Latest News from Nozawa Onsen

Base up top: 370 cm        Temperature; -1 Degrees Base at bottom; 215 cm New Snow: 0 cm               Weather: Bluebird What a day yesterday in Nozawa Onsen. You could see many smiling faces all over the ski resort with knee deep powder even on some groomers. Heavy fall of snow in the morning gave way to a cloudless blue sky in the afternoon. Fantastic views from Yamabiko and Uenotaira. On top the temperatures remained cold through out the day and guaranteed wonderful snow conditions. Today blue sky as far as you can see in Nozawa. As Temperatures are on the rise down in the village, still in the minus further up. […]

Base up top: 385 cm        Temperature; -4 Degrees Base at bottom; 230 cm New Snow: 20 cm               Weather: Snowing It looks like that we can not put our snow shovels away just yet here in Nozawa. What a suprise with over 20cm of fresh snow overnight. It was heavy snowing all morning and even down in the village big snow flakes were falling from the sky. Great conditions on and off the piste. Knee deep powder up top at Yamabiko and perfect conditions on the slopes with the sun out from just before lunch. Yesterday was a bit of a mix. Visibility up top was limited but the slushy bottom runs […]

Base up top: 360 cm        Temperature: -4 Degrees Base at bottom: 210 cm New Snow: 5 cm               Weather: Snowing Lightly After a few warm days it was great to see the village covered in a new blanket of snow this morning. Temperatures dropped and brought a nice top up of fresh snow up top. Constant changes on the weather front with the sun poking through every now and then. All in all not a bad day for late march. Quite a few people on the mountain with the border cross competition still going. You could see some spectacular falls yesterday on the racecourse. The spring festival also continues today with […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]