Nozawa Now: Thursday 27th February 2025
- Feb 27, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 957cm
Posted on Thursday 27th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
Well, we were expecting 'much clearer skies' today, but the morning starts with a lot of cloud around and a dusting-plus of snow.
Forecasts still tell us we will see the sun today, and soon, and tomorrow and Saturday too.
It will be warming up over the next few days but colder conditions are there on the forecast as we get into next week.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon as reported by the ski area:
Yamabiko: 1cm
Uenotaira: 5cm
Hikage: -cm
Nagasaka: 5cm
Karasawa: -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 410cm
Uenotaira: 360cm
Hikage: 295cm
Nagasaka: 280cm
Karasawa: 205cm
Lifts & courses:
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 Thursday 27th February 2025 Total snowfall at base 957cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 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 424cm reported on 22 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.