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Nozawa Now: Friday 21st February 2025

  • Feb 21, 2025
  • 2 min read

Updated: Nov 14, 2025

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


New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 900cm

Posted on Friday 21st February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


At 9am and there's some blue sky and sun in some places not too far away, but it's still snowing here... for now. And it does look like we can expect more snow over the next few days. It will probably be Tuesday when we get properly clear and blue skies for a full day and some milder temps too.


Once again 40cm of snow reported by the ski area since yesterday so there should be lots of untouched loveliness to enjoy out there.


It's cold this morning, so wrap up well.


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

Yamabiko: 40cm (5cm from yesterday)

Uenotaira: 35cm

Hikage: 10cm

Nagasaka: 10cm

Karasawa: 5cm


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

Yamabiko: 460cm

Uenotaira: 390cm

Hikage: 305cm

Nagasaka: 310cm

Karasawa: 230cm


Lifts & courses:

All runs open apart from Kamoshika

All scheduled lifts are operating as planned

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



Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season

Data as of Friday 21st February 2025 Total snowfall at base 900cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 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 367cm reported on 17 days




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