Nozawa Now: Friday 18th April 2025
- Apr 18, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1058cm
Posted on Friday 18th April 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It has been warm.
A warm day yesterday, up to 18.4C in the village in the early afternoon.
Today is starting mild and overcast.
The forecast for tomorrow is clearer skies again.
We might see some dips of course but the generally warmer weather is perhaps now hear to stay. (People will be reaching out for air conditioners before too long...!)
The Yamabiko B course will not be available to the general public on Saturday and Sunday due to an event being held there.
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 230cm
Uenotaira: 180cm
Lower sections: finished reporting for the season
The following courses are available:
Yamabiko A (some restrictions due to competition until today)
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Kokenashi
Lower areas all now closed - you need to take the gondola back down to base
Lift operations today:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:10am-3:00pm; last one down at 3:30pm)
Yamabiko Number 1 quad (8:25am-3:10pm)
Yamabiko Number 2 quad (8:20am-3:20pm)
Scheduled lift operations for the rest of the season:
The Nagasaka Gondola and the Yamabiko quad lifts are scheduled to be open daily until the end of the season
The Uenotaira quad, Paradise quad and Skyline connecting pair lift are scheduled to be open 19th-20th April and 26th April through 6th May
Planned closing date:
Nozawa Onsen plans to be open until Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Data as of Friday 18th April 2025 Total snowfall at base 1058cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 44cm (8th and 19th February) November 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 291cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 239cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 424cm reported on 22 days March 2025 snowfall 101cm reported on 14 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.