Nozawa Now: Thursday 14th March 2024
- Mar 14, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 13, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 597cm
Posted on Thursday 14th March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
There was more snow during the day yesterday, especially on the mountain -- a decent amount too.
Mostly blue skies this morning with some cloud, with more sunshine expected tomorrow and Saturday too. It will be noticeably warmer too.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 20+3cm
Uenotaira: 7+5cm
Hikage: 3+1cm
Nagasaka: 1cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 290cm
Uenotaira: 230cm
Hikage: 100cm
Nagasaka: 100cm
Karasawa: 55cm
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 Thursday 14th March 2024 Total snowfall at base 597cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 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 129cm reported on 12 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.