Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 17th December 2018 December Days in Nozawa Onsen! Although we didn’t have any snowfall yesterday it was still a glorious day on the mountain, as these images prove. It’s difficult to believe that about a week and a half ago we were still waiting for the first snow to fall. Cut forward to today and most of the mountain is open. With promising signs on the forecast to come, we could see all runs open very soon! There are double-digit falls set to come overnight while Tuesday and Wednesday should bring some snow too. So, good signs ahead, that’s for sure! Today? Temp at top; – 4 Degrees New Snow Since Close; 0cmBase at Top; 65cm […]
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Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 16th December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 16th December 2018 Much more where that came from! We’ve been blessed over the past few days. Having endured a slightly slow start to the ski season, we’re catching up fast! Forecasts of late have been underselling the amount of snow we’ve actually received. While the snow shovelers might get something of a respite today, the forecast for the coming week suggests we should be keeping those shovels handy. Beyond today, there’s a bit on the radar for tomorrow and Tuesday, before another sizeable dump on Wednesday. As we all know, these things can change and there’s as good of a chance as ever that we will see it sooner! Temp at top; – 4 Degrees […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 15th December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 15thDecember 2018 Snow Snow Snow for Nozawa Onsen This Winter storm just keeps going here in Nozawa. We had about 20cm on the forecast and have now had almost 3 times that in just over 24 Hours with collectively around 60cm falling across the resort! Temp at top; – 7 Degrees New Snow Since Close; 20cm Snow Condition; PowderBase at Top; 80cm Weather; Snowing lightly and set to clear So the base is quickly adding up and covering up the runs. The resort is planning on opening more up today the official first Weekend of the season. More lifts too including the Hikage Gondola. Tomorrow should be a beautiful sunny day before a little more snow on Monday […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 14th December 2018
Snow Tap turned On in Nozawa! Real winter like conditions out the window of Nozawa Central this morning with the snow dumping down. Temp at top; – 6 Degrees New Snow Since Close; 20cm Base at Top; 55cm Weather; Snowing beautifully 🙂 After a magnificent sunny day in Nozawa yesterday the Snow Gods have awoken and blessed us with heavy snow overnight and looks like it is set to continue the rest of the day. Should be great boost to the current base line and hopefully see more runs opened over the weekend. Official start of the winter season tomorrow with lift ticket prices at normal rates and will be lots more going on around the resort.Anyway folks should be fantastic conditions on the mountain so […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 13th December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow 13/12/18 This morning we awoke to a few centimetres in the village and a fair bit more up on top of the mountain. Around fifteen centimetres fell upon the top runs overnight. All things considered, it looks like pretty good conditions yesterday, especially after having a bit of rain yesterday. There’ll be colder temperatures today and beyond. Temps are set to drop well into the minuses up top over the next few days, bringing some fresh snow with them. The extended forecast suggests that we can expect more over the next few days and that by early next week, we’ll see some heavier stuff. Surely good news for those coming to Nozawa soon. Slopes open today in […]
Awesome First Day Nozawa Onsen
Awesome First Day Nozawa Onsen Yesterday was a terrific first day up on the slopes in Nozawa with beautiful fresh snow and nice cold temps and even a bit of sunshine. The trees were looking amazing and the snow quality was great. As expected the resort opened up Yamabiko and have today opened up even more runs so there is something for everyone. Slopes Open Today in Nozawa Yamabiko A course (Intermediate) Yamabiko C course (Intermediate) Yamabiko D course (Intermediate) Kokanashi courses Bunabayashi course (Beginner) * to the Mid Gondola Station station Operating Ski Lifts Nagasaka Gondola lift 8:40 ~ 15:30 (outbound line final 16:00) Yamabiko 4 Lift 9:00 ~ 15:30 Yamabiko 2nd 4 lift 8:55 ~ 15:40 […]
Nozawa Onsen First Day of the Season
Ohayou Gozaimasu from Nozawa Onsen Magnificent morning here and would call it a “Blue Bird” day. The snow continued throughout the day yesterday and into last night and the sun is peaking out now for what will be a terrific first day of the Ski Resort! Official figures have not dropped but reckon there is about 50cm of fresh up top. The resort has not announced any more runs opening yet but can see on the cams they have groomed Yamabiko. Will have to wait and see, may even open down to the mid Gondola Station as there should be enough snow there now. Anyway check out the cams as look amazing and even better get on up there! […]
Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Open Tomorrow
Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Open Tomorrow Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort will Open tomorrow Monday the 10th of December 2018! Cold off the press the Ski Resort has announced it will open up for skiing and boarding tomorrow. The snow is still falling here and they are getting ready to go. Great news but is only a small run for now with more to open as soon as can. If the snow keeps going as is may be more announced by the morning. The Nagasaka Gondola Lift will start operation at 8:40am tomorrow morning. Who will get first tracks? Lifts Opening Nagasaka Gondola lift 8:40 ~ 15:30. Last Down 16:00 Skyline contact pair lift 8:55 ~ 15:50 Runs Opening Kokenashi A and […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 8th December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 8th December 2018 Waking up to light snow in Nozawa this morning! It started snowing when was walking back from the Onsen last night and has continued off and on through the night. Looking at the web cams up top it is only a light dusting but the trees are looking magic and should hold with below freezing temperatures. Snow set to continue to fall all day and continue for a whole week. The resort will open as soon as can so will just depend on when enough base accumulates up top. Stay cool and hope to see you on the slopes soon.
Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Snow Update
Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Snow Update Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Snow Update Early season in any Ski Resort anywhere in the world it is a roll of the dice on snow conditions. Sometimes you can get lucky and get an early dump or two and have some fantastic skiing with no one about, like last season in Nozawa when we opened on November 25th. Other years it is a waiting game and you are hanging on the edge of your seat to see the first lifts roll. We had a nice early dump a week ago now, and there was at least 20cm of fresh deposited on the upper slopes. A few people drove up and got some turns in […]