Nozawa Now: Saturday 29th November 2025
- Nov 29, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 12
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 15cm
Posted on Saturday 29th November 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa. It's the first day of the ski season.
While we might not have any snow on the ground down below, there is enough snow for the Yamabiko A, C, D and E runs to open this morning... helped along by a reported 7cm of fresh snowfall up there since yesterday.
Webcam images look nice, too.
No sign of Naski (everyone's favourite bright green skiing vegetable mascot) yet, but being as gnarly as Naski is, I would not bet against an appearance!
Let's ski season.
We expect some clear weather over the next few days with a nice snowy cold front due by late on Wednesday.
Sounds like a plan.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 7cm
Uenotaira: -cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 50cm
Uenotaira: -cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm; last one down at 4:00pm)
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift (8:40am-3:40pm)
Yamabiko Number Four quad lift (8:45am-3:30pm)
Courses available:
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
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 Saturday 29th November 2025 Total snowfall at base 15cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (on 19th November) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day |
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.