Nozawa Now: Tuesday 20th January 2026
- Jan 20
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 330cm
Posted on Tuesday 20th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
I am happy to report that the snow has arrived.
Now, how long will it continue?
Forecasts tell us that a lot is due over the next week or so. Potentially a lot, and that is exactly what we want.
Come on, bring it on!
(Visibility is limited and it is quite windy but as far as I can tell lifts are still scheduled to be open as planned).
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: ?cm
Uenotaira: ?cm
Hikage: ?cm
Nagasaka: ?cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 180cm
Uenotaira: 135cm
Hikage: 75cm
Nagasaka: 60cm
Karasawa: 50cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except for Challenge pair and Utopia pair
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Tuesday 20th January 2026 Total snowfall at base 330cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 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 181cm 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.