Nozawa Now: Sunday 30th March 2025
- Mar 30, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 1056cm
Posted on Sunday 30th March 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Right now, the sun is out. There's a fair amount of cloud around too, though, and we might get some more snow falling by lunchtime.
Clearer skies are forecast again for tomorrow, though it should be keeping fairly cold.
Changes to mountain operations from tomorrow... see below. I will reorganise the list as well in my report tomorrow.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon as 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: 280cm
Uenotaira: 245cm
Hikage: 170cm
Nagasaka: 170cm
Karasawa: 85cm
Lifts & courses:
All courses open apart from Grand Prix, Kurokura and Challenge 39
The Utopia pair lift and Challenge pair lift are normally closed on weekdays
The ski area plans to be open until Tuesday 6th May
Scheduled spring season operations from Monday 31st March:
Nagasaka gondola and Yamabiko quad lifts:
Open daily until 6th May
Skyline pair, Uenotaira quad lift and Paradise quad lift:
Open April 5th/6th, 11th-13th April, 19th-20th April and 26th April through 6th May
Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Sunday 30th March 2025 Total snowfall at base 1056cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 76 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 March 2025 snowfall 99cm reported on 13 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.