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Ontake Ropeway at 1570 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 28 Mar 2026
Ontake Ropeway Weather
(Next 3 days):
Ontake Ropeway Weather (Days 4-6):
Mild with heavy rain (total 54.0mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Becoming colder with a moderate fall of snow heaviest on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Wed morning, min -3°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.Ontake Ropeway Weather (Days 7-16):
Now
Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | |||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | mod. snow | mod. snow | light snow | snow shwrs | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | — | — | |
— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | — | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | — | |
max °C | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
min °C | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 1 | -2 | -5 | |
40 | 54 | 75 | 45 | 37 | 66 | 74 | 61 | 91 | 97 | 96 | 80 | 66 | 75 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 94 | |
2150 | 2300 | 2050 | 2400 | 2500 | 2250 | 2400 | 2550 | 2400 | 2300 | 3350 | 3500 | 3250 | 3000 | 2500 | 2100 | 2000 | 1650 | |
 | 5:43 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — |
 | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:10 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Moderate rain (total 10.0mm), heaviest on Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Sun morning, min 0°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Mild with heavy rain (total 54.0mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Becoming colder with a moderate fall of snow heaviest on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Wed morning, min -3°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
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Ontake Ropeway Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 26 Mar 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 4 of March has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.6 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Ontake Ropeway at the specific elevation of 1570 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Ontake Ropeway. 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 Ontake Ropeway
- Vivienne Booth from United Kingdom writes:
Great location on this mountain for skiing and snow boarding, plenty of room for both and very friendly staff on the lifts and in restaurant etc. Excellent instructor for a two hour lesson, good value at 3.000yen. This ski jo certainly has our vote of satisfaction and is worth a trip.
Visitor Reviews of Ontake Ropeway
Vivienne Booth from United Kingdom writes:
Great location on this mountain for skiing and snow boarding, plenty of room for both and very friendly staff on the lifts and in restaurant etc. Excellent instructor for a two hour lesson, good value at 3.000yen. This ski jo certainly has our vote of satisfaction and is worth a trip.
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