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Nozawa Now: Thursday 29th January 2026

  • Jan 29
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 540cm

Posted on Thursday 29th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Good morning from a snowy Nozawa.


Snowy but not too windy; with what looks like some limited visibility up on the mountain.


The official site is really confusing me re: snowfall numbers yesterday/this morning. For example, it seems to be claiming 30cm at base since 3pm yesterday until 8am this morning... and also 30cm... since 8am this morning. (?)


Whatever, my own base measurement is 24cm.


And, whatever (2), it's snowing with quite a lot forecast to drop over the next few days. Let's be having you!


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

Yamabiko: ?cm

Uenotaira: ?cm

Hikage: ?cm

Nagasaka: ?cm

Karasawa: ?cm


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

Yamabiko: 260cm

Uenotaira: 220cm

Hikage: 170cm

Nagasaka: 170cm

Karasawa: 150cm


Scheduled lift operations:

All operating apart from Challenge pair and Utopia pair


Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):

All open


Information on the ski area:


Nozawa Now

2025-2026 season

Data as of Thursday 29th January 2026


Total snowfall at base

540cm

Number of days snowfall observed at base

32 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

391cm reported on 20 days




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