Nozawa Now: Sunday 18th January 2026
- Jan 18
- 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 326cm
Posted on Sunday 18th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
I have to be quick this morning which is probably for the best...
There's an almost 1cm dusting of snow down below in places and 3-4cm reported by the ski area in upper areas.
Cold and snow incoming Tuesday.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 3cm
Uenotaira: 4cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 185cm
Uenotaira: 135cm
Hikage: 75cm
Nagasaka: 65cm
Karasawa: 50cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except for Utopia pair
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Sunday 18th January 2026 Total snowfall at base 326cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 177cm 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.