Nozawa Now: Saturday 31st January 2026
- Jan 31
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 587cm
Posted on Saturday 31st January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Early morning limited visibility up at Yamabiko, but much better lower down the mountain.
It's unclear if we should expect snow during today or clearer conditions.
As we can't do anything about it, probably best to just get out there and enjoy all that snow.
Lots of people lining up for first gondola this morning. It's going to be a busy weekend.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 10cm
Uenotaira: 8cm
Hikage: 2cm
Nagasaka: 2cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 290cm
Uenotaira: 255cm
Hikage: 195cm
Nagasaka: 180cm
Karasawa: 160cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
All open
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 31st January 2026 Total snowfall at base 587cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 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 |
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.