Nozawa Now: Monday 18th March 2024
- Mar 18, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 13, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 598cm
Posted on Monday 18th March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It's 8am and the situation is still a bit unclear still this morning. Wind is blowy and a bunch of lifts are not going to be opening as normal, including both the gondolas, top lifts and a few more. So it is limited operations this morning. A wind of over 20m/s is reported up top.
The ski area is reporting 3-5cm of snow on upper areas. There has been varying slight amounts of dusting in lower areas, and that is where the 1cm is coming from today.
While we might see some sun tomorrow at times, Wednesday/Thursday is still looking to be very interesting with heavy snow still possible.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 5cm
Uenotaira: 3cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 240cm
Uenotaira: 190cm
Hikage: 70cm
Nagasaka: 70cm
Karasawa: 35cm
Spring season & planned closing date:
Cheaper spring season tickets will be available from Monday 1st April until the end of the season.
Nozawa Onsen ski area plans to open until Monday 6th May 2024 (subject to conditions).
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Monday 18th March 2024 Total snowfall at base 598cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 130cm reported on 13 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.