Nozawa Now: Friday 20th February 2026
- Feb 20
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 713cm
Posted on Friday 20th February 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It would seem that the next three days are going to be characterized by sunny clear skies and warming temps during the daytime, peaking on Sunday (when temps will rise above 10C in the village).
Having said that, it's pretty cold early on! A high of about 4C is forecast for early afternoon today.
Over the coming days I'm going to try my very best to not bang on about future potential snowfall this season. As things stand, there's not much sign of it on forecasts. (I still believe, of course... as does Naski!)
All the more reason, perhaps, why we should get out there and enjoy what we have while we have it. That's what I'm going to do, and it will be fun.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 0cm
Uenotaira: 0cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 265cm
Uenotaira: 240cm
Hikage: 160cm
Nagasaka: 140cm
Karasawa: 120cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating as normal
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
All open
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 20th February 2026 Total snowfall at base 713cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 438cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 126cm 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.