Nozawa Now: Thursday 7th March 2024
- Mar 7, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 13, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 526cm
Posted on Thursday 7th March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Since yesterday the ski area has reported up to 15cm of new snowfall on the upper areas of the mountain, with 5cm of that since mid-afternoon.
We start today with some light snow falling and much of the mountain covered in cloud/fog. Some forecasts say that there might be some clearer weather in the middle of today, so it might clear up. And maybe a bit of sun tomorrow too.
And then... snow on Saturday. (Wouldn't it be great if we got a Nozawa-like 30+cm? I'll try not to expect too much and hope to be pleasantly surprised).
Kind of feels a bit like mid-winter, ne?
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 13cm
Uenotaira: 15cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 230cm
Uenotaira: 215cm
Hikage: 80cm
Nagasaka: 75cm
Karasawa: 40cm
All courses apart from the following are now open (reported by the ski area):
Hachiman
Kandahar
Lifts not operating (reported by the ski area):
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Karasawa pair
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Thursday 7th March 2024 Total snowfall at base 526cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 219cm reported on 14 days February 2024 snowfall 135cm reported on 16 days March 2024 snowfall 58cm reported on 7 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.