Nozawa Now: Friday 2nd January 2026
- Jan 2
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 168cm
Posted on Friday 2nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
We have had more snow since yesterday. The ski area has reported up to 21cm higher up on the mountain since yesterday.
Again, it's perhaps less than we hoped for (or should I say at least less than we were expecting) and with the forecasts continuing to predict snow across the next several days.
This morning starts with cloudy conditions.
Time to go out and enjoy the snow.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 13cm
Uenotaira: 21cm
Hikage: -cm
Nagasaka: 10cm
Karasawa: -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 130cm
Uenotaira: 105cm
Hikage: 50cm
Nagasaka: 40cm
Karasawa: 30cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except Nagasaka quad
Courses that are not yet available:
Skyline
Kamoshika
Tanuki
Usagi
Jumping
Grand Prix
Nagasaka
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Karasawa
Utopia B
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 2nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base 168cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 19cm reported on 2 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.