Nozawa Now: Saturday 8th February 2025
- Feb 8, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 44cm
Snowfall at base this season 671cm
Posted on Saturday 8th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from a very snowy Nozawa.
Yesterday the ski area was reporting 32cm of snowfall by 3pm on the top Yamabiko area. This morning it is reporting another 65cm. If you add those up, it comes to 97cm (!). And the snow depth number has gone up by... 5cm. A curious set of numbers.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has recorded 37cm at Karasawa.
My own observation is nearly 45cm.
What is for sure is we have had a lot of snow since yesterday and it is still coming down. And not set to stop any time soon.
Very limited visibility at the start of the day and the ski area is warning that the Nagasaka gondola and top lifts may have some downtime. But they seem to be open at the start of the day.
For those venturing out in these conditions: know where you are going, be with a friend and remember there's tons of fresh everywhere so no need to venture into dangerous areas.
Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (as reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 32+65cm
Uenotaira: 19+24cm
Hikage: ?+41cm
Nagasaka: 18+41cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 350cm
Uenotaira: 315cm
Hikage: 280cm
Nagasaka: 255cm
Karasawa: 195cm
Lifts:
All scheduled lifts are operating as planned though wind might be a factor today
The Utopia pair lift and Challenge pair lift are normally closed on weekdays
Courses:
All courses are available apart from Mukobayashi, Kurokura and Kamoshika
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Data as of Saturday 8th February 2025 Total snowfall at base 671cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 44cm (8th 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 138cm reported on 6 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.