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Nozawa Now: Thursday 22nd February 2024

  • Feb 22, 2024
  • 2 min read

Updated: Nov 13, 2025

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


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 424cm

Posted on Thursday 22nd February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Fresh snow this morning!


Admittedly it's not a huge amount, but it is so good to a fresh white cover.


The ski area reports 3-5cm across the mountain and we might get a bit more today.


(Next Monday is looking good for some new cm too... the forecast for the coming week is looking much nicer than this time last week, that's for sure. Fingers crossed.)


Alas, a few more runs on the mountain are not available, including Skyline and runs off that ridge course. See the list below.


Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 5cm

Uenotaira: 5cm

Hikage: 3cm

Nagasaka: 3cm

Karasawa: 3cm


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

Yamabiko: 165cm

Uenotaira: 130cm

Hikage: 55cm

Nagasaka: 50cm

Karasawa: 30cm


All lifts apart from the following are scheduled to be operating:

Mizunashi triple

Yunomine pair

Karasawa pair

Challenge pair (usually closed on weekdays)

Utopia pair (usually closed on weekdays)


All courses apart from the following are now open:

Skyline

Kamoshika

Tanuki

Grand Prix

Jumping

Hachiman

Kurokura

Utopia B

Schneider southern

Kandahar



Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season

Data as of Thursday 22nd February 2024 Total snowfall at base 424cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 219cm reported on 14 days February 2024 snowfall 91cm reported on 11 days




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