Base at top: 105 cm Temp at Top; -8 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 95 cm New Snow since close: 15 cm Weather; Snowing across all of Nozawa There’s a fair lot of fresh snow building up in Nozawa Onsen, with a nice cover of snow landing by early yesterday, and another 15cm overnight. A moderate snowfall is predicted to continue for most of today keeping the mountain fresh all day. Sunday should be a great day once again with skies slightly clearing in the morning before storm clouds take shape in the late afternoon. Snow is expected to fall again from Sunday night right through till Tuesday! This Monday is the Japanese Coming of Age celebration, which […]
How to Onsen in Nozawa Onsen
Coming into peak season in Nozawa Onsen and there will be lots of visitors in the Village. One of the attractions of Nozawa is all the free Natural Hot Spring baths or Onsens which are available to enjoy. Here are a few tips to help you make the most of them. Basically if you follow the locals you will be fine but just incase here are some guidelines to help you make the most of this unique experience. • Bring; a Towel – small is best, soap and shampoo, we supply this at the Lodges. • Pick the right door Mens and Ladies are well marked. • Take shoes off before you step on the raised wooden area after entering […]
A fresh coating for Nozawa Onsen
Base at top: 100 cm Temp at Top; -7 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 95 cm New Snow since close: 12 cm Weather; clear up the top, cloudy in village With a fresh 25cm covering the resort yesterday, everyone’s spirits are up and we’re all happy to have some more fresh snow. The base now sits at 100cm up the top and 95cm at Uenotaira. With the sun shining up the top, we can expect a beautiful day to begin with followed by relatively cold temperatures and some good cloud formations over the resort in the afternoon. Later in the day snow should start falling right down to the village and will continue through the night and tomorrow. Temperatures will continue […]
Clearer days are long gone and the snow is falling
Base at top: 80 cm Temp at Top; -8 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 70 cm New Snow since close: 3 cm Weather; Snowy!! The snow began falling in the early hours of the morning and is still coming down hard. There are a few centimetres of fresh up top and there’s expected to be heavy snowfalls throughout the day. The village is starting to turn white and there’s going to be a lot more soon. Across the whole mountain which should mean we can reopen a few of the runs down to the village. Skyline and Forest trail particularly should open after this lot of snow. The next few days are looking good for us; cold temperatures will keep the […]
A big storm is on its way to Nozawa Onsen
Base at top: 80 cm Temp at Top; 1 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 75 cm New Snow since close: 1 cm Weather; Cloudy The next few days are looking exciting for us here at Nozawa Onsen. After having a slow start to the season with less snow than we expected, we should be in for a treat over the next few days. Tomorrow should bring us a fair amount of snow right down to the village and it won’t be melting away with temperatures staying below -2 degrees at the base and around -5 up the top. Looking further ahead it seems like Friday night could be the start of the big dump which will continue throughout Saturday. It won’t […]
Move over bluebird days.. Snow is on its way at Nozawa Onsen
Base at top: 80 cm Temp at Top; -3 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 70 cm New Snow since close: 1 cm Weather; Cloudy, snow flurries later in the day The snowcams are looking like it’s getting cloudy up the top and the temperatures seem to have dropped a little since yesterday. It’s still not as cold as we’d like around the mountain but it seems we’ll just have to wait for Thursday. Thursday is looking like it’ll be a great day for us with the arrival of a moderate storm which should keep the snow dumping all day long right down to the village. Friday morning will ease up a bit before a big system moves in […]
A bluebird day once again, but not for long…
Base at top: 85 cm Temp at Top; 1 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 80 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; clear! Bluebird day Following yesterday’s beautiful blue skies it looks today will be pretty similar again. Tomorrow the temperatures start to drop again and snow should start falling in the evening. Wednesday looks like it’ll clear up a little before a big storm begins to move in on Thursday. Things are looking like they only get better from there with heavy snow predicted for all of Saturday. Temperatures will be staying low throughout the week which is welcome news after these warm past two days. Current conditions up on the mountain are not fantastic; There is some grass […]
Bluebird day at Nozawa!
Base at top: 90 cm Temp at Top; 0 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 80 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; clear! Bluebird day. No fresh snow to report yet in the New Year, but we’ve had some fantastic bluebird days, and today is no different. The sun’s out and the temperatures are mild. There’s still some good snow coverage keeping the majority of our runs open. The terrain park is taking shape as of yesterday and so far has a rail, box and a small kicker. This sunny scene looks like it should all change pretty soon! A nice storm should be settling over Nozawa to deliver us the goods from mid week. Temperatures will be dropping again […]
New Year’s Day on the slopes at Nozawa.
Base at top: 95 cm Temp at Top; -1 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 95 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; relatively clear, some clouds After yesterday’s fresh coating of 20cm, everyone was out to get their first tracks of the year. Great to see a nice little dump for the first day of the year and we are eagerly waiting for some more. It has allowed the Resort to open up a couple more runs. Skyline opened yesterday afternoon after being freshly groomed. the conditions were great at the top but moving lower down the snow started to become more icy and rough. Still, this long run provides amazing views and a direct course back […]
A very Happy New Year from Nozawa Onsen
Wishes coming true in Nozawa for the first day of the year With over 20cm of fresh snow dropping on the resort over night looks like those that went to the temple this morning have seen their wishes come true! We have also hit the 100cm mark for base today in Nozawa, a bit less than past years for this time but a move in the right direction. Still snowing hard and temps nice and cold so should be a great day for all those not nursing too much New Years cheer! A big thank you to all the guests that have come or are coming to visit us in Nozawa Onsen. We look forward to welcoming you in 2016