Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 592cm Posted on Sunday 11th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It's a busy peak season Sunday of course and lots of people around here in Nozawa. Just a bit of snow really since yesterday with the numbers reported by the resort yesterday afternoon and this morning added below. It's a cloudy start to the day here but snow is expected later on and the potential for a fair bit as well overnight. So I look forward to being able to report that tomorrow. It would be good if we were on receiving end of a good chunk of fresh snow because after tomorrow we are expecting a run of sunny days and it might get a bit milder. Hopefully not too much. Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday morning: Yamabiko - 10cm Uenotaira - 14cm Hikage - 5cm Nagasaka - 10cm Karasawa - 5cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 325cm Uenotaira - 275cm Hikage - 190cm Nagasaka - 190cm Karasawa - 165cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Kandahar West Kamoshika Lifts open (subject to weather conditions): All lifts operating Night skiing at Nozawa until 8pm on the following dates: Every Saturday until 28th March Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 11th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 592cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 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 155cm 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 435cm Posted on Saturday 27th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . I have more snow to report from Nozawa this morning. There was snowfall during the day yesterday and add that to the numbers posted by the resort this morning and we'll have close to another 50cm on the upper areas of the resort. Deep enough? I actually heard someone last night complain that it was 'too deep'. Not often you hear that in the world is it. But at the very least another 20+cm right across the mountain, making for always-fresh conditions wherever you choose to ride. I read this in another report, but it's true --- conditions couldn't be much better than they are. After that slight delay what a fantastic start to the season - can the rest of the season continue on from here in the same way? Light snow continued to fall into early morning but it has stopped here for now. Still limited visibility out there, but it will likely begin to clear this morning. Will be cold overnight tonight but warm up a bit tomorrow with the expected sunshine. More snow should be back by New Year though, don't worry! Wednesday is, of course, New Years Eve and there'll be a few events going on to celebrate and bring in the new year. First of all nighta at the Nagasaka area will be open from 4:30pm until 11:30pm on Wednesday. There'll be sake and hot wine to sample from 11pm until midnight and once the New Year arrives there'll be a firework display. Sounds like fun! Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko - 30cm Uenotaira - 35cm Hikage - 15cm Nagasaka - 15cm Karasawa - 15cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 330cm Uenotaira - 270cm Hikage - 220cm Nagasaka - 215cm Karasawa - 190cm Courses open: All courses are now open except: Hikage no kabe Grand Prix course Jumping Course Mukoubayashi Challenge 39 Kandahara West Kamoshika Course Lifts open (subject to weather conditions): All lifts operating except: Hikage Number 2 Pair A line Night skiing at Nozawa until 8pm on the following dates: Every Saturday until 28th March 27th December until 4th January Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 27th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 435cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 435cm reported on 13 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 60cm Snowfall at base this season 415cm Posted on Friday 26th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello from Nozawa and it's one of those exciting mornings when I get to report silly amounts of new snowfall. So it was snowing yesterday and there was 10-20cm reported over the mountain by the resort (that's the numbers in the brackets below in the 'fresh snow' bit). This morning they report 60cm of fresh on Yamabiko, 70cm on Uenotaira, 45cm on Hikage and Nagasaka and 40cm on Karasawa. Doing a bit of sums, I make that a haul of 90cm on Uenotaira since yesterday. ! I can confirm there has been definitely over 50cm here at base, and I have the prospect of going to have to go out and shovel it around after I post this report. Oh the troubles of living in Nozawa! Buy yes, forget trying to get exact the numbers are just... big. There's a ton of snow out there again and it will be deep this morning. Visibility is limited on the upper mountain areas in particular. Goes without saying that while it's totally expected to be stoked by the powder out there, don't get over-excited. Take care. Safety! What's more, things aren't busy yet. Well they sure didn't seem to be yesterday and this morning seems about the same from what I can see. I expect things to start getting busy from tomorrow and as we approach the New Year holidays. The sun might join us tomorrow as well with a run of clearer days lined up, and a bit milder too. December 2014 is treating us well. Let's hope the other months of the season deliver as well. Fresh snow this morning: Yamabiko - 60cm (+10cm) Uenotaira - 70cm (+20cm) Hikage - 45cm (+20cm) Nagasaka - 45cm (+20cm) Karasawa - 40cm (+15cm) Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 310cm Uenotaira - 265cm Hikage - 220cm Nagasaka - 215cm Karasawa - 180cm Courses open: All courses are now open except: Hikage no kabe Grand Prix course Jumping Course Mukoubayashi Challenge 39 Kandahara West Kandahara East Kamoshika Course Lifts open (subject to weather conditions): All lifts operating except: Hikage Number 2 Pair A line Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 26th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 415cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 415cm reported on 12 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 355cm Posted on Thursday 25th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After some clearer skies yesterday, it's a snowy Chrismtas morning here in Nozawa, which always seems just so fitting. The resort reports 20cm of new snowfall across the mountain (curiously a bit less at the top), and I can indeed confirm such amounts as once I finish this report I'm going to have to go and shovel that lot off the top of my Nozzlemobile. Not too cold this morning just under freezing point and snow falling from the skies still so limited visibility especially on the higher slopes but the fresh powder to play should make up for that. Snow might ease at times during the day. Doesn't look too busy actually this morning, after all it isn't a national holiday here, but I would expect things to really start getting busy this coming weekend. Outlook for the weekend is for the snow clouds to move on and the start of a run of perhaps clearer skies and it won't be as cold either. Maybe get some sunshine from Sunday into next week. Merry Christmas! Fresh snow this morning: Yamabiko - 15cm Uenotaira - 20cm Hikage - 20cm Nagasaka - 20cm Karasawa - 20cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 250cm Uenotaira - 230cm Hikage - 185cm Nagasaka - 180cm Karasawa - 150cm Courses open: All courses are now open except: Hikage no kabe Grand Prix course Jumping Course Mukoubayashi Challenge 39 Kandahara West Kandahara East Kamoshika Course Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 25th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 355cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 355cm 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 647cm Posted on Friday 16th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello and a lovely fresh morning from Nozawa. Though I expect not everyone is feeling quite so fresh after the events of last night. As ever on that date in particular, Nozawa was bustling with life last night. 10cm of snowfall since last night and just cloudy skies to start the day off here. A bit wet lower down but would expect the conditions to be better higher up. A significant refresh would be just the ticket now, and hopefully we'll get that overnight tonight. Temperatures look set to take a drop with snow due starting tonight and continuing through tomorrow. During the day today though expecting mostly cloud - foggy conditions on Yamabiko early on - and fairly mild temperatures. Lots of snow tonight please! Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko - 10cm Uenotaira - 10cm Hikage - 10cm Nagasaka - 10cm Karasawa - 10cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 350cm Uenotaira - 305cm Hikage - 220cm Nagasaka - 220cm Karasawa - 185cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Kandahar West Lifts open (subject to weather conditions): 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 Friday 16th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 647cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 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 210cm 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 10cm Snowfall at base this season 657cm Posted on Saturday 17th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . The snow started falling sometime early morning this morning in Nozawa and the resort is reporting 5cm of snow on the upper slopes and 10cm down at base. I reckon the difference there is the one+ hour between the readings though - lower readings coming in at 8:45am with the top readings at 7:25am) and expect there to be at least the 10cm up top as well by now. It's falling nicely at the moment and at this rate should be piling up and filling in tracks, snowfall due to continue today and through until tomorrow morning. It doesn't feel overly cold at all this morning though. A moderate wind is due today with lifts seemingly unaffected early morning. Hopefully that will remain the case. Generally limited visibility on mountain this morning as the snow comes down. Know where you're going and take care! Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko - 5cm Uenotaira - 5cm Hikage - 10cm Nagasaka - 10cm Karasawa - 10cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 350cm Uenotaira - 300cm Hikage - 230cm Nagasaka - 225cm Karasawa - 190cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 17th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 657cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 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 220cm 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 30cm Snowfall at base this season 622cm Posted on Monday 12th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . An impressive refresh this morning with 30-45cm of new snowfall being reported by the resort across the mountain. Snow falling and poor visibility isn't affecting the lifts on this last day of the long weekend though so for those wanting to seek out that fresh and brave the elements it's all there available for you. Just know where you're going, and remember not to do anything daft. Things can very easily go horribly wrong in this kind of condition. They can also go fantastically right as well, and snow conditions (weather aside!) should be great this morning. Back to a normal weekday tomorrow. Of course, we are fast approaching the big event of the year here in Nozawa Onsen... yes, the Dosojin Fire Festival which will climax on Thursday evening. And as the forecast is now we're expecting some fine clear conditions on Thursday. From tomorrow onwards actually. The snow clouds should pack up and leave by early tomorrow morning, leaving us to a few days of clearer and milder weather conditions. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 12th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 622cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 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 185cm 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 687cm Posted on Sunday 18th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . You like fresh snow? We got it! After a day of snowfall and at times rather blusterly winds - at times the snow coming down at quite the speed - the resort is reporting over 50cm of fresh up at Uenotaira and a good solid 30+cm at base since my report yesterday morning. Interestingly less on the upper Yamabiko area than lower down. Dare I say it, but there should be some good deep conditions to be enjoyed this morning. Very nice. Looks like Kamoshika and Tanuki courses are closed this morning, I don't know why but imagine they are checking things over there with all the fresh snow. Nozawa is big scale though so plenty of areas to find that fresh snow. Looking ahead, after a day of cloud and sometimes light snow, a clear and cold night is forecast for tonight with more snow due later on tomorrow. Beyond that a few days of potentially clearer skies and then back to snow around Thursday into Friday. Let's not get ahead of ourselves though. Today will be a very good one. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 18th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 687cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 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 250cm reported on 12 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 637cm Posted on Tuesday 13th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello from Nozawa. So where's the sun then? Was expecting clearer skies this morning bit it's still grey and cloudy with light snow slowly falling earlier on this morning. It does look like the clearer conditions have been just 'delayed' though as we have the snow easing off leaving us with a cloudy morning to be followed by a clear evening. And sunny conditions tomorrow and the sun will be warming things up a bit. (High of around +4C forecast). According to the resort, more fresh snow on the lower slopes than upper over the last 24 hours with 15-20cm on lower and 0cm on upper during the day. (Possibly a typo? Who am I to argue!) The main thing that matters is that there has been another decent amount of fresh snow over the last 24 hours. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 13th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 637cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 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 200cm 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 707cm Posted on Tuesday 20th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Official numbers show Yamabiko reaching 4m of snow this morning. Yes, this morning we have another good 20cm of snow here, with 30cm being reported from the Uenotaira area of the resort. It has been snowing still early this morning but seems to be easing off and we're expecting just cloudy conditions in Nozawa this afternoon. For the moment though it's limited visibility out there even on the lower areas of the resort. Sunny conditions likely tomorrow morning which should be popular as we aren't getting a huge amount of that this season so far. Complaining about snowfall is not allowed though, so we'll be hearing none of that! Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 20th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 707cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 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 270cm reported on 13 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 12cm Snowfall at base this season 50cm Posted on Sunday 27th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . 2pm update: As the snow continues to fall, from 2pm today the resort is opening the Rinkan course to connect the Paradise course with the Nagasaka Gondola. For now it is just to use as means to get back to base. The resort also seems to have the Yunomine pair and Mizunashi lifts and associated courses now operating/open. Original morning report Now this feels more like it! It is a good morning indeed in Nozawa. We have good cold wintery conditions with decent snow falling from the skies right down to the village. Yes, after an odd mix of weather yesterday, last night the snow started and we have it on the ground here now with it continuing to fall. Snow is forecast for the day today, maybe a break in it during the day tomorrow but more fresh snow due again by tomorrow evening. At the time of writing, no word on any changed to what will be open today at Nozawa Onsen. I would not be surprised though if more of the resort opened as more snow falls though. Check with them if you are going to be here. Should be fun up there this morning. Be sure to wrap up well though and don't get too excited - visibility is limited. Great stuff. Loads of snow please! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 50cm Uenotaira: 50cm Hikage: 15cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 0cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 15cm Uenotaira: 15cm Hikage: 15cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 0cm 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 - 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 Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 27th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 50cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 47cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 6cm Snowfall at base this season 38cm Posted on Saturday 26th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa and we have a fresh blanket of snow with the resort reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas this morning. Colder too as well. It is not snowing as I write this report but snow is expected on and off during the day today, with temperatures not rising that much over freezing. Currently it is -1C here at base. Should be some improved conditions up top this morning then and they are set to improve more in the coming days with decent snowfall forecast for tonight and into tomorrow and hopefully a bit beyond as well. The cold is going to continue as well with low temperatures tomorrow in particular expected. I am hoping that my report tomorrow morning will bring you some exciting snow news. In the meantime, a lot of people are expected in Nozawa this weekend. Early starts recommended especially as the whole mountain is not yet open. Until tomorrow. Let it snow! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 40cm (+15cm) Uenotaira: 40cm (+15cm) Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 0cm Karasawa: 0cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 40cm Uenotaira: 40cm Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 0cm Karasawa: 0cm Planned lift operations: - Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am) - Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am) - Skyline link lift - Yamabiko Four lift - Yamabiko Number 2 lift - Uenotaira - 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 Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 26th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 38cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 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