Nozawa Now: Saturday 13th December 2025
- Dec 13, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 74cm
Posted on Saturday 13th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Nozawa.
Some more snow since my report yesterday but we are going to be having clearer skies this morning.
And an open ski area thanks to there being less wind.
Operations appear to be unchanged so we probably need more snow for more to open up.
Snow due late tomorrow into Monday and then mid week, so hopefully we'll be getting some consistency going soon.
A lot of folk lining up for the gondola at the start of the day.
Have fun!
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 10cm
Uenotaira: -cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 105cm
Uenotaira: 60cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm; last one down at 4:00pm)
Yamabiko Four quad lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Uenotaira Four quad lift
Courses available:
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Notes:
You need to get the gondola up to (and back down from) the open ski runs.
All base areas are closed.
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 13th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 74cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 19cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 59cm reported on 5 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.