Nozawa Now: Thursday 5th March 2026
- Mar 5
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 717cm
Posted on Thursday 5th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Hurray! This morning I do have some fresh snow to report.
The ski area itself has reported 8cm since yesterday in upper areas of the mountain. There was about 4cm of snow on my car this morning.
It's always great to see those top trees looking frosted and loaded with some snow. (Even better when the ones in town are, too, but...!)
As I write this it is largely cloudy but some blue sky to see in places. Quite bright actually down at base now. Should be fun up there.
Snow is due on Saturday, too. Sounds good.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 3+5=8cm
Uenotaira: 1+7=8cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 8cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 200cm
Uenotaira: 180cm
Hikage: 80cm
Nagasaka: 65cm
Karasawa: 50cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating as normal (Challenge and Utopia pair lifts normally do not operate on weekdays)
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
All open except Kurokura, Hachiman and Grand Prix
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 5th March 2026 Total snowfall at base 717cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 February 2026 snowfall 126cm reported on 12 days March 2026 snowfall 4cm 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.