Nozawa Now: Tuesday 25th February 2025
- Feb 25, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 955cm
Posted on Tuesday 25th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
The long weekend clouds and snow have gone and we are enjoying a morning of bright blue skies and sunshine.
Yesterday the ski area was reporting 25-30cm of snow up top by mid afternoon, with some more overnight. About 10cm down at base.
Tomorrow should start fine, with some sleet/snow maybe later in the day. Hopefully that is not rain, but it sure could be. It won't last long, though, with clearer skies due again Thursday through the weekend.
Going to be mild, too.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon as reported by the ski area:
Yamabiko: 46cm
Uenotaira: 40cm
Hikage: 10cm
Nagasaka: 10cm
Karasawa: 10cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 455cm
Uenotaira: 385cm
Hikage: 310cm
Nagasaka: 310cm
Karasawa: 230cm
Lifts & courses:
All scheduled lifts are operating as planned
The Utopia pair lift and Challenge pair lift are normally closed on weekdays
Night skiing:
Scheduled for every Saturday until 22nd March 2025 on the Nagasaka area (and also on 23rd February 2025)
Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Tuesday 25th February 2025 Total snowfall at base 955cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 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 422cm reported on 21 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.