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Nozawa Now: Friday 13th February 2026

  • Feb 13
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 682cm

Posted on Friday 13th February 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Hello from Nozawa on this Friday morning.


Just a thin layer dusting of snow on the car outside this morning and a foggy kind of feel early on. (The ski area reports 4-5cm from higher areas).


It is expected to be sunny again today, though, so expect things to clear up fairly quickly this morning.


Good weather (in terms of sunny brightness) still forecast for the weekend, along with warming temps.


And it is good to see some snow forecast for Monday.


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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 4cm

Uenotaira: 5cm

Hikage: -cm

Nagasaka: -cm

Karasawa: -cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 275cm

Uenotaira: 240cm

Hikage: 165cm

Nagasaka: 145cm

Karasawa: 125cm


Scheduled lift operations:

All operating except Challenge pair and Utopia pair [weekday operations]


Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):

All open


Information on the ski area:


Nozawa Now

2025-2026 season

Data as of Friday 13th February 2026


Total snowfall at base

682cm

Number of days snowfall observed at base

43 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

95cm reported on 9 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.


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