Nozawa Now: Friday 19th December 2025
- Dec 19, 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 81cm
Posted on Friday 19th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Nozawa on this Friday morning.
It's quite chilly early on, actually.
Fine weather this morning and that is what we expect today and tomorrow. And the expected mild conditions, too.
Temps are due to drop down again from Monday. Hopefully there might be some fresh to report then, too.
From tomorrow, the following lifts and courses will join in the fun:
Hikage gondola
Skyline connecting pair lift
Paradise quad lift
Yu Road
Kogenashi A and B courses
Paraside course
There's not enough snow yet for courses lower down to open, so you'll still need to get a gondola back to base.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 0cm
Uenotaira: 0cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 120cm
Uenotaira: 90cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm; last one down at 4:00pm)
Yamabiko Four quad lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Uenotaira Four quad lift
Courses available:
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Notes:
You need to get the gondola up to (and back down from) the open ski runs.
All base areas are closed.
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 19th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 81cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 19cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 66cm reported on 7 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.