Nozawa Now: Saturday 14th March 2026
- Mar 14
- 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 733cm
Posted on Saturday 14th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
I have just come back from my morning walk. There's a light covering of snow on my car this morning, just about enough to add another 1cm today. Roads are clear. I'm too early for any report from the ski area itself, but perhaps they might have received several cm up top? (Just a guess).
So we have quite a lot of blue sky up there this morning and a fair share of cloud, too. Forecasts still show a mix of largely cloudy skies (and the chance of light precipitation at times) both today and tomorrow.
After this recent period of colder temps we should get some warmer conditions in the coming week.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 0cm
Uenotaira: 0cm
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
Courses currently closed:
Kurokura
Hachiman
Grand Prix
Planned closing date:
Wednesday 6th May
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 14th March 2026 Total snowfall at base 733cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 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 20cm reported on 6 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.