Nozawa Now: Saturday 10th January 2026
- Jan 10
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 280cm
Posted on Saturday 10th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa and sorry for being very late today.
Unfortunately, while we are enjoying a fine and sunny morning, it is also windy... and the Nagasaka gondola and top area is closed.
It's looking like wind will very probably be an issue tomorrow, too. Tomorrow will be colder than today - feeling rather mild now mid-morning - and it will also very probably be snowing, maybe heavy snow.
Basically, forecasts indicate that tomorrow the weather might all get a bit wild, so be prepared.
Hopefully Monday will be calmer. (And, remember, Monday is a national holiday).
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 0cm
Uenotaira: 3cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 170cm
Uenotaira: 140cm
Hikage: 90cm
Nagasaka: 85cm
Karasawa: 75cm
Scheduled lift operations:
*** WIND AFFECTING SKI AREA TODAY ***
All operating except Challenge pair and Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)
Courses that are not available:
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 10th January 2026 Total snowfall at base 280cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 131cm reported on 8 days |
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.