Nozawa Now: Saturday 28th March 2026
- Mar 28
- 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 733cm
Posted on Saturday 28th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Nozawa on this fine spring morning. Warm and sunny weather is generally expected for the weekend, probably with that spring hazy feel.
Lots of folks suffering with hay fever at the moment and this weekend there'll be a lot of pollen flying about. Precautions recommended if you suffer, otherwise you might be wanting to scratch your eyes out of their sockets by tonight! I wonder if vegetables get hay fever. I'll ask Naski, though I suspect our favourite bright green (and gnarly) skiing vegetable mascot will be having a busy weekend!
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 0cm
Uenotaira: 0cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 175cm
Uenotaira: 160cm
Hikage: 30cm
Nagasaka: 25cm
Karasawa: 20cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating as planned
Courses closed:
Kurokura
Hachiman
Grand Prix
Jumping
Schneider (lower section)
Utopia B
Skyline (lower section)
Nagasaka connecting
Planned closing date:
Wednesday 6th May
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th March 2026 Total snowfall at base 733cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 438cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 126cm reported on 12 days March 2026 snowfall 20cm reported on 6 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.