New Zealand Ski Area Extends Season
New Zealand’s largest ski area, Cardrona Alpine Resort, has announced that it is extending its season by a week. It is now set to stay open until Sunday October 18.
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Nozawa Onsen at 565 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 03 Sep 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 37.0mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 63.0mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 18°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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t-storm risk | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | light rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | |
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mm | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 22 |
max °C | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 21 |
min °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
chill °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
Humid % | 95 | 89 | 92 | 96 | 90 | 93 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 65 | 72 | 84 | 87 | 98 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 97 |
Freeze m | 4650 | 4600 | 4450 | 4250 | 4200 | 4100 | 4300 | 4550 | 4650 | 4800 | 4850 | 4900 | 5100 | 5250 | 5150 | 5050 | 5100 | 5200 |
 | 5:16 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — |
 | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:05 | — |
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Nozawa Onsen Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Week 1 of September has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Nozawa Onsen at the specific elevation of 565 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Nozawa Onsen. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Japan.
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Visitor Reviews of Nozawa Onsen
Overall 4.0 Based on 45 votes and 14 reviews
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- Peter from United States writes:
Nozawa is growing up. While the ratio of Japanese visitors to international visitors in the winter is fairly constant (70:30ish), there's increasingly more of the services that inbound guests want. There are several places to get excellent coffee, breadcentric breakfasts, etc, and the accommodation base in the village is gradually being upgraded. But this remains a real working mountain village (3,600 residents year-round) that just happens to have an Olympic-quality ski field. It feels much more like a small European resort (think Lech, Gstaad, or its twin, St. Anton), although culturally you're absolutely aware that you're in Japan. There's been a ski resort here for over 100 years so the snow and mountain management is world class. The village continues to invest and will replace the main gondola over the next two years. After the opening of the new shinkansen a few years ago, it's just over two hours from Tokyo so much more accessible than it used to be. The green season is picking up, with a lot of winter athletes training on the artificial slope, as well as mountain bikers rubbing shoulders with the regular guests looking for cool weather, local food/sake/beer and onsen.
Visitor Reviews of Nozawa Onsen
Peter from United States writes:
Nozawa is growing up. While the ratio of Japanese visitors to international visitors in the winter is fairly constant (70:30ish), there's increasingly more of the services that inbound guests want. There are several places to get excellent coffee, breadcentric breakfasts, etc, and the accommodation base in the village is gradually being upgraded.
But this remains a real working mountain village (3,600 residents year-round) that just happens to have an Olympic-quality ski field. It feels much more like a small European resort (think Lech, Gstaad, or its twin, St. Anton), although culturally you're absolutely aware that you're in Japan. There's been a ski resort here for over 100 years so the snow and mountain management is world class.
The village continues to invest and will replace the main gondola over the next two years. After the opening of the new shinkansen a few years ago, it's just over two hours from Tokyo so much more accessible than it used to be. The green season is picking up, with a lot of winter athletes training on the artificial slope, as well as mountain bikers rubbing shoulders with the regular guests looking for cool weather, local food/sake/beer and onsen.
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