Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 242cm Posted on Monday 13th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After seeing the sun and a calm day yesterday during the daytime, snow has been delivered for this morning. 20-30cm of fresh snowfall is being reported from the different areas of the mountain this morning and I am happy to have to get out with a shovel once I have posted this report to move the 25cm or so outside. It's near on whiteout conditions on the upper areas at the moment as the snow continues to fall. -4C at the moment and it's unlikely to warm up today at all, even if the snow eases off as is forecast. Today is the last day of the long weekend of course, and things seem slightly less busy this morning. Expect many more people to be moving on out around lunchtime. From tomorrow we are probably going to have clearer skies over the region, at least not much in terms of snow. Even so, it does look like it will be keeping cold, which is what we want. So decent weather conditions likely for the upcoming 'Dosojin' Fire Festival, the main event which is on Wednesday evening, the 15th. Preparations are underway for this popular annual event in Nozawa. And of course there will be people arriving in Nozawa again to experience it. To sum up the festival... 42 year olds climb atop a wooden shrine protected by the 25 year olds, as the rest of the villagers carry out fire attacks trying to burn down the shrine. Or something like that, but much more. It is ranked in the top three fire festivals in Japan and is always be a great spectacle. Wrap up well and enjoy the festivities in the village. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 250cm Uenotaira - 220cm Hikage - 150cm Nagasaka - 140cm Karasawa - 100cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 13th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 242cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 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 127cm 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 260cm Posted on Saturday 18th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa and welcome to the weekend. The village was bustling last night as people arrived for their weekend fix - it's going to be another busy one here! A cold and icy start to the day with the temps down to -8 degrees as of 8:30am. The resort isn't actually saying that the top is much colder than the base which is unusual. The sun is out and it's a fine morning. Happily we have some fresh snow to play in... those getting up there early will have anyway. 5cm across most of the mountain during the day yesterday and this morning another 5-15cm of fresh snow to report; with 10cm reported from Hikage and Nagasaka and 15cm reported on the Uenotaira slopes. There's some snow to shovel down in the village as well this morning which is always a good start. As good as news of fresh snow is, we want more. Obviously. Tonight it should be snowing and it's looking good for a decent dump of snow overnight so I am looking forward to reporting that in my next report. Doesn't look like it'll be prolonged though with clearer forecast for Monday but back to decent snowfall around Tuesday. So things are looking promising. All lifts are go! Have a fun weekend. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 240cm Uenotaira - 215cm Hikage - 150cm Nagasaka - 130cm Karasawa - 90cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 18th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 260cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 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 145cm 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 10cm Snowfall at base this season 252cm Posted on Tuesday 14th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Nozawa is reporting 10cm of fresh across the mountain this morning, and there's about that down at base. I can also report less people lining up for the gondola this morning, which people who are staying on after that long weekend will surely be pleased to hear. It was a busy weekend. Now that we are back to a normal weekday, a few lifts are stopped as noted below but that is not affecting courses that are open. But I think also a good one with some fine snow conditions. Courses got tracked out of course, but still untouched to be found. Hopefully we'll get some more cm today to give us a decent refresh. Right now, the forecast for tomorrow is clear and sunny. We should be back to snow later in the week. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 250cm Uenotaira - 220cm Hikage - 155cm Nagasaka - 130cm Karasawa - 90cm Lifts 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 Tuesday 14th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 252cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 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 137cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 255cm Posted on Friday 17th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . White out conditions on the top slopes this morning, but more importantly it's snowing. As of 10am, since yesterday the numbers are as follows Yamabiko - 15cm Uenotaira - 12cm Hikage - 8cm Nagasaka - 8cm Karasawa - 0cm So not huge amounts, but we'll take it. Snowfall is expected to ease off during the day and tomorrow will probably start with the sun. It's not as cold this morning, but still in the minus numbers all over the mountain and down at base. We should be back to snow overnight Saturday though and into Sunday. A storm that might bring us some heavy snowfall looks to be brewing around Tuesday-Wednesday as well. Weekend tomorrow... early start recommended! Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 235cm Uenotaira - 215cm Hikage - 145cm Nagasaka - 120cm Karasawa - 85cm Lifts 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 Friday 17th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 255cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 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 140cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 253cm Posted on Thursday 16th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It's a cloudy morning in Nozawa Onsen. Some cloudy heads as well after the festival last night, of that I am sure! Fun was had. So, back to the mountain... After the mostly bright and sunny day we had yesterday, it's back to grey and white this morning. Just a dusting of snow at base and up to 5cm reported by the resort up on Uenotaira. Yesterday was a very cold day and temperatures this morning are not quite as low though as of 9am it is about -4 degrees in the village. Hopefully we'll get a snow refresh overnight that I can report to you tomorrow morning and it should be snowing over the weekend as well. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 245cm Uenotaira - 210cm Hikage - 145cm Nagasaka - 125cm Karasawa - 90cm Lifts 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 Thursday 16th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 253cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 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 138cm reported on 10 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 217cm Posted on Sunday 12th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . A good morning from Nozawa. It's Sunday and it's the second day of the three day weekend in Japan.... and Nozawa is bustling. Just a thin new layer of snow since yesterday with the top Yamabiko runs reporting 5cm and 1cm on lower slopes. It's a fine morning as well. Cold after a low of around -7 overnight and at 9am around -5C at base. Top runs at -8C as of 7:30am. It's bluebird today as there's quite a bit of cloud hanging on but lots of blue sky and the sun shining down on the slopes. Snow clouds are due to move in later on today, perhaps tonight, and hopefully tomorrow morning I'll be bringing news of fresh snowfall. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 230cm Uenotaira - 205cm Hikage - 130cm Nagasaka - 120cm Karasawa - 90cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Sunday 12th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 217cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 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 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 10cm Snowfall at base this season 333cm Posted on Wednesday 22nd January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After a few cm of snowfall yesterday, overnight we have 10cm at base, lower runs, and Yamabiko while 20cm of fresh is being reported by the resort on Uenotaira. I'll be heading up there soon! Relatively mild overnight in Nozawa after a very mild afternoon with temperatures creeping up into positive territory., with a low of -3C in the village but it's forecast to stay around that for the day. Tomorrow should be a mix of cloud with snow showers, while we are still expecting milder temps on Friday and Saturday. A few people have been asking about the snow depth numbers published by the resort and how they compare with last year. (That's basically what they are... published by the resort. Unfortunately I can't go out with a big stick every morning to take those readings). Anyway, here are the numbers from the same day in January last season: Yamabiko - 310cm Uenotaira - 270cm Hikage - 190cm Nagasaka - 180cm Karasawa - 150cm So you'll see that they were all a bit higher this time last year, though not hugely different. Yamabiko this year is actually on more than it was in January 2012, when the number was 270cm. The general consensus (of honest folk!) though is that we do have less snow at the moment than last year. Still, once you got a few m up there, an extra 20-30cm doesn't make all that difference does it? Of course, that amount falling fresh daily would be ideal. We still have a long long way to go in the season, so it still could end up being a bumper one in terms of numbers. We will just have to see what Mother Nature decides to deliver. I say get out there and enjoy it! Wednesday 22nd January 2014: Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 280cm Uenotaira - 255cm Hikage - 175cm Nagasaka - 165cm Karasawa - 120cm 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 Wednesday 22nd January 2014 Total snowfall at base 333cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 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 218cm reported on 16 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 323cm Posted on Tuesday 21st January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yes, yesterday was a very fine day after that very decent amount of snowfall. Snow clouds moved back in though and this morning there's some new cm to report from just a few at base to 10cm on the top Yamabiko runs. It wasn't as cold overnight and actually now the temperature is just under 0C though it should stay around there for the day and tomorrow should be cooler. It's snowing very lightly here as I write this and a look at the cams shows very poor visibility up on the mountain - perhaps snowing more heavily up there. Unconfirmed! Thick fog seems to be covering the top half. It should be snowing on and off, hopefully more on than off, for the day and also tomorrow. One thing that we have lacked this season is consistent full-on conditions... like what we had the other day, but regularly and continuing for days. We could do with some of that. But anyway. Yes, later on in the week a warm spell is forecast. Sunny and warmer on Friday and there's even a chance of some rain in the village at the weekend but fingers crossed even if we get that it won't last long and turn into snow. Let's forget about that until later in the week! For now, conditions should still be really good again today. Just know the layout and where you're going because visibility is very limited up there. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 280cm Uenotaira - 245cm Hikage - 170cm Nagasaka - 160cm Karasawa - 110cm 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 Tuesday 21st January 2014 Total snowfall at base 323cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 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 208cm reported on 15 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 31cm Snowfall at base this season 321cm Posted on Monday 20th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . A good old heavy dump of Nozawa snow is always wonderful to witness and the last 48 hours or so has really delivered. Heavy snow yesterday following on from the overnight snow with 20-35cm of additional snowfall being reported by the skijo across the mountain. Just totting up the numbers... Yamabiko - 88cm Uenotaira - 63cm Hikage - 66cm Nagasaka - 56cm Karasawa - 50cm Including the few cm or so overnight, that's 85cm in 2 days for the top runs as reported by the resort. :) It's always great to get a decent amount down at village level as well, it really adds to the excitement. Some of the weekend crowds may not have appreciated the snow conditions, but this morning will surely be one for everyone. We have clearer skies this morning, the sun is already starting up and it looks like it will be a fine day. Sorry, make that an awesome day. And regular readers will know that SnowJapan doesn't like hyperbole in it's reports --- I just reckon that today should be one of the days of the season. What's more, snow is on the way again by the end of the day and I should be reporting more in my next report. Anyway it's time for me to get kitted out and see if it does actually deliver. See you tomorrow. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 290cm Uenotaira - 260cm Hikage - 185cm Nagasaka - 170cm Karasawa - 120cm Lifts 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 20th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 321cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 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 206cm reported on 14 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 290cm Posted on Sunday 19th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Ah yes, it is a good morning. Lots of snowfall to report this morning. Here's what the resort themselves are reporting: Yamabiko - 50cm Uenotaira - 30cm Hikage - 35cm Nagasaka - 35cm Karasawa - 30cm So a cool 50cm up on the top Yamabiko runs. There's definitely 30cm down at base too with cars needing to be found within their new snow coverings. This is the kind of morning we like! Well, I do. :) -4C now and not forecast to get any higher for the day. Should be slightly less cold tomorrow but not snowing. Then after that as I think I mentioned yesterday there's some more heavy snowfall due around Tuesday. It should be a very good week. It goes without saying that conditions should be great today. Visibility is poor especially on the top half of the mountain. Exciting, but remember - care needed. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 280cm Uenotaira - 240cm Hikage - 170cm Nagasaka - 150cm Karasawa - 120cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Sunday 19th January 2014 Total snowfall at base 290cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 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 175cm 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 30cm Snowfall at base this season 363cm Posted on Thursday 23rd January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After all that talk of numbers yesterday, get a load of this. Snowfall reported by the resort since yesterday morning, after the snowfall we had yesterday during the day time and overnight. Yamabiko - 34cm Uenotaira - 40cm Hikage - 45cm Nagasaka - 40cm Karasawa - 35cm Yamabiko snow depth is also back up to 3m this morning. Yes, it has been a Nozawa-like snowy 24 hours here. A bit of a surprise at just how much we have got, but a good surprise. It is continuing to snow as well, so let's get some more out of it. The forecast does tell us to expect the snow clouds to ease off though during the day, to be followed by a clear and sunny day tomorrow. As I mentioned before temps are set to creep up a bit from tomorrow for a few days and we still might get some rain late Saturday though hopefully that will be kept to a minimum and it will be snowing where it really matters - on the slopes. We'll see. For now though should be fantastic conditions this morning and then that possibly bluebird tomorrow. Nice! 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 Thursday 23rd January 2014 Total snowfall at base 363cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 248cm reported on 17 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 Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 19cm Snowfall at base this season 118cm Weather overview Lovely morning Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted on Friday 1st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Good morning and Happy New Year! And what a start. After the festivities and frolicks of last night (I'm just presuming there were lots!), it's a clean slate once again as we enter a new year. And what better than 20cm of fresh snow to help us celebrate. And clearing blue skies as well. And some good cold conditions to keep it all in check. Nice. The early morning clouds have quite quickly started to make an exit leaving us with what we have now and it should be a great morning. There's more sun than snow on the forecast for the next 3-4 days and from tomorrow in particularly temperatures are going to go up and venture into positive numbers - expect a high of around 4-5 degrees during the daytime. Mid week should see a return to colder conditions. Madarao Kogen lifts operating (planned at time of writing): Number 1 Number 2 quad Number 3 Number 5 Super quad lift Number 11 lift Number 12 lift Number 15 lift Moving walkway Tangram Ski Circus lifts operating (planned at time of writing): All 5 lifts operating Madarao Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 1st January 2016 Total snowfall at base 118cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (on 29th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 99cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 19cm 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 Madarao. 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