Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 50cm Snowfall at base this season 487cm Posted on Thursday 1st January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Happy New Year from Nozawa Onsen. Ah yes this is a good way to start a year --- 50cm of fresh snow on the ground and across the mountain. Loads of snow. And it's piling up quickly as well right now with snow really coming down from the skies. It's like it's making some kind of statement! If your body can accept any more sake after the celebrations of last night, or if you just want to say Happy New Year with other folk at Nozawa, head up to near the Uenotaira Resthouse Yunomine for 11am. If you can find it of course... visibility is definitely limited for the moment! It's clearly much colder as well this morning. There's a heavy snow warning out for the region at the moment and snow is expected to continue falling for the day and into tomorrow. Brave the conditions though to be rewarded with copious amounts of powder. Lift operations for the New Year. On the following days, lifts are scheduled to open 30 minutes earlier than usual with the lower lifts starting at 8am and the Gondolas starting up at 8:10am: Friday 2nd December Saturday 3rd December Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko - 40cm Uenotaira - 50cm Hikage - 50cm Nagasaka - 50cm Karasawa - 50cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 330cm Uenotaira - 295cm Hikage - 220cm Nagasaka - 215cm Karasawa - 190cm Courses open: All courses are now open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Mukoubayashi Challenge 39 Kandahara West Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 1st January 2015 Total snowfall at base 487cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 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 50cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 720cm Posted on Saturday 26th April 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . A bright and sunny but somewhat hazy morning early on. Into Golden Week we go, even though there's only Tuesday that's a holiday in the coming week. But anyway... a few more lifts moving today to cope with the people expected to be here (see below). Sun and warmth is lined up on the forecast for today and tomorrow. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 240cm Uenotaira - 135cm Lifts Planned operating lifts for today: Nagasaka Gondola Yamabiko Four Yamabiko Number 2 Four Skyline connecting Uenotaira Four Paradise Four Courses Planned courses to be open: Yamabiko A Yamabiko B Yamabiko C Yamabiko D Yamabiko E Kogenashi Paradise Uenotaira Bunabayashi Rinkan The ski area hopes to be open until the last day of Golden Week. Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 26th April 2014 Total snowfall at base 720cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 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 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 178cm reported on 12 days April 2014 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 720cm Posted on Tuesday 6th May 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa on this last day of the season. As of 9am there's lots of cloud around but it seems to be getting less with more blue sky; the sun is appearing at times and it will perhaps be a fine day to finish things off. It's always a day of mixed feelings is this last day. You don't want it to finish but it must. And it's a very long season - the first lift started moving on Saturday 30th November, so I make that about 5 months and 1 week. It's time to look back on that long season. I think people would agree in me saying that it has been a bit of an odd one in some ways and definitely not one of the 'classics'. A few bouts of mad Nozawa-like heavy snowfall here and there probably made the overall numbers seem better than the reality of the situation. That reality being that this season snowfall in Nozawa wasn't as consistent as we expect. There were just a few too many prolonged drier periods. Of course that's not to say that there we were struggling for snow cover; we certainly weren't - it just wasn't as 'full-on' as much of the time as we would like. (We are of course guilty of having such high expectations). Still, I have had a few memorable skiing experiences this season that might make it into my Top 10. I'm not in charge of numbers, but looking on with my own eyes I'd say that Nozawa resort has had a very good and busy season. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of international guests this season and I can only see that increasing further. I have had some very fine nights out in the village this season mixing with locals and people from various places around the world. I'd say there has been a great atmosphere going on. I think that most people visiting Nozawa will have enjoyed themselves and go back home with fine memories of their time in Nozawa. From now temperatures will continue to rise and the remaining snow will quite quickly disappear from the upper slopes. It still gets pretty hot in Nozawa in summer, though you can get yourself up on the mountain for much cooler conditions. Last year the resort opened the Gondola mid July for 44 days taking people up there... there's always the roads too for a bit of a drive once the snow has gone. This is my last Nozawa Now report of the season. Many thanks for reading. I hope that you enjoyed reading them and that they were useful as well. The archive reports are always there so you can always go back and reflect on the season and remind yourself of how it all played out which is often fun to do when summer hits and it gets hot. The links to the archives can be found below. The SnowJapan Nozawa Now reports will be back in autumn when it starts cooling down and thoughts turn to the 2014/2015 season. May next season be an absolute belter of a 'classic'! So I'll see you then, have a good summer. Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Tuesday 6th May 2014 Total snowfall at base 720cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 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 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 178cm reported on 12 days April 2014 snowfall 0cm May 2014 snowfall 0cm Previous 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 644cm Posted on Monday 10th March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After a fine day of weather yesterday, we are being treated to more fresh snow this morning in Nozawa. Nozawa resort is reporting 18-20cm across the mountain. The way things are going, it's as if nature has mixed up February and March this season! No complaints... we just need to make the most of the fine first third of March we have had. So yes, new snow to play in this morning again which should fill in those weekend tracks, and light snow has been falling from the skies. Limited visibility though on upper parts of the resort and moderate winds I hear, but lifts seem to be open as planned. We are expecting the snow clouds to be over Nozawa through the day and perhaps clear up tonight but very likely tomorrow it will start off cloudy. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 365cm Uenotaira - 305cm Hikage - 210cm Nagasaka - 190cm Karasawa - 140cm Lifts Weekday operations - all lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open except: Grand Prix Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 10th March 2014 Total snowfall at base 644cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 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 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 102cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 545cm Posted on Monday 3rd March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Another thin sprinkling of snow since yesterday again here in Nozawa - the resort is reporting just a few cm up on Yamabiko, 1cm on lower slopes. Light snow falling early in the morning but probably going to ease off later. Currently 0 degrees in the village. Tomorrow we expect clear weather conditions though it shouldn't warm up too much, certainly not like what we had last year. Then it's back to snowfall on Wednesday, though there's a good chance that it will at least start off as rain in the village. Straight to snow up on the mountain though hopefully. From Thursday onwards temperatures should be back into negative numbers. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 300cm Uenotaira - 245cm Hikage - 150cm Nagasaka - 145cm Karasawa - 105cm Lifts Weekday operations - 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 Monday 3rd March 2014 Total snowfall at base 545cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 3cm 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 8cm Snowfall at base this season 374cm Posted on Monday 27th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Happily, it turned into snow soon enough and we were left with a few new cm by the end of the day. More snow overnight in Nozawa with around 10cm across the mountain, from base areas to top so there should be a nice new layer for those making up for first tracks this morning. I'm glad to report a return to colder conditions as well which is of course great. The light snow early this morning is due to clear up leaving us with a mostly cloudy day maybe some sun. Tomorrow should start off sunny as well. Back to a Monday weekday, so less busy once again. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 285cm Uenotaira - 245cm Hikage - 155cm Nagasaka - 150cm Karasawa - 110cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open except: Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 27th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 374cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 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 259cm reported on 19 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 366cm Posted on Friday 24th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Early report today, and it's going to be a clear and sunny one just like the forecast said. No snow overnight but there was 3-7cm of snow during the day yesterday on the slopes. Cold start but warmer conditions later and similar tomorrow, albeit with more chance of cloud. More details and update tomorrow. Information from previous day - too early for the updates! Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 300cm Uenotaira - 270cm Hikage - 185cm Nagasaka - 180cm Karasawa - 130cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 24th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 366cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 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 251cm reported on 18 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 110cm Posted on Wednesday 25th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning and Happy Christmas from Nozawa Onsen. For the most part it's just a normal day here, so there's no mad Christmas Rush on the slopes - though perhaps more actually more than just any other Wednesday. For those of you getting out onto the slopes of Nozawa on Christmas Day this year, you should find up to 15cm of fresh snow to play in. The resort is reporting 10cm at base and top courses, 15cm on fresh snowfall in the Uenotaira area. That pushes Yamabiko up to an official snow depth of 190cm... nearly hitting 2m. It's a chilly -7 degrees up there, and more like -2C here in the village as of 8:30am. For the moment snow is not falling and it is just cloudy. Clearer skies are still forecast for later on today so we may be on for a clear up. Tomorrow should start off cloudy but again we might get to see the sun, and it should be milder than it is today. Next snowfall still scheduled for overnight tomorrow night into Friday, and it's looking like it should get really cold for the weekend. Have fun out there! Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 190cm Uenotaira - 160cm Hikage - 90cm Nagasaka - 75cm Karasawa - 55cm Lifts All lifts operating apart from: Kandahar pair Hikage No2 pair B Karasawa pair Courses All courses open apart from: Hachiman Kandahar East Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Wednesday 25th December 2013 Total snowfall at base 110cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 95cm 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 100cm Posted on Monday 23rd December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After the great haul yesterday, just another slight topup to report this morning with 3cm being reported across the mountain. Add a few more for what we got since the report yesterday and you'll get an idea of the new layer out there. For those of you who like the famous Schneider Course at Nozawa... well, it's open now. Let's mogul Great out there yesterday. It was fabulous to re-acquaint with Skyline. Personally I prefer that run in particular mid-week so that a good head of speed can be built up. Not quite as easy on a busy weekend! Resort news! On 31st December, there'll be a special long nighta and some events going on at the resort - specificially on the Nagasaka course area. Nighta will be open until 11:30pm. There'll be fireworks. There'll be sake. There'll be hot wine, apparently. The latter ones from 11pm until midnight. The fireworks just as we get into the New Year. Should be fun and no doubt the parties will continue elsewhere after that. Remember though - don't slide drunk! Looks like it is going to be a sunny Christmas day. Next decent snowfall due later Thursday. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 180cm Uenotaira - 155cm Hikage - 85cm Nagasaka - 70cm Karasawa - 45cm Lifts All lifts operating apart from: Kandahar pair Karasawa pair Courses All courses open apart from: Grand Prix Jumping Hachiman Kandahar East Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 23rd December 2013 Total snowfall at base 100cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 85cm 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 30cm Snowfall at base this season 97cm Posted on Sunday 22nd 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 Sunday 22nd December 2013 Total snowfall at base 97cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (22nd December) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 82cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 115cm Posted on Saturday 28th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It's a cold morning in Nozawa Onsen, with the resort reporting a samui! -11 degrees up on the Yamabiko runs as of 7:20am. More like -2 down near base, but as most of us will be taking the lifts higher up it's definitely a day to wrap up and be ready for cold. There's a new layer or snow to play in as well today - 5cm at base and lower slopes and 10cm on upper slopes, bringing Yamabiko close to 2m - but there are breaks in the cloud and more blue sky to be seen and it looks like it's clearing up. The local forecast is for snow throughout the day today, so maybe it's just a break and the snow clouds will be back but it doesn't look like that just now. Snow and the chance of sun is forecast for tomorrow, with the snow bit forecast to be weaker than today. It's still looking like New Years Day is going to bring decent snowfall and possibly strong winds. There have been lots of people arriving in Nozawa this morning and it should be a busy day, and that will apply for each day now through into New Year. Nozawa is a small compact village and so if you are here staying just ask the people at your accommodation about ideas on where to go to celebrate. And don't forget to try out the onsen in the village, always a treat. Anyway, enough talk. I must get onto that Gondola to check out what Nozawa has in store today! The snow should be good up there. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 195cm Uenotaira - 165cm Hikage - 90cm Nagasaka - 80cm Karasawa - 55cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open apart from: Grand Prix Hachiman Kandahar East Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 28th December 2013 Total snowfall at base 115cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 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 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 15cm Posted on Saturday 30th November 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa and the first day of the 13/14 season. We have been gifted with 10cm of fresh snow on the top Yamabiko area and the sun is out for opening. It was cold overnight but will be warming up today to maybe 5 degrees - at the moment is it +3. It was -3 degrees at Yamabiko as of 10am. There's hardly any wind so it's all calm for the big day. Snow has fallen overnight here in the village as well - not a huge amount, but enough to give make everything look nice and white again and get everyone totally in the mood. Nozawa opening details, Saturday 30th November: Lifts Nagasaka Gondola - 8:40am until 3:30pm Yamabiko Four lift - 9am until 3:30pm Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift - 8:55am until 3:40pm Courses Yamabiko A course - 1300m Yamabiko C course - 850m Yamabiko D course - 1250m Yamabiko E course - 10000m Early season 1 day lift ticket special prices until 20th December: Adults @ 3000 yen Children @ 1500 yen Senior @ 2000 yen Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 30th November 2013 Total snowfall at base 15cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (on 30th November) November 2013 snowfall 15cm 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