Nozawa Now: Sunday 8th March 2026
- Mar 8
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 725cm
Posted on Sunday 8th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
It feels so good to open the window in a morning and see fresh white.
Yes, we have some snow down to base since my last report.
5-10cm in places and it is still snowing as 7:30am. The ski area, while not posting any numbers from base, is saying there is 15cm up at Uenotaira (and 8cm at Yamabiko).
It's not expected to continue for long but there is some more snow on forecasts for around Tuesday and then late week. In fact, just now as I am writing this report, it seems to have become a bit brighter.
Anyway, all fresh snow welcome, of course!
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 8cm
Uenotaira: 15cm
Hikage: ?cm
Nagasaka: ?cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 205cm
Uenotaira: 200cm
Hikage: 75cm
Nagasaka: 55cm
Karasawa: 40cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating as normal
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 Sunday 8th March 2026 Total snowfall at base 725cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 12cm reported on 2 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.