Nozawa Now: Friday 13th March 2026
- Mar 13
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 732cm
Posted on Friday 13th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
This morning we have a dusting of snow around base areas, just about enough that I can add 1cm to this report. The ski area is saying there is 3-4cm up top.
It is very pleasing that temps have kept pretty low in recent days. I wonder how long that will last. Looks like things might be getting a bit warmer next week, but hopefully not too much.
Weekend weather is probably going to be mostly cloudy with a chance of light snow or clearer skies at times. Bit vague, ne! ;)
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 4cm
Uenotaira: 3cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 205cm
Uenotaira: 190cm
Hikage: 70cm
Nagasaka: 60cm
Karasawa: 40cm
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
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 13th March 2026 Total snowfall at base 732cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 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 19cm 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.