Nozawa Now: Thursday 1st January 2026
- Jan 1, 2026
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 158cm
Posted on Thursday 1st January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning and Happy New Year.
We were waiting for the snow to start for much of yesterday, but seeing the clouds not come over to us. They were shy. That does happen sometimes.
We did get a modest amount of snow overnight, though. About 10cm.
Snow on/off early morning and as I am about to post this, currently off. But snow is forecast still over the next few days.
Anyway, until tomorrow when I should have more snow to report.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 8cm
Uenotaira: 10cm
Hikage: -cm
Nagasaka: 10cm
Karasawa: -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 125cm
Uenotaira: 90cm
Hikage: 55cm
Nagasaka: 40cm
Karasawa: 30cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except Nagasaka quad
Courses that are not yet available:
Skyline
Kamoshika
Tanuki
Usagi
Jumping
Grand Prix
Nagasaka
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Karasawa
Utopia B
Challenge 39 no kabe
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 1st January 2026 Total snowfall at base 158cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 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 9cm reported on 1 day |
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.