Nozawa Now: Friday 11th April 2025
- Apr 11, 2025
- 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 1058cm
Posted on Friday 11th April 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa Onsen.
The ski area is reporting light rain up on the open areas as of just before 8am, but hopefully that won't last long. Looking at webcams it looks like there is some sun up there now, so that's good.
From today through Sunday, the Uenotaira and Paradise quads are scheduled to be open.
The Rinkan course (down to base) and the shuttle bus between bases finish up for the season today.
Tomorrow will probably be sunny and a bit warmer.
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 260cm
Uenotaira: 220cm
Lower sections: finished reporting for the season
The following courses are still available:
Yamabiko A-E
Kokenashi
Uenotaira
Paradise
Rinkan (until today)
Schneider (limited)
Challenge
Utopia A
A shuttle bus is available between Nagasaka and Hikage base areas (until today)
Lift operations today:
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko quad lifts
Skyline connecting pair
Uenotaira quad
Paradise quad
Scheduled lift operations for the rest of the season:
The Nagasaka Gondola and the Yamabiko quad lifts are scheduled to be open daily until the end of the season
The Uenotaira quad, Paradise quad and Skyline connecting pair lift are scheduled to be open 11th-13th April, 19th-20th April and 26th April through 6th May
Planned closing date:
Nozawa Onsen plans to be open until Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Data as of Friday 11th April 2025 Total snowfall at base 1058cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 44cm (8th and 19th February) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 291cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 239cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 424cm reported on 22 days March 2025 snowfall 101cm reported on 14 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.