Sunday 19th April; Saturday 25th April until Wednesday 6th May - Paradise Four lift Friday 10th April until Sunday 12th April; Saturday 18th April until Sunday 19th April; Saturday 25th April until Sunday 26th April; Saturday 2nd May until Wednesday 6th May - Skyline connecting pair lift Courses that remain open Yamabiko A Yamabiko B Yamabiko C Yamabiko D Yamabiko E Kokenashi Uenotaira Paradise Bunabayashi Yunomine B Rinkan Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 4th April 2015 Total snowfall at base 1044cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 215cm reported on 15 days March 2015 snowfall 78cm reported on 7 days April 2015 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 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 0cm Posted on Thursday 5th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello and welcome back to the Nozawa Now reports here on SnowJapan. After a good rest and re-charge, I'm back and ready to go for the 15/16 season here in Nozawa. The end of last season seems such a long time ago, but at the same time... somehow not that long ago. Every season here in Nozawa brings a different kind of 'busy', but I always think that for many folk here in the village, November is one of the busiest. Lovely autumn colours for those able to take some time to enjoy them over the last few weeks, along with colder temperatures (sometimes very chilly) telling us that winter is up next. And there a lots of ongoing preparations for the coming winter going on at the moment. Nozawa Onsen hopes to open for the season on Saturday 28th November. It will depend on snowfall of course, and I'll keep you updated from time to time over the next few weeks with the latest. In the meantime take a look back over previous seasons to see how things have shaped up. Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 5th November 2015 Total snowfall at base 0cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 0 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 0cm November 2015 snowfall 0cm 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 3cm Posted on Saturday 28th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday it was great to see some snow falling here in Nozawa and things starting to turn white around lunchtime. Not much has changed in how things are looking this morning. Early morning cloud has been clearing the last hour or so leaving us with bits of blue sky on show - for now. Rain or sleet or snow is forecast for the day today, with us obviously hoping for the latter. Temperatures are likely to top out around +5C midday though so perhaps we can realistically just hope for that later on tonight when things get colder. I wouldn't be too expectant though as it doesn't look set to get that cold. There really isn't a huge amount of snow lined up on the weekly forecasts - just some here and there. Hopefully nature can surprise us soon. We can only just be hopeful, sit tight and wait now. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 0cm Uenotaira - 0cm Hikage - 0cm Nagasaka - 0cm Karasawa - 0cm Courses: Resort not open yet Lifts: Resort not open yet Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 28th November 2015 Total snowfall at base 3cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 3cm (28th November) November 2015 snowfall 3cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 10cm Posted on Saturday 5th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning and not a whole lot to report really. Not much was added to what we got yesterday and this morning it is cloudy here in Nozawa. There was even a bit of sun peeking through the clouds before though back to just cloud now. It's not particularly cold and a high of about 6 degrees is expected in the village later. So as you might expect from that, there is not enough snow to open yet. I almost don't want to report it but there's not much sign of snow on the weekly forecast either I'm afraid, with clearer skies expected Monday through until around Thursday, so it seems that we are going to need to be more patient for a while longer. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 20cm Uenotaira - 10cm Hikage - 0cm Nagasaka - 0cm Karasawa - 0cm Courses: Resort not open yet Lifts: Resort not open yet Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 5th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 10cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 7cm 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 7cm Snowfall at base this season 32cm Posted on Saturday 19th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Very good news.... Nozawa Onsen is now open! 15cm more snow overnight on the mountain and the lifts are going to start moving in a matter of minutes. Planned lifts: - Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am) - Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am) - Skyline link lift - Yamabiko Four lift - Yamabiko Number 2 lift - Uenotaira - Yu Road Planned open courses: - Yamabiko A course - 1300m length - Yamabiko C course - 850m length - Yamabiko D course - 1250m length - Kokenashi - 200m - Uenotaira Marvellous. It's those upper course area only of course, so you need to get the gondola back down to base. Adults 4800 yen, children 2200 yen, seniors 3700 yen. Sun expected tomorrow but it should be keeping cold. Enjoy. Official snow depths (as of 19th December 2015): Yamabiko: 40cm Uenotaira: 40cm Hikage: -cm Nagasaka: -cm Karasawa: -cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 19th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 32cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 29cm 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 32cm Snowfall at base this season 90cm Posted on Tuesday 29th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After a fine day yesterday with blue skies and importantly low temperatures, snow clouds moved back over the region and this morning there's a new 30-30cm of fresh fluffy snow to enjoy. So it's definitely a good morning from here in Nozawa. Couldn't ask for much more in a morning. Well, I suppose we could and we always want more... But this 30+cm is all important. A good news layer when we really need it to build up base and get more of the resort open. It is still snowing this morning and probably will continue until sometime this afternoon when it's forecast to ease off and just leave us with cloudy conditions. As for extra courses and lifts opening today, I do not have any confirmed news at the time of writing this report but it would not surprise me. I am hearing that maybe the Hikage Number 2 pair and Nagasaka Triple lifts will be moving today. If you are in Nozawa check with the ticket counters before you go up for the very latest. Whatever, it should be great out these this morning. Hope you can get to enjoy it. Wrap up well and don't forget the face mask. Please note that on Wednesday 30th December, Thursday 31st December, Saturday 2nd January and Sunday 3rd January, the lifts and gondolas at Nozawa Onsen will all be starting their day 30 minutes earlier than usual. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 90cm Uenotaira: 80cm Hikage: 50cm Nagasaka: 45cm Karasawa: -cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 30cm Uenotaira: 30cm Hikage: 35cm Nagasaka: 35cm Karasawa: -cm Planned lift operations: - Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am) - Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am) - Skyline link lift - Yamabiko Four lift - Yamabiko Number 2 lift - Paradise Four lift - Uenotaira Four lift - Yunomine Pair lift - Mizunashi Triple lift - Hikage Number 2 Pair B lift - Nagasaka Triple lift - Yu Road (from 8:30am) Courses planned to be open: - Yamabiko A course - Yamabiko B course - Yamabiko C course - Yamabiko D course - Yamabiko E course - Paradise - Kokenashi - Uenotaira - Bunabayashi - Mizunashi A - Mizunashi B - Yunomine A - Yunomine B - Hikage - Nagasaka connection Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 29th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 90cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 87cm 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 13cm Snowfall at base this season 103cm Posted on Wednesday 30th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello from Nozawa where right now light snow is falling. There has been 15+cm of snow on upper areas since my report yesterday and fingers crossed there will be more snow through the day today and back tomorrow night as well - easing off somewhere between those. I wouldn't expect big numbers, though as we are still low on snow everything counts. More courses and lifts open at Nozawa now - newly open courses include Ushikube, Isemiya and Kitsune. There's still more to open of course and not enough snow yet for lots of the steeper areas. Skyline is not yet open either. Nozawa is going to be busy and bustling over the next few days, more people arriving today for their stay over the New Year. Hope you enjoy the charming village if you are going to be here. Remember to pray for snow. Please note that on Wednesday 30th December, Thursday 31st December, Saturday 2nd January and Sunday 3rd January, the lifts and gondolas at Nozawa Onsen will all be starting their day 30 minutes earlier than usual. Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 30th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 103cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 126cm Posted on Friday 8th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello and good morning from Nozawa. Perhaps a little unexpected but it's a bright and sunny morning - up top anyway! There's a sea of cloud hovering low down this morning which is making things a bit more gloomy on lower areas but I would expect those clouds to disappear this morning and the sun to shine on base as well. Yesterday of course we enjoyed some fresh snowfall. Not a huge amount and it never really got sustained 'full on' snowfall, but there is a new layer (10cm on Yamabiko) which is fingers crossed going to be supplemented tonight with some decent snowfall expected as we enter the weekend. Sunday-Monday is also still looking very promising. Enough of the promise, results please! As Monday is a national holiday in Japan, this coming weekend is traditionally one of the more popular weekends of the season. The resort will be starting their lifts 30 minutes earlier than usual tomorrow, Sunday and on Monday as well. So the Gondolas will start spinning from 8:10am and the base lifts from 8am. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 95cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 20cm Karasawa: 15cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 10cm Uenotaira: 12cm Hikage: 5cm Nagasaka: 5cm Karasawa: 5cm All lifts now planned to be operating except: - Mizunashi triple - Challenge pair - Utopia pair - Kandahar pair - Hikage Number 2 pair B - Karasawa pair The following courses are not currently open: - Skyline - Paradise connection - Mizunashi - Schneider - Utopia - Challenge - Challenge 39 - Hikage no kabe - Kurokura - Ushikubi - Grand Prix - Jumping - Hachiman - Mukoubayashi - Kandahar West - Kandahar East - Kamoshika - Tanuki - Usagi - Karasawa Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 8th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 126cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 23cm 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 7cm Snowfall at base this season 133cm Posted on Saturday 9th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Another 10+ cm on the upper slopes of Nozawa Onsen this morning and 7cm outside where I am here at base in the village, as the snow gradually builds up. I'm looking forward to the prospect of reporting numbers like 30cm and 40cm - usually something of the norm here in Nozawa - but all fresh snowfall is welcome. Conditions especially higher up should be nice this morning. Most of the lifts are operating now for the weekend with just the Kandahar and Karasawa pair not moving and a few more courses opening up - later on course details as below. Unfortunately Skyline isn't open at the start of the weekend. There will be a lot of people around this weekend, it being a long weekend and then the famous Nozawa Fire Festival coming up on the 15th. That is always a lot of fun, more on that early in the week. For now though snow continues to fall from the skies and more is forecast over the next few days. We might have a break later today but it will be back by Sunday night and then through the day on Monday looks especially promising for potentially Nozawa-like amounts of snow. Bring it on, I say. As no doubt everyone else is saying too! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 105cm Uenotaira: 95cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 20cm Karasawa: 15cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 10cm Uenotaira: 13cm Hikage: 8cm Nagasaka: 8cm Karasawa: 8cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 9th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 133cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 30cm 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 138cm Posted on Monday 11th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday things got a bit on the wet side in the region, but this morning there is fresh snow on the ground. There's about 5cm here in base areas and the resort is reporting a fresh layer of 7-8cm on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas of the resort. Poor visibility by the looks on those upper areas this morning and better lower down - but it's higher up where most people will be heading... The snow clouds are going to weaken this morning probably leaving us with just cloudy skies for the rest of the day. Regular snowfall is actually on the forecast now over the coming week so I'll just leave it at that for now and we'll see how it pans out. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 95cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 20cm Karasawa: 10cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 7cm Uenotaira: 8cm Hikage: 5cm Nagasaka: 5cm Karasawa: 5cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 11th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 138cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 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 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