Nozawa Now: Friday 31st March 2023
- Mar 31, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 12, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 829cm
Posted on Friday 31st March 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It's quite cloudy early on this morning, but also bright and perhaps it will be sunny during the day too. That's what forecasts say, with clear skies from the start tomorrow and Sunday.
There's not a whole lot to report this morning.
Just 15cm of snowfall observed (at base by me) during the month of March... definitely on the low side. Our base snowfall total for the season is going to be 829cm.
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
- Yamabiko: 170cm
- Uenotaira: 135cm
- Hikage: 20cm
- Nagasaka: 20cm
- Karasawa: -cm
The following courses are still open/available:
- Yamabiko A-E
- Kokenashi
- Uenotaira
- Paradise
- Schneider (part)
- Challenge
- Challenge 39
- Utopia A
- Forest / Rinkan
- Hikage
- Hikage Wall
- Isemiya
- Nagasaka
- Forest Shortcut
- Kitsuna
The following lifts are not operating today:
- Mizunashi triple
- Yunomine pair
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
- Karasawa pair
- Kandahar pair
Planned closing date:
- Nozawa Onsen plans to be open until Sunday 7th May 2023
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Friday 31st March 2023 Total snowfall at base 829cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 388cm reported on 21 days February 2023 snowfall 325cm reported on 17 days March 2023 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.