Nozawa Now: Monday 9th February 2026
- Feb 9
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 50cm
Snowfall at base this season 674cm
Posted on Monday 9th February 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Nozawa.
Some more curious snowfall numbers from the ski area this morning, which is saying 50cm at the lower Hikage and 'only' 30cm on top of the mountain. Those are numbers since yesterday afternoon. The snow really got stuck in from around 11am yesterday morning....
Still, 30cm is good in itself so - result! The JMA snowfall number from Karasawa is 46cm, and I also concur with the 50cm.
A very good showing all round.
Lots of people waiting for first lifts to get out and play in it all, too. Can't say I blame them.
I bet Naski will be out there too, today. There has never been a vegetable as gnarly.
Oh yes it is quite windy but lifts seem to be working. Having said that, there appears to be some checking going on with the Hikage gondola early morning.
We might get some sun tomorrow.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 30cm
Uenotaira: 30cm
Hikage: 50cm
Nagasaka: 52cm
Karasawa: 30cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 300cm
Uenotaira: 250cm
Hikage: 190cm
Nagasaka: 180cm
Karasawa: 160cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except Challenge pair and Utopia pair [normal weekday operations]
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
All open
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Monday 9th February 2026 Total snowfall at base 674cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 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 87cm 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.