Nozawa Now: Tuesday 17th February 2026
- Feb 17
- 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 684cm
Posted on Tuesday 17th February 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We actually have a bit of snow this morning. It's not much more than a dusting, so don't get overly excited!
Perhaps there might be a layer higher up on the mountain. Visibility looks limited up there early this morning, but it looks like there's some snow on the trees.
Still, forecasts do tell us to expect clearer skies sometime this morning and some sun too. It should remain quite cold though.
Sunshine is also forecast for tomorrow morning, with the promise of a delivery of fresh snow tomorrow night and into Thursday morning. It's not set to last long, with more sun Friday onwards.
Snow dances aimed at tomorrow night, everyone!
By the way, the ski area hasn't updated official site yet, so the numbers below are the same as yesterday.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: ?cm
Uenotaira: ?cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 250cm
Uenotaira: 220cm
Hikage: 150cm
Nagasaka: 125cm
Karasawa: 105cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
All open
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Tuesday 17th February 2026 Total snowfall at base 684cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 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 97cm reported on 10 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.