Base up top: 355 cm Temperature; -1 Degrees Base at bottom; 215 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather; Overcast Not a lot happening on the weather front at this stage with mostly cloudy skies and some patches of blue poking through. Up top is looking fairly foggy and some snow is expected to roll in later today getting heaviest tonight. Bit of a hive of activity today with the Spring Festival going on up at Yamabiko. The resort has buried some treasure in the 350cm base up there and up to the guests to find it. Yesterday was a mixed bag with some rain below but big flakes were falling […]
March a nice time for a ski tour around Nozawa
Base up top: 370 cm Temperature; 2 Degrees Base at bottom; 220 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather; Overcast Fairly grey warm morning in Nozawa and as expected we are getting hit with some rain in the village, but the resort is reporting snow up top. With the freezing level up pretty high will be a bit of a tale of two mountains for the next two days with rain down low but snow up higher. Until Saturday night when the freezing level will drop and snow is expected in the village too. The forecast is now for heavy snow tomorrow up top, which is great to see. With the […]
More snow on the menu in Nozawa
Base up top: 380 cm Temperature; -5 Degrees Base at bottom; 235 cm New Snow: 15 cm Weather; Bluebird Pretty insane conditions in Nozawa at the moment with another decent dump overnight and blue skies today. Life does not get much better! We stumbled home from the Nakao concert last night and the snow was falling gracefully from the sky. Was beautiful with all the candles in the snow and the sake buzz added to the affect! Woke up to a decent driveway clear and over boot deep powder on the slopes with zero crowds. The base is back up to near the 4-meter mark and conditions are sublime. Like […]
Some Highlights from 2012 Season in Nozawa
Base up top: 370 cm Temperature; -1 Degrees Base at bottom; 235 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather; Sunny Stunning start to the day here in Nozawa and nice cold air when sat outside for a cup of tea this morning. Fairly blue skies with a bit of scattered cloud and the mercury is slowly rising with the sunshine. Snow conditions still excellent with the fresh from the previous day. Yesterday was amazing up there with the foot of fresh over the whole resort and it snowed for a good part of the morning. Everyone was beaming when they tumbled down the hill late yesterday. There is a bit of […]
Blessed with a Magic foot of fresh snow again in March
Base up top: 380 cm Temperature; -6 Degrees Base at bottom; 245 cm New Snow: 25 cm Weather; Snowing The Snow Gods have blessed us again in Nozawa with a nice foot of fresh being delivered overnight. We were expecting a fair bit up top but it has fallen in the Village too and coated everything in a crisp blanket of white. Doesn’t matter how many times you see it a good fall of fresh snow is always magic. It is going to be pretty awesome today and one happy soul has already raced down late for his train but ecstatic about the knee-deep powder up top! Will be a […]
Going to have a good night tonight in Nozawa
Base up top: 360 cm Temperature; +3 Degrees Base at bottom; 225 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather; Overcast Pretty overcast start to the day here in Nozawa with nothing falling from the sky at present. The winds have died and the Nagasaka Gondola and all lifts are back up and operational. The rain yesterday did not do the base any favours and it was a pretty warm day. Almost didn’t need the Jacket at the Festival last night. Was a good night and quite a few people lined the main street for the festivities. Oyu Dori was closed to cars, which is always good to see. Would be nice […]
Happy St Patrick’s Day from Nozawa Onsen
Base up top: 385 cm Temperature; +2 Degrees Base at bottom; 230 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather; Not great If you decided to start celebrating St Patrick’s day early and had one or two too many last night and can’t get out of bed then maybe was not a bad decision. Today’s conditions probably best viewed by the fire with a warming glass of Whisky! After such a stellar week was always going to be a bit of a downer to cop some rain as was forecast for today. On top of that we have some strong winds so a lot of the upper mountain including the Nagasaka Gondola […]
Mid March and still close to a 4 Meter Base in Nozawa
Base up top: 390 cm Temperature; 0 Degrees Base at bottom; 240 cm New Snow: 2 cm Weather; Beautiful Almost need to pinch ourselves at the moment with another perfect day in Nozawa. Sun is shining thru and with the snow we got yesterday we should be in for a great day on the slopes. No wind and no crowds so the lucky few up there are going to be styling. Hope they have their sunglasses and sunscreen! We are past mid March now and still have almost a 4-meter base up top and 2.5 Meter down the bottom. Still have great top to bottom skiing over the whole resort. […]
Doesn’t get much better in Nozawa
Base up top: 390 cm Temperature; -11 Degrees Base at bottom; 245 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather; Beautiful Woke up to some big flakes falling from the sky in the village this morning. It dropped some snow pretty quick but did not last long. Still should give us a bit of a top up on the slopes. Yesterday was the day though with deep blue skies, no wind and still plenty of fresh left over from the day before. It was great conditions both on and off piste and everyone was having a ball. Heard the familiar call that have heard all season with a number of people saying […]
Still Living the Dream in Nozawa
Base up top: 390 cm Temperature; -11 Degrees Base at bottom; 245 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather; Beautiful Another gorgeous start to the day here in Nozawa. Not a cloud in the sky and wind also pretty non-existent. Cold temps up top to start the day at -11 degrees but it will warm up pretty quickly with all this glorious sunshine. Yesterday was an unbelievable day on the Mountain with a foot of fresh, sunshine in the morning and more snow falling throughout the day. There were fresh tracks for the taking all day. There are a bunch of guys here for a month, the whole month of March […]