Nozawa Now: Monday 9th March 2026
- Mar 9
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 728cm
Posted on Monday 9th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
A bit more snow since the report yesterday, with the ski area saying there was a further 5-10cm in the top areas of the mountain. We might get some more tomorrow.
Wednesday and Thursday are today looking like we might get clearer conditions again, with that chance of (light?) snow again at the end of the week.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 5cm
Uenotaira: 10cm
Hikage: ?cm
Nagasaka: 5cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 210cm
Uenotaira: 200cm
Hikage: 80cm
Nagasaka: 65cm
Karasawa: 40cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating as normal
The Challange and Utopia pair lifts usually 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 Monday 9th March 2026 Total snowfall at base 728cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 15cm reported on 3 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.