Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 472cm Posted on Friday 15th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Pre-weekend update It hasn't been so warm here today even with the sun out. It has been windy though. Tomorrow will also be sunny but warmer and less windy. Should be a fine day actually, though skiable area is getting less now with lots of patches showing through down to Paraside now. Cover on Uenotaira and Yamabiko - while relatively thin - is still good and the resort are putting a lot of effort into trying to keep things going smoothly. There's still fun to be had out there. Some rain is expected around Sunday according to the forecasts. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 80cm Uenotaira: 25cm Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 0cm Karasawa: 0cm The following courses plan to be open: Yamabiko A Yamabiko C Yamabiko D Kokenashi Uenotaira Paradise The following lifts plan to be operating: Nagasaka Gondola Yamabiko Four Yamabiko Number 2 Four Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 15th April 2016 Total snowfall at base 472cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 75cm reported on 7 days April 2016 snowfall 0cm Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 301cm Posted on Wednesday 17th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . The day started slow, but now we can't see with the heavy snow falling—pelting, crashing, screaming—down. The massive, once-in-25-years low pressure centered over Hokkaido is bringing high winds along the coast and up on the northern island, and steady snowfall here. No report yesterday, because maybe I didn't want to tell you it was raining/slushy. There was about 30cm of fresh this morning, so that's the fall for the record. There will definitely be more for tomorrow - the forecast for this region was around 70cm, and it could be more... The two open resorts are not sharing good information today (-3 cm and no change? Wrong, boys, wrong). Akakura Onsen: 167cm, -1/-3° Kumado No. 1, 4 lifts Myoko Suginohara: 180cm, -3/-8° Gondola only, today, then back next weekend Myoko Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 17th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 301cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 90cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 301cm 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 Myoko. 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 25cm Snowfall at base this season 400cm Posted on Wednesday 5th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Ah, yes... now this is more like it! I am very happy to be able to report lots of fresh snow down here in the village area and just hearing the numbers from the resort: Yamabiko - 35cm Uenotaira - ?cm Hikage - 30cm Nagasaka - 30cm Karasawa - 20cm So up to 35cm of fresh snow on the upper slopes this morning, with Uenotaira area yet to report. (I suspect they may well report more). I haven't been hearing of any reports of lift or course closings early this morning, but care will be needed with these quickly changing conditions. It is suitably cold (minus 7 degrees here at base and a very cold indeed minus 14 degrees up top),but has also been very windy overnight. The wind has calmed down a lot though now and actually (and unfortunately) the snow has been easing off - down here anyway - and even some clouds breaking up showing a bit of sky in places. I'm looking at a few forecasts here now and they are saying different things... cloud for the day, snow showers for the day. Looks like overnight was the peak of what we are getting this time anyway. Saturday onwards into next week is looking to be rather snowy as well, so things are looking up. Hopefully that mild dry spell is behind us! Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 290cm Uenotaira - 190cm Hikage - 160cm Nagasaka - 155cm Karasawa - 110cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Wednesday 5th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 400cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 26cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 375cm Posted on Tuesday 4th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa. I'm happy to report that after another mild day - it was a balmy 6 degrees as the resort closed yesterday - temperatures have been dropping since late last night and it is going to be a much colder day today, currently -3 degrees at base. There has also been some snowfall, albeit very limited. The resort is reporting 5cm on Uenotaira, and 1cm on the other areas of the mountain. Snow showers are reported for the day and just now it's actually a bit sunny down here in the village. Upper areas of the mountain are covered in cloud though and as of a short while ago it was snowing lightly up there. Not quite the huge dump of snow we are looking for, but definitely an improvement. We are keeping hopeful for the chance of decent snow overnight tonight and while late on tomorrow and Thursday are forecast to be mostly dry, snow is due over the weekend. Potential. Come on, bring it on! Let's see what I can report tomorrow morning. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 235cm Uenotaira - 190cm Hikage - 115cm Nagasaka - 110cm Karasawa - 80cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Tuesday 4th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 375cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 405cm Posted on Thursday 6th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Uenotaira pulled through later in the morning yesterday - they must have been moving tons of snow as they ended up reporting 50cm of fresh snow with the snow depth up there jumping up to 235cm. Impressive. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get up there to sample, but I heard brave stories of happiness at being able to play in the new snow. It didn't clear up in the end yesterday and was snowing for most of the time. This morning it is still snowing lightly and the resort is reporting 8cm of fresh snow on the Nagasaka and Hikage areas, 10cm on Uenotaira and 15cm up at Yamabiko. Keeping cold and as of 9am about -6 degrees here in the village area, with a low temperature of -13 degrees on the mountain. It should be snow showers for the day today with a break from snowfall tomorrow (just cloud?)...... and some potentially heavy snowfall again coming over the weekend. Yokatta, great to see winter return. I am going to get up there today to sample the new snow. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 290cm Uenotaira - 235cm Hikage - 160cm Nagasaka - 155cm Karasawa - 110cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Thursday 6th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 405cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 31cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 415cm Posted on Friday 7th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday was another really good day out on the mountain and some fine stashes of snow to be found. It's another cold morning here with a temperature of -10 degrees on the top area of the mountain, around -5C at base. The resort is reporting 10-20cm of fresh snow on the (lower-upper) slopes and there was a corresponding nice layer of snow to brush off the car this morning. While it is still snowing, it's forecast to ease off and just be cloudy for most of the day today (perhaps a chance of some sun later too?), but it will remain cold. Snow is forecast for tomorrow and probably into Sunday as well. So if you are here for the weekend come prepared for snow and cold conditions. A week can make a big difference. It should be another great day. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 290cm Uenotaira - 245cm Hikage - 160cm Nagasaka - 150cm Karasawa - 110cm Lifts All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenga pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 pair B Courses All courses open except: Kandahara East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 7th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 415cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 41cm 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 25cm Snowfall at base this season 456cm Posted on Saturday 15th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . I am the bearer of good news this morning. New snow. Nice powdery snow. Oh yes. Yamabiko - 20cm Uenotaira - 25cm Hikage - 30cm Nagasaka - 35cm Karasawa - 25cm So today, most snowfall on... Nagasaka?! Interesting. But bottom line is there's a good wad of new light fresh snow over all the mountain as we feel like we are back to winter again. Although it's strangely mild and just about keeping in the negatives for now. We are being told of the chance of the snow being sleet later on down here at base, but I hope we avoid that. Just a few less exciting things to report. First of all it looks like early on the popular Skyline course is closed, as well as the Kamoshika course. I don't have any details on that or whether they will open later on in the day. The other is that this weekend again heavy snow is falling in places where it often doesn't - down to the south including the Tokyo area. There seems to be widespread disruption to traffic with roads closed and trains cancelled. This will mean less people getting here, which while sad for those people it means less crowds for those who are here. Should be a top day today. Enjoy. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 290cm Uenotaira - 250cm Hikage - 180cm Nagasaka - 140cm Karasawa - 130cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Skyline Kandahar West Kandahar East Kamoshika Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 15th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 456cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 82cm reported on 8 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 430cm Posted on Sunday 9th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Some of the images coming from Tokyo and surrounding areas are interesting - all that snow! Of course, those people aren't used to the snow and causes all sorts of problems. Take care out there on the roads! On the other hand, of course, we always want that snow where we are here in Nozawa. Yesterday it was snowing all day and we got up to another 20cm or so on all but the base areas of the mountain, and this morning there's another 10cm being reported on Yamabiko and 5cm on Uenotaira areas. Conditions up there today should be great once again. People on the first lifts in particular in for a treat. The snow has eased off since last night and it's just a cloudy morning. Fog being reported on the top area. It's around -3 degrees at the moment here in the village. Perhaps more snow overnight tonight, then it looks like the coming week might be somewhat drier and clearer. But hopefully keep cold. Should be a good day. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 280cm Uenotaira - 230cm Hikage - 160cm Nagasaka - 150cm Karasawa - 110cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Sunday 9th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 430cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 56cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 420cm Posted on Saturday 8th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . I was hoping to bring news of decent numbers this morning, but it's just 5cm or so on most of the mountain with the Karasawa are reporting a lonely 0cm. That is at 7:30am for the top slopes and 8am for the lower slopes. But, we need to give it a chance as it only started early morning - it is snowing and it's from now that it will build up so there will already be more out there than those numbers imply. The snow is coming down, visibility is limited and everything looks the same colour up top in particular, it's cold. Yes, a good winters day in Nozawa. Hopefully conditions will be good out there and continue to be with snowfall forecast for the day and hopefully tomorrow too. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 280cm Uenotaira - 225cm Hikage - 155cm Nagasaka - 145cm Karasawa - 110cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 8th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 420cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 46cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 431cm Posted on Thursday 13th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa and... it's snowing. There's not a whole lot yet on the ground - as of 7:30am the resort was reporting 2-3cm on the upper areas of the mountain and 1cm lower down. Heavy snow isn't forecast for today - most local forecasts are giving us more just cloudy conditions than snowfall - but it's all looking more exciting from late tomorrow and over the weekend when we can hopefully expect some decent snowfall in the region. All fingers crossed please! Bring it on, oh yes please. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 275cm Uenotaira - 230cm Hikage - 150cm Nagasaka - 140cm Karasawa - 105cm 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 13th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 431cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 57cm 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 40cm Snowfall at base this season 496cm Posted on Sunday 16th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Snow, snow and lots more snow. Not sure that we were all expecting quite as much as this, perhaps just hoping. But the heavy snowfall has continued and here's what we have had since my report yesterday. This all official numbers coming from the resort: Yesterday as of 3pm... Yamabiko - 45cm Uenotaira - 50cm Hikage - 40cm Nagasaka - 38cm Karasawa - 30cm And this morning... Yamabiko - 30cm Uenotaira - 25cm Hikage - 0cm (?) Nagasaka - 20cm Karasawa - 0cm (?) I add those up and come to a Nozawatastic total of... Yamabiko - 75cm Uenotaira - 75cm Hikage - 40cm Nagasaka - 58cm Karasawa - 30cm ...since yesterday morning. The official snow depths have all taken a big jump. Those are big numbers and exciting to look at but do bring on their own set of problems. One of the most important ones being dangers of avalanche. Probably best to stick to the courses - there's tons of fresh snow to play in. Venturing outside invites risk. Yesterday, I mentioned that Skyline was closed. It did open, though during the day Rinkan, Kamoshika and Tanuki closed no doube due to dangers and the resort made the call. They remain closed today it seems. This morning the snow continues to fall. The forecast says that later on in the day today it might ease up and we will end the day with just cloud but there's a decent chance of more snow tomorrow. Transportation issues (non running Shinkansen and closed Expressways) due to the unexpected snow mainly in the Kanto regions stopped people from getting to Nozawa yesterday and issues remain today. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 350cm Uenotaira - 285cm Hikage - 230cm Nagasaka - 215cm Karasawa - 175cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Grand Prix Kandahar West Kandahar East Kamoshika Tanuki Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Sunday 16th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 496cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 122cm 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 15cm Snowfall at base this season 536cm Posted on Wednesday 19th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and it has continued snowing here on the mountain and down in the village. Here's what the resort has logged since yesterday morning: Yamabiko - 15cm Uenotaira - 20cm Hikage - 18cm Nagasaka - 18cm Karasawa - 15cm Right now it is cloudy and light snow still falling with pretty poor visibility on all but the very lower slopes - can't see much of anything up on the top areas. It's keeping good and cold and about -3 degrees at the moment. Top temperature up on Yamabiko of -10C as of 7:30am. We're actually expecting just cloudy for the day - perhaps even clearing conditions. Snow conditions on the mountain are really great at the moment and this last storm has really filled things in good and proper. I was up there yesterday and fidning lots of untouched, nice and deep - helped along not only by the large amount of snowfall since the weekend but also fewer people than usual because of the traffic situation. The people of Nozawa are certainly hoping that there's no more heavy snow in places where it doesn't matter preventing people getting here! If all transport options are available, I would expect this coming weekend to be a big one with people wanting to come and play in the snow. In the meantime, we have a few days to enjoy it before the weekenders arrive! Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 370cm Uenotaira - 300cm Hikage - 240cm Nagasaka - 230cm Karasawa - 180cm Lifts Weekday operations - all lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challange pair Utopia pair Hikage No2 pair B Courses All courses open except: Grand Prix Kandahar West Kandahar East Kamoshika Tanuki Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Wednesday 19th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 536cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 162cm 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