Nozawa Now: Wednesday 24th December 2025
- Dec 24, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 82cm
Posted on Wednesday 24th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Rain, rain go away... come back another day.
Preferably in April or May.
The ski area is open for those wanting to check out some Christmas Eve turns. Take care out there. Visibility is limited in places and the snow is... less than fresh and fluffy.
Snow still due Friday --- as well as strong winds. But, whatever is required!
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 0cm
Uenotaira: 0cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 85cm
Uenotaira: 45cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Scheduled lift operations:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm; last one down at 4:00pm)
Hikage Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm; last one down at 3:50pm)
Yamabiko Four quad lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Skyline connecting pair
Uenotaira Four quad lift
Paradise Four quad lift
Yu Road (8:00am-4:40pm)
Scheduled courses available:
Yamabiko A-E
Kokenashi A/B
Uenotaira
Paradise
Uenotaira cross country course
Notes:
You need to get the gondola up to (and back down from) the open ski runs.
All base areas are closed.
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Wednesday 24th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 82cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 19cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 67cm reported on 8 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.