Nozawa Now: Wednesday 11th March 2026
- Mar 11
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 731cm
Posted on Wednesday 11th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
It's a cloudy start to the day but they might part with some forecasts telling us to expect some sun.
We did get some snow yesterday, though it wasn't much more than a dusting down low. The ski area appears to be reporting up to 3cm (since yesterday afternoon) and the trees on the Yamabiko webcam look like they have a nice coating of white. Feels like there might be more than that up there.
We should probably think of any fresh snow from now as a real bonus. As noted in Yuzawa Now this morning, temperatures remaining under control and not rising too fast and high is the most realistic wish now as we head into spring season proper.
(In terms of lift ticket prices, cheaper 'spring season' lift ticket prices kick in from 30th March, so that's a fair bit off yet).
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 1cm
Uenotaira: 3cm
Hikage: ?cm
Nagasaka: ?cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 210cm
Uenotaira: 195cm
Hikage: 80cm
Nagasaka: 65cm
Karasawa: 45cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating as normal
The Challenge and Utopia pair lifts usually do not operate on weekdays
Courses currently closed:
Kurokura
Hachiman
Grand Prix
Utopia B
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Wednesday 11th March 2026 Total snowfall at base 731cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 438cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 126cm reported on 12 days March 2026 snowfall 18cm reported on 4 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.