Nozawa Now: Monday 12th January 2026
- Jan 12
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 42cm
Snowfall at base this season 324cm
Posted on Monday 12th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It is a very good morning from Nozawa.
Tons of fresh snow and a clearing of the skies early on too. Also, less wind!
So the ski area has reporting up to 65cm of snowy goodness up at Yamabiko; not reporting yet from base areas but my own measurement was 42cm. Nice.
Should be fab conditions for everyone heading out this morning.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 65cm
Uenotaira: 45cm
Hikage: ?cm
Nagasaka: ?cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 230cm
Uenotaira: 180cm
Hikage: 90cm
Nagasaka: 80cm
Karasawa: 60cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating
Courses that are not available:
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Monday 12th January 2026 Total snowfall at base 324cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 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 175cm reported on 10 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.