Nozawa Now: Wednesday 13th March 2024
- Mar 13, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 13, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this season 595cm
Posted on Wednesday 13th March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
This morning Nozawa Onsen is saying that there's a whopping 45cm of snowfall up on the top areas! (Checks calendar, yes it's almost mid-March).
What's more, it's not just a 'snowfall at the top of the mountain' kind of pattern that we increasingly get towards the end of a season. We have had a good new layer down to base and in the village too. JMA reporting 17cm (up to 9am), the ski area reporting 20-30cm, and my measurement is 23cm.
Wind might have been an issue today but at the time of this report the gondolas are moving and all areas of the mountain are open as planned.
Excellent.
I reckon tomorrow might be one of those days when it's a good idea to take a holiday. Clearer skies are forecast (and it will be mild). Friday too.
Weekly forecasts tell us that there's more snow incoming next week.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 45cm
Uenotaira: 45cm
Hikage: 30cm
Nagasaka: 30cm
Karasawa: 20cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 280cm
Uenotaira: 245cm
Hikage: 105cm
Nagasaka: 105cm
Karasawa: 60cm
All courses apart from the following are now open (reported by the ski area):
Hachiman
Kamoshika
Kandahar
Lifts not operating (reported by the ski area):
Challenge pair (closed on weekdays)
Utopia pair (closed on weekdays)
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Karasawa pair
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Wednesday 13th March 2024 Total snowfall at base 595cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 219cm reported on 14 days February 2024 snowfall 135cm reported on 16 days March 2024 snowfall 127cm reported on 11 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.