Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 141cm Posted on Saturday 16th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa. There may be a few more hangovers than normal this morning after the events of last night so a good morning to get early lifts up. Would be better if there were 30cm of fresh up there but we're going to have to do with the 2cm reported by the resort. It's the weekend so all lifts at the resort are moving this morning, apart from the Kandahar pair and the Karasawa pair. Courses that are open remain the same... for those to open it's all about snow. Early to mid week is still looking extremely promising for Nozawa-like heavy snowfall. If the weather co-operates and the forecasts are right, we might get rained on around Monday but then the storm arrives bringing with it heavy snow. Look to that for around Tuesday-Thursday. Come onnnnn! For the moment there's still plenty of fun to be had of course - just not quite what we expect... head to the higher slopes for more snow and the better conditions. Until tomorrow... have a good Saturday. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 90cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 5cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 2cm Uenotaira: 2cm Hikage: 2cm Nagasaka: 2cm Karasawa: 1cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 16th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 141cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 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 38cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 139cm Posted on Tuesday 12th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa. There's a lot of cloud up there but also some blue sky and the appearing at times too making for some dramatic scenery at times. It's keeping nice and cold too. Only a bit of snow since the report yesterday really not much more than a dusting really. Snow is still expected to be back with us later on and a real mix of things on the forecast over the next week. Still hoping for regular snowfall amongst the clearer skies here and there. It does look like colder conditions are here to stay at least. Other than that, let's just keep watching for forecast to see where the journey takes us. This morning though it should be very good to be up there on those upper areas. Here we are back to weekdays and that means a number of ski lifts being rested, though the open course situation remains unchanged. Weekday and so less people around. The famous Fire Festival is coming soon though and so we always expect more people around for that. Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 12th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 139cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 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 36cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 140cm Posted on Friday 15th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . The snowfall was somewhat disappointing yesterday with not a whole lot to show for it. I so want the season to get going properly. And while we do have some snow possible today and tomorrow, it's Monday through the middle of next week that we should be excited about. The forecasts that matter still show us down for heavy snow around Tuesday-Wednesday. Nozawa-like snowfall please! For the coming weekend the forecasts give us a mix of cloud and light snowfall at times, and happily it will be keeping decently cold. Hope those of you in Nozawa now enjoy the festival. Take care, enjoy the local traditions and have fun. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 90cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 5cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 5cm Uenotaira: 5cm Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 1cm Karasawa: 0cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 15th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 140cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 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 37cm 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 32cm Snowfall at base this season 337cm Posted on Tuesday 16th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and yesterday we were treated to a Nozawa-like snowfall, I'm very happy to report. The resort reporting up 20-30cm of fresh since 3pm yesterday and up to 11cm since the morning report yesterday - so I made that as meaning there must be up to 40cm of snow up there to enjoy this morning. I have measured myself here near base a 32cm of fresh snowfall. It's the kind of number that we are used to getting! So after that rubbish weekend, we find ourselves enjoying a good new layer or snow - and some sunshine and cold conditions to enjoy it in as well this morning. Nice. More snowfall is forecast for later today and tomorrow; some forecasts tell us to expect a fair amount too. Fingers crossed. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 150cm Uenotaira: 110cm Hikage: 90cm Nagasaka: 80cm Karasawa: 60cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since 3pm yesterday (and the further amount reported up until 3pm yesterday in brackets): Yamabiko: 20cm (7cm) Uenotaira: 30cm (6cm) Hikage: 25cm (11cm) Nagasaka: 25cm (6cm) Karasawa: 25cm (11cm) All courses open except: Paradise connection Kurokura Grand Prix Jumping Hachiman Mukoubayashi Kandahar West Kandahar East Lifts planned to be rested today: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Kandahar pair Hikage Number 2 pair B line Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 16th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 337cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 102cm 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 24cm Snowfall at base this season 305cm Posted on Thursday 11th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It has been a good few days for us with lots of fresh snow at last to play in. The resort has reported 24-30cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday morning with about half of that coming since yesterday afternoon. This morning there is still a lot of cloud around, but the sun breaking through clouds and there's blue sky in places as well. The remaining clouds will probably disappear leaving us with a fine day - perfect to get out and enjoy the fresh snow. It's National Foundation Day in Japan (a national holiday) and so the resort treats it like a weekend with all but one lift operating this morning. Tomorrow we are back to a normal weekday. So how's that forecast looking for the weekend? Still looking like it's going to rain and be too warm for our liking, unfortunately. We can only hope for better than the forecasts. The good thing is that once we get over this warmer spell we should be back to snowfall once again by late Sunday and Monday. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 210cm Uenotaira: 165cm Hikage: 110cm Nagasaka: 100cm Karasawa: 90cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 24cm Uenotaira: 30cm Hikage: 29cm Nagasaka: 29cm Karasawa: 29cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 11th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 305cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 70cm 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 36cm Snowfall at base this season 281cm Posted on Wednesday 10th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Now this is more like what we expect here in Nozawa! The resort has reported 40+cm on upper slopes and a good chunk of that down at base as well, and the snow continues to fall now as I write this report. Yes! Yamabiko also - at last - hitting the 2m mark for the official snow depth which is great to see (even though it should have been there come new year!) So conditions this morning should be top rate even if visibility is limited out there. Things may clear to some degree later on with lighter snow forecast. Tomorrow the forecast is for sunshine so an early start should make for an excellent day. Highly recommended if possible to get here for tomorrow rather than the weekend because unfortunately rain and warm temperatures are still probably going to be what's happening on Saturday. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 200cm Uenotaira: 160cm Hikage: 100cm Nagasaka: 100cm Karasawa: 80cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 42cm Uenotaira: 40cm Hikage: 35cm Nagasaka: 37cm Karasawa: 35cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 10th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 281cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 46cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 245cm Posted on Monday 8th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday we had mixed weather conditions here in Nozawa. As can often happen here - snow falling higher up on the top Yamabiko runs with sunshine and part blue skies on lower slopes. The resort reported 2-6cm of fresh snow at 3pm yesterday afternoon (since the morning report), but there's no further cm of snow this morning. This morning the clouds are gone and it's clear and sunny from early on - it's going to be a fine day, just as we were expecting. Very cold early morning too though the sun should be warming things up this afternoon. We're still expecting to be back to snowfall tomorrow as well, so if all goes well we'll need googles and extra layers tomorrow. The heaviest snow is expected tomorrow night though it should hopefully be continuing into Wednesday as well. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 165cm Uenotaira: 130cm Hikage: 80cm Nagasaka: 65cm Karasawa: 55cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 4cm Uenotaira: 6cm Hikage: 2cm Nagasaka: 2cm Karasawa: 2cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 8th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 245cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 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 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 10cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 243cm Posted on Sunday 7th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa. It's snowing... in a this-season-special kind of way (ie. not huge dump) but the resort reports up to 10cm of snow on the upper slopes this morning and it is continuing to snow as the lifts start moving. Not expected to last that long today though with the day ending up with the sun shining down on us a possibility. From the official info it looks like Challenge 39 has opened up - going to give that a go today. Clear skies and sun are forecast for tomorrow after a cold night tonight. For those of us looking for dumps of snowfall though Tuesday night seems to be what we should be looking forward to. Let's hope it happens. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 165cm Uenotaira: 130cm Hikage: 80cm Nagasaka: 65cm Karasawa: 55cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 10cm Uenotaira: 8cm Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 5cm Karasawa: 0cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 7th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 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 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 8cm 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 340cm Posted on Wednesday 17th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and it's back to snow again today. Fine weather yesterday and some good conditions to enjoy as well. It got fairly mild, though not like what we had last week thankfully, and there was definitely some snow melt going on but now that we are back to snow again today we should be getting some good cm in today. As much as possible, as tomorrow we're going to be back to clear skies and sunshine again. The weather seems somehow just really confused this season. And not making it any easier for us either! Anyway, snow falling now and falling quite heavily as well. Fingers crossed it continues. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 150cm Uenotaira: 100cm Hikage: 80cm Nagasaka: 65cm Karasawa: 45cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 5cm Uenotaira: 5cm Hikage: 2cm Nagasaka: 2cm Karasawa: 2cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 17th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 340cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 105cm 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 40cm Snowfall at base this season 380cm Posted on Thursday 18th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Some very respectable snow numbers since the report yesterday morning with some really heavy snow falling for quite a lot of the day. Proper Nozawa style! The resort made a few updates during the day all adding up to around 50cm of fresh snow in places and not that much less than that down at base either. It was a good day and this morning should be excellent - helped along by some very fine clear skies and sunshine. Going to warm up a little this afternoon, hopefully not too much. Tomorrow is also going to probably be sunny and a bit warmer than today too, with a high of around 6-7 degrees expected at base. Then we come to Saturday which promises snow later in the day and the chance of some rain (please..no) earlier on before the snow - though it'll probably start off as snow on upper parts of the mountain. The roller-coaster like and odd weather of the season continues! (Let's have some more days like yesterday!) Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 170cm Uenotaira: 125cm Hikage: 115cm Nagasaka: 90cm Karasawa: 80cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 50cm Uenotaira: 52cm Hikage: 48cm Nagasaka: 48cm Karasawa: 40cm All courses open except: Paradise connection Kurokura Grand Prix Hachiman Mukoubayashi Kandahar West Kandahar East Lifts planned to be rested today: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Kandahar pair Hikage Number 2 pair B line Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 18th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 380cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (18th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 145cm 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 12cm Snowfall at base this season 392cm Posted on Wednesday 24th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and we have fresh snow! (* Not that such a thing should be much of a surprise for February in Nozawa!) But yes it's good to have 10+cm of soft snow underfoot this morning and the resort reports 10-15cm across the mountain, and it is still snowing now. Hopefully there'll be more cm of snow to come today and overnight into tomorrow as well with some forecasts telling us to expect snow on Friday too. And then at the end of the weekend and through Monday. Could we be on for a very happy and snowy end to February and beginning of March? Wouldn't that be just what we want! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 150cm Uenotaira: 115cm Hikage: 80cm Nagasaka: 65cm Karasawa: 55cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 10cm Uenotaira: 10cm Hikage: 15cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 15cm All courses open except: Paradise connection Kurokura Grand Prix Hachiman Mukoubayashi Kandahar West Kandahar East Lifts planned to be rested today: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Kandahar pair Hikage Number 2 pair B line There is currently an issue with the 'Yu Road' which means that for the time being it will be open going towards the lifts from 8am to 2pm and then coming back down towards the village from 2pm until 5:10pm. Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 24th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 392cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (18th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 157cm 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 441cm Posted on Wednesday 2nd March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa where there has been more snow since yesterday - not as much as the previous day but enough to top up tracks and keep things in good condition. Light snow still falling this morning but it's forecast to stop this morning. Tomorrow and Friday expect sunshine and also temperatures that gradually rise. It's happened quite a few times this season but we have some decent snowfall and then it decides to warm up too much - same story this weekend by the looks of things with temperatures probably rising to 10C or above at base level on Saturday and Sunday. And maybe some rain on Sunday too. Oh dear. Stop it, please!! I was just reading a few of the other reports and I agree. If you are able to, be here today and tomorrow rather than the weekend. I know, it's not often possible. Fingers crossed for a cooler than expected weekend. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 210cm Uenotaira: 150cm Hikage: 120cm Nagasaka: 90cm Karasawa: 75cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko: 18cm Uenotaira: 14cm Hikage: 13cm Nagasaka: 13cm Karasawa: 13cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 2nd March 2016 Total snowfall at base 441cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (18th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 162cm reported on 12 days March 2016 snowfall 44cm 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