Nozawa Holidays

Base up top: 230 cm                  Temperature; -8 Degrees Base at bottom; 170 cm New Snow: 15 cm Just 15cm of fresh snow overnight still not bad at all but thought we may have gotten a bit more based on the forecast and our recent history. Maybe we are getting a bit snow greedy! There was a bit of blue poking thru when we awoke this morning but has been quickly replaced by some decent snowfall outside now. Any little top up will be welcome with some of the lower slopes getting a little icy yesterday. Probably due to the increase in traffic on the slopes over the past few days. Yesterday was blue skies in the morning and snow […]

Base up top: 250 cm                  Temperature; -5 Degrees Base at bottom; 170 cm New Snow: 0 cm Seems like quite some time since have posted a Snow Report for Nozawa without any new snow! Yesterday was the day, we did not get the Blue bird start we had been hoping for, even got a bit of snow in the morning but in the afternoon the sun burst through the cloud and was magnificent. The light was perfect the ice-covered trees were glistening and the powder was still plentiful if you knew were to look. With the New Years crowd starting to filter in some popular stashes under the lifts were getting tracked out but on piste the snow condition […]

Base up top: 260 cm                  Temperature; -9 Degrees Base at bottom; 190 cm New Snow: 10 cm Looks like we are finally getting a break in the snow fight here in Nozawa. After days of continual dumps this morning was relatively clear and everyone has breathed a slight sigh of relief. The ski conditions have been nothing short of superb on the Mountain and yesterday were delivering chest deep powder on many of the runs with the snow just dumping all day. One of the guys just did a run down Skyline and said it was amazing snow quality. We have not been delivered the blue bird day we were hoping for but there are patches of blue and […]

Base up top: 280 cm                  Temperature; -9 Degrees Base at bottom; 200 cm New Snow: 35 cm and dumping still In the war of man versus nature we are now a distant second in Nozawa Onsen. Snow has engulfed the whole town and it is all hands on deck to try and stay on top of it. The snow condtions on the resort are amazing. Have had a few seasoned campaigners telling me that it is by far some of the best powder they have experienced. We are quickly approaching the 300cm mark with another 35cm overnight and gaining. All this and it is still December! Tomorrow the reports are showing we should get a window of sunshine then […]

Base up top: 260 cm                  Temperature; -10 Degrees Base at bottom; 190 cm New Snow: 60 cm again! The ridiculous is now bordering on the insane on the snow front in Nozawa with another huge 60cm of snow on our doorstep this morning. The powder hounds are going to be in their element again today and will be deep bottomless champagne powder on tap for anyone keen to brave the conditions. So we have had close to 2 meters of fresh snow in just a 3-day period and still absolutely dumping outside at the moment. Think it has been about 8 years since we had such a good start to the season. At that time it snowed every day […]

Base up top: 220 cm                  Temperature; -6 Degrees Base at bottom; 160 cm New Snow: 60 cm It is a very white Christmas today in Nozawa Onsen. As expected we had another huge dump again last night with 60cm gracing the resort. People are going to start thinking I am making this stuff up but it is honestly another sublime day today. We have smashed our way thru the 2 meter mark for base up top! It started snowing heavily at about 8pm last night and it didn’t stop all night. The road heaters were struggling to keep up with the downpour of the white gold as we strolled to the Onsen just before midnight Christmas Eve. It was […]

Base up top: 180 cm                  Temperature; -8 Degrees Base at bottom; 90 cm New Snow: 50 cm Santa has come a day early in Nozawa Onsen delivering a huge 50cm of fresh snow again overnight. Conditions are looking perfect for the first big weekend of the resort. We cleared the driveway yesterday and was amazed when we had almost 2 feet of fresh lying on there this morning. That was not even forecasted to be the big one so we are almost scared of what will fall from the heavens tonight and tomorrow night both expecting serious dumps. Yesterday was a terrific day on the slopes with light to moderate falls all day and some nice fluffy powder to […]

Base up top: 150 cm                  Temperature; -8 Degrees Base at bottom; 80 cm New Snow: 20 cm Good news in Nozawa this morning the whole resort is pretty much open for business. Karasawa and the Snow Park included. Kandaha Race course is about the only run not operating yet but they are keen to get that going soon too. After a short break on the snow front yesterday morning the assault started again late yesterday and has been falling most of the night. Snowing pretty heavy outside now and reports are showing 20cm up top. There is about the same now in the Village. Yesterday was a bit icy in the morning and people were already asking for fresh […]

Base up top: 150 cm                  Temperature; 0 Degrees Base at bottom; 90 cm New Snow: 0 cm Another fine start to the day here in Nozawa and glourious conditions on the mountain. As per usual with a but of sun and warmer temps the base has settled a bit and has had a bit of melt off down in the Village. Have the feeling it is the calm before the storm though with the dump expected on Saturday night still building with 100cm not unlikely. Yesterday on the hill there was still lots of fresh tracks to be had and saw a few losing their skis in the powder. Probably wont see those until April now! It was getting […]

Base up top: 175 cm                  Temperature; -4 Degrees Base at bottom; 115 cm New Snow: 15cm Sounding a bit like a broken record but another amazing start to the day here in Nozawa Onsen have had about 15cm up top since the close of lifts yesterday and for the first time in a few days we are being blessed with some sunshine. Will probably be short lived so enjoy the sun and great views while you can as looks like a little bit of snow tonight then we are going to get covered again with heavy falls expected over the weekend, forecasts showing we could be in for over 100cm! So time to clear the decks of snow a […]