Nozawa Now: Monday 3rd March 2025
- Mar 3, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 966cm
Posted on Monday 3rd March 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We have had some pretty heavy snow falling over the last few hours and it has been building up quite quickly.
It's great to have some fresh snow! A return to a winter-like feel after the warm weekend. It might continue until later this afternoon or this evening.
Maybe a bit of clearer sky tomorrow morning, but there's more snow lined up on the forecasts for later in the week. Let's have it!
The famous road sign on the mountain has been getting lots of attention recently, apparently. Some people have seen fit to deface it with lots of stickers. No doubt feeling the need to take photos for their social media or whatever. After all, it's their right to do whatever they please for the photo opportunity, right? (No, it isn't).
The ski area has felt the need to comment, asking people to please respect the public property and refrain from defacing it.
「とっていいのは写真だけ、残していいのは足跡だけ」
"Take only photos, Leave only footprints"
Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon as reported by the ski area:
Yamabiko: 5cm
Uenotaira: -cm
Hikage: 5cm
Nagasaka: 10cm
Karasawa: -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 385cm
Uenotaira: 320cm
Hikage: 250cm
Nagasaka: 250cm
Karasawa: 180cm
Lifts & courses:
All scheduled lifts are operating as planned
The Utopia pair lift and Challenge pair lift are normally closed on weekdays
Nozawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Monday 3rd March 2025 Total snowfall at base 966cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 9cm 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.