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Nozawa Now: Wednesday 19th March 2025

  • Mar 19, 2025
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 1040cm

Posted on Wednesday 19th March 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


More snow, hurray, with it still snowing. Seems to have started in the middle of the night, with the ski area already reporting up to 15cm of fresh on the mountain. Not particularly cold, but it shouldn't warm up much today.


From tomorrow (a national holiday), sunny skies are forecast for several days. Temps are going to be rising somewhat, too.


As I said yesterday, there's a fair chance that this snow today might be the last of the season down in the village. Let's enjoying.


Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning as reported by the ski area:

Yamabiko: 14cm

Uenotaira: 15cm

Hikage: 10cm

Nagasaka: 15cm

Karasawa: 5cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 355cm

Uenotaira: 310cm

Hikage: 230cm

Nagasaka: 230cm

Karasawa: 150cm


Lifts & courses:

All courses open apart from Grand Prix, Kurokura and Challenge 39

The Utopia pair lift and Challenge pair lift are normally closed on weekdays


Night skiing:

Scheduled for every Saturday until 22nd March 2025 in the Nagasaka area



Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season

Data as of Wednesday 19th March 2025 Total snowfall at base 1040cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 73 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 83cm reported on 10 days




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