Nozawa Now: Friday 4th April 2025
- Apr 4, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1058cm
Posted on Friday 4th April 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
There has been some snow up on the top area of the mountain. The ski area itself if reporting 5cm at Yamabiko.
Limited visibility up there.
It is a damp morning down here, but things might improve during the day.
I'm still really looking forward to the sunshine that we are promised for tomorrow.
New snowfall (reported by the ski area since yesterday afternoon):
Yamabiko: 5cm
Uenotaira: ?cm
Lower areas have now finished reporting for the season
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 280cm
Uenotaira: 230cm
Lower areas have now finished reporting for the season
Planned closing date:
Nozawa Onsen plans to be open until Tuesday 6th May 2025
The following courses are still available:
Yamabiko A-E
Kokenashi
Uenotaira
Paradise
Rinkan
A shuttle bus is available between Nagasaka and Hikage base areas
The following lifts are scheduled to be operating today:
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four quad
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad
Uenotaira quad
Paradise quad
Other lift information:
The Nagasaka Gondola and the Yamabiko quad lifts are scheduled to be open daily until the end of the season
The Uenotaira and Paradise quad lifts are scheduled to be open daily until 6th April and then 11th-13th April, 19th-20th April and 26th April through 6th May
The Skyline connecting pair is scheduled to be open 5th-6th April, 11th-13th April, 19th-20th April and 26th April through 6th May
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Data as of Friday 4th April 2025 Total snowfall at base 1058cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 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 101cm reported on 14 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.